data safety

I've spent several hours now researching the problem I have with my new build and haven't found anyone with quite the same issue. I think I know a solution but find it hard to believe it is the only way. Basically, I have just built a new Ivy Bridge PC with OCZ Vertex 4 SSD. I did a clean...

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I am running Windows 7 Professional x64 on a personal, not work, laptop. I have encrypted a file using Explorer's encrypt attribute from the properties dialog. Before I put this file to a cloud storage system like Dropbox, I wanted to also use something like TrueCrypt on the file. Would it be...

Hi, my system is: Dell XPS 420 Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 8GB RAM @ 667MHz Bios A07 Windows 7 home premium 64 (SP 1) 2 x 256GB hitatchi drives in RAID 0 this system was purchased in 2009 and has not been upgraded with new hardware (apart from RAM immediately after purchase). I have recently experienced...

I don't think this is a support question per-se so am posting here. If incorrect, mods feel free to move it. I want to do some partitioning of my hard drive and ideally would like to reclaim the space used by the recovery partition. If I copy my recovery partition (20GB) to an external HD or...

Hello- I have to re-install Windows 7 because I had some problems with my computer due to loosing my password and having to go through the back door to enable the administrator and create a new log in. It ended up causing problems with some of my documents and other things. Also, I got it when...

Hi. I have a text file on my portable hard disk (WD 250 GB) named urgenttttttttttt.txt you would have already assumed how important this file would be and it is updated daily. The size of the file is 545 kb which is HUGE for a notepad. I opened the file 3 days ago and it gives me an error...

Hello All, As a matter of habit, I tend to reformat my machine on a fairly regular basis (every 6 months or so). The last time I did a clean out, I had the problem below. I am about to clean out again, and would like to know if there is any way to avoid the problems I had last time. My...

Hi guys . I had windows vista on this laptop for two years with no problems . I had also ubuntu on it dualbooting .. So I bought windows 7 . I went into my ubuntu installation and deleted all that was in my ntfs partition with vista except users. Then i tried to resize it . But Gparted...

Hi, I put two HDDs on GA P55A-UD4P motherboard in Raid1 type array (on Intel SATA Controller) and they were working fine for quite some time (2 weeks or so). One day, after Windows started up, I noticed a blue icon on Intel RST manager and it says that the array is initializing. What does...

I'm running Win 7 HP 32 bit. The Guys on the BSOD forum have isolated my external Freeagent Pro as the cause of BSOD's. MS Win 7 compatibility says it works ok with Win7. Seagate say is doesn't. Forum opinions on the subject are divided. It either works for you or it doesn't. Mine does...

I have a external storage device that I have connected via USB and is used for backup only.. I think I am going to disconnect it and only connect it when I have OS updates. Is this OK to do it this way. Thanks

Hi every one, I tried to find solution to my question but didn't help much. so I'm starting ne.w thread. I already have Home premium installed on my laptop. I want to upgrade to win 7 pro. the windows tool " upgrade any time " doesn't help me because I already have the disk. what should I do...

i have a laptop having genuine copy of windows installed the problem is that it has only one drive now i want to make more partitions but there is danger of loosing the genuine windows during partitioning process. is there any method to make partitions without any trouble remember that it has...

I have created a second partition to put all my games, music, work etc. on so I can format my C: drive as it my computer has started running a bit slower, especially with all the startup programmes and all the rubbish I have downloaded. My 2 problems are: 1. I can't seem to extend the volume of...

When I use a pen drive and click the safely remove icon the message never comes up that it is safe to remove the hardware. It used to work but now doesn't. I am using windows 7 64 bits

Ok, I'm looking to compress some folders to save some disk space and I know from experience that some files shouldn't be compressed (as it can screw up the booting, etc.) so does anyone have a comprehensive list of what not to compress in windows 7?

1. if i put my page file swap file temp folder on its own partition, is it best to use fat32? if i remember right fat 32 is fastest just isnt the best for space usage. 2. does reinstalling windows after time (1-2 years) create better performance? im not sure what it is but windows xp and...

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Washington - Windows 7 provides more ways to keep your data safe than any previous version of Windows. And that's good news. For despite the claimed reliability of hard disks and solid state drives, data loss due to drive failure is still an all-too-... Link Removed - Invalid URL