Archive for January 15th, 2010

What limits are there on external USB disk drive size?

 Q:
Hi, I have been advised by an HP chat technician that
My laptop (Vista, 32 bit, < 1year old)
a. will not access more than 320Gb via USB
b. will not accommodate more than 320Gb internally
Both he attributes to mother board limitations.
Now (b) I’m willing to accept, althought disappointed – my laptop’s under a year old- but (a) [...]

USB Flash Disk Repair

USB flash drive files retrieval application is very effective and advanced data recovery solution which helps users to restores their valuable documents damaged due to software corruption, human error, Accidental deletion and improper drive removal.
 Removable media data repair program easily recovers deleted, damaged, erased or inaccessible images, photo album, animated pictures, audios, videos and other [...]

SSDs are hot, but not without security risks

 Solid-state drives are fast becoming popular replacements for hard drives, especially in laptops, but experts caution that SSDs aren’t as secure as commonly thought.
 SSDs may offer better data security than traditional hard drives, but they do not completely erase data and are vulnerable to physical hacks from light sources like an ultraviolet laser, experts say.
Despite [...]

Remove write protected

Q:can u give me how can I remove write protected from my pen drive?
A:This is simple to do,
Open Registry
- Press Start -> Run, enter regedit, press Ok
. Click on My Computer.
Then press File -> Export, give some file name to backup the registry.
. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePolicies
. In the right pane select <write protect>
. RESET the value [...]

Recover Photos SD Card 4.0.1.6

Memory card data recovery tool restores deleted or corrupted images, music files and text files from memory card. Memory card data restoration utility retrieves all types of files including images, music files, video clippings and important documents that are accidentally deleted from the hard disk of the computer or intentionally deleted by human errors or [...]

MXI Stealth MXP Bio Encrypted USB Drive Updated

 MXI Security has announced the next generation of its Stealth MXP Bio encrypted USB drive. The new drive includes both biometric and strong password technology, offering 1-, 2-, or 3-factor authentication
 All authentication processes including biometrics are handled on the hardware, isolating it completely from the host computer. Given the latest news of USB drives not [...]

Data Recovery post Powerpoint File Corruption

 Provided by Microsoft, Powerpoint is an application used to create presentations. Powerpoint offers word processing, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools and is used all over the world by students, educators, business people, teachers, etc. At times, you might face some issues while opening a Powerpoint file. This generally happens due to corruption in the [...]