Archive for February 3rd, 2010

What is ATA Technology?

Although the abbreviation IDE is popularly used in reference to hard drive interface connections, ATA (AT Attachment – AT refers to the Advanced Technology motherboard form factor) is also used. IDE and ATA are the same thing. The term Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) is owned by Western Digital, so other companies, including Maxtor, Quantum and [...]

My PC won’t start – Read this first!

Recently we’ve been getting a lot of questions from people who basically have the same problem – they’ve assembled a PC but it won’t start up correctly!
There is a standard troubleshooting procedure for that scenario which everyone should follow, and I’ll describe it to you in a moment. But first let me address a few [...]

More Efficient Management With School Software

Whenever we hear the word school, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is that it is an institution commonly seen in countries and states. More than a commonly seen institution, however, it is a place where minds are molded and enhanced to produce the future leaders, entrepreneurs and contributors to society. This is [...]

Kingston Introduces New SSD With TRIM Support

Kingston is cranking up its solid state drive offering with a second-generation model line named SSDNow V+. Most notable in this new generation is Windows 7 TRIM support, which will help keep performance of the drive consistent throughout its use.

“The new SSDNow V+ is an ideal solid-state drive for high-level consumers and in corporate environments [...]

How To Securely And Permanently Erase Computer Hard Drive Data

The scariest ‘computer incident’ could ever happen onto a person is when he loses his data to an unknown person due to data thief. Formatting your computer via Windows build in format tool is just not good enough. Knowledgable geeks with the right tool might be able to extract the ‘formatted’ data.
How else do you [...]

How do file recovery companies retrieve deleted data from a hard drive?

When you delete files, the computer does not actually erase the file from your hard drive, it just makes the space where that file is stored as available.
A good example is to think a drive as a large book with a table of contents that lists each page and what’s on each page. To find [...]

Fujitsu on brink of Quantum fusion breakthrough

Fujitsu is understood to be OEM’ing Quantum’s DXi deduplication technology across its recently enhanced product line. Conversely, EMC and Dell may have dropped DXi deduplication because of slow restore speed.
Quantum reported third fiscal 2010 quarter revenues of $182m, down 11 per cent from the year-ago quarter but up 4 per cent from the preceding quarter. [...]