Gee, that was quite a long “momentary absence” now wasn’t it? Kind of like back when I was an AOL 1.0 user and they’d notify members of a system shut-down in “X” number of minutes. Only their time clocks were much different than the rest of the world’s. It could be up to an hour […]
Tired lioness by Tambako the Jaguar, on Flickr The Pie Dudes and I just returned from a week long trip. I think I might have finally caught up on my sleep, but I’m pretty sure I was looking like the lioness above as the beds felt about as comfortable as that log looks. Our […]
“Windows cannot configure this wireless connection If you have enabled another program to manage this wireless connection, use that software. If you want Windows to configure this wireless connection, start the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service. For information about starting the WZC service, see article 871122 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the microsoft.com […]
Many moons ago when my Dad was still alive and many moons before that when I was still a young whippersnapper living at home back in the Midwest, my Dad would play a game with the three of us kids while we were all out in the car waiting for my Mom to get out […]
“Nerd Salon” by Laughing Squid on Flickr. I am such a nerd. Technorati Tags: nerd,tech problems,bad day,arg,2008,general,harsh,journals,kathie,just wrong,thoughts,twisted,warning
This past week and a half has been murderous. For some reason our router has gone wonky. Initially we thought it was the modem, but the Cable Guy confirmed it’s the router. All of a sudden we lost the secure connection. Another came up, unsecured, and we connected. We thought […]
The conclusion of a five-part series of articles on Hard Drive Insurance. In this article, we discuss the best device to use to perform data back-up and leave you with some reminders on how to ensure you get the best “bang” for your buck and time.
The fourth article in a series on hard drive failure, data backup and useful technophobe advice.
Part 1 / Part 2
Why Hard Drives Fail
This is part of a series. To read the first part, click on the links above.
Hard drives fail for a number of reasons. Outsourcing is partly to blame as substandard materials and labor affect the hardiness of your drive. Other factors include how long […]
To read the first article in this series, click here.
In techno-years, the life expectancy of a hard drive is 63 for laptops and between 80 and 100 for hard drives. In human years, that’s equivalent to 3 years for laptops and 5 for desktops or any hard drive that remains stationary. And yes, […]
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