There are many different types of media which can store your precious data (photos, music, movies documents and work files). Media is usually referred to when talking about stored files, as the thing which is holding your data or storing it such as external hard drive, computer hard drive, usb thumb drive or CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disk Living in… Read more →
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Same Day Data Recovery Free Quotes
Living in the North we seem to get gouged for everything. Thats why Townsville Nerds are always looking for ways to make things more affordable for our customers. Data Recovery has the stigma around it of always being expensive. Other Data Recovery businesses will charges you $100’s just to take a look at it, even if they can fix it.… Read more →
Windows 10 Not Assigning Drive Letters to External Drives Automatically
With every Windows 10 update there are a lot of improvements. Not just features, but also little bug which annoy people. But for someone reason this little persistent one keeps sticking around. Usually it just works. You plug your external USB or hard drive into your computer and Windows 10 automatically makes it show up in your computer with a… Read more →
Understanding CD, DVD and Blu-Ray Burning
Most of us have burn a CD or some kind of optical device at one time or another. When CD burners came out mainstream in the late 90’s everyone was on it. People where making their own CD’s (Compact Disks) rather than buying them from the music store and seemed like it couldn’t get any better. It wasn’t long after DVD’s… Read more →
Online vs Offline Backup
One of the smartest thing you can do when it comes to your computer or phone is back up. Although we all know the importance of backing up, few of us actually do it. And its like something magic to do with the universe. Right when we think we should back up but don’t get time to, is always around the time… Read more →
External Hard Drive
External hard drives are fickle devices. Sensitive to rapid movements, heat, power surges and sometimes even moods they can quickly go from being a handy device to a nightmare. External hard drives which can include thumb drives or usb drives and easy ways to back up your important information such as documents, photos and tax information and a great place to… Read more →
Make Windows 10 Run Faster
With everybody jumping on Windows 10 because of the free upgrade offered to most people from Windows 8 or 8.1, we are seeing a lot of people asking us how to make their Windows 10 computer faster. Windows 10 is not for everybody. Some people are seeing little to no wifi, other no sound. And a lot of people are… Read more →
The difference between standard hard drives and Solid States
If you have been using computers for years, the chances are you have been using just a normal standard Hard Disk Drive (HDD). And although the hdd’s have improved a lot over the years with speed, size and reliability they are no where near as fast as the new Solid State Drives (SSD’s). What is a hard drive? A… Read more →