With data and data loss being in the news a lot over the past week, I think now is a good time to run over the major causes of data loss and what we can do to mitigate against them. I think there are five main causes of data loss. Virus and malware Human error … Read more
I wasn’t planning to do another piece on malware so soon but the events of the last five days or so has changed all that. The recent ransomware attack that has affected over 200,000 computers in 150 countries, closed hospitals, factories, schools and businesses across the world and has completely changed the internet security landscape. … Read more
Last week around a million Google Docs users were hit with a very clever phishing scam. While Google has taken down the offending app and closed the loophole that allowed it to happen, there are still risks with the platform. So what was the attack all about and what do you look for to … Read more
We had a customer come into Dave’s Computers last week who had a corrupt OST file on his computer. It was preventing him accessing his Outlook email and thus preventing him contacting people via email from Outlook 2016. He also thought it would inevitably result in the loss of all his email data. This is … Read more
A couple weeks ago, I spoke about turning an old internal hard drive into external storage. This article seemed to go down well if the number of emails I received about it is anything to go by. But one reader asked about when a Windows computer doesn’t detect that external drive. What do you do … Read more
We had a drop in at our Hillsborough computer store the other day. Not to drop of a computer for us to repair or data for us to recover but to ask us about what skills are required to become a computer repair technician. It always excites me when I see the next generation of … Read more
This week’s computer repair post was prompted by a guy who came into our Hillsborough computer store earlier this week. He had spilled his coffee over his older Dell laptop and wanted to know if we could save it. This seems to happen a lot, especially if you work or study at home. So how … Read more
If you keep up with the news, you will know that our Customs and Border Protection agency has gotten a little overzealous with their ability to check our electronic devices. It isn’t just foreigners, we apparently have no rights when crossing our own borders even though we are American citizens. So how can you keep … Read more
Our computer repair team spent some time over the weekend downloading the Windows 10 Creators Update. Available to download from April 5 with official release April 11, the update will make its way to every Windows 10 computer over the coming weeks. The Windows 10 Creators Update is large and contains quite a few changes … Read more
Ever heard of digital hoarding? Digital hoarding is where you download or digitize lots of data and just keep it on your hard drive until you run out of space. It is the modern equivalent of never throwing anything out at home, but on your computer. I must admit to having been guilty of … Read more