Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Do you really need to backup your data? I was asked this question last week and it got me thinking. A client came into the store and asked about data recovery and how effective it was. We discussed hard drive reliability, MTBF (mean time before failure) and a range of … Read more
Just a few weeks ago, Apple broke the internet by releasing the iPhone7. Many of the iPhone’s updates were standard enough – a more powerful camera and an updated “home” button, to name a few. The biggest change, though, was the missing headphone jack, and the “AirPods” Apple introduced as a replacement to the EarPods the company … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Securely deleting files from a solid state drive You may remember back in a previous data recovery post ‘How to securely delete files from your hard drive’, I mentioned that SSDs (Solid State Drives) work differently to platter-based hard drives and that the usual techniques of wiping data do not … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How using third-party DNS can speed up your internet DNS, or Domain Name Servers translate a web address (URL) into the language spoken by the internet, IP addresses. My website URL is https://www.davescomputers.com, which you type in to get here. But the server my website sits on is actually 216.119.152.127. … Read more
If you work in a quiet room, hearing the rattle and whirr of a hard drive (HDD) can quickly become an annoyance. As the inside of a PC case can act as an echo chamber, the smallest noise can be amplified exponentially until all you can hear is that mechanical noise as your computer … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Sure signs you need to call the data recovery experts If you don’t have the luxury of in-house IT staff, how do you know when you need a little expert help? While prevention is always better than the cure, there will be occasions when you lose data to physical or … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Five types of malware you need protection from One of the most numerous computer repairs we get in our Hillsborough store is to rebuild a device after a malware or virus attack. Often the damage done is so severe that we have no option but to wipe the computer clean … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How to blog for your computer repair business part 2 Yesterday we covered why you should blog for your business and today we make that actionable. I’m going to show you how to get things ready, how to put a blog together and how to write interesting posts. Setting up … Read more
In the computer repair industry, content is more important than ever before. If you’re like so many so many people who own a small computer support company, you struggle to find the time to create content. Because of this, many people turn to content aggregators, believing they’re the perfect way to have their cake and … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How to blog for your computer repair business part 1 As if running a computer repair business wasn’t hard enough, you want to take on more work? Unfortunately, many small business owners just like me spend way too much time working in the business and not nearly enough time working … Read more