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Data Recovery

Low cost of disk drives means no excuse for no backups

May 3, 2019
We are used to prices increasing, food, gas, utilities and so on all go up steadily over time. Some things buck that trend, one of which is computer storage. A 2TB backup drive that used to cost $250 a couple of years ago can now be had for less than a quarter of that. So […]
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How data backups protect you from ransomware

May 2, 2019
Most instances of ransomware target small businesses but many target home users too. We all have credit cards, bank accounts, retail accounts and data we would rather not share. All of this is prime fodder for ransomware. Yet, with a backup, the threat of having all your data deleted is made worthless. All of us […]
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How offsite backups can avoid data loss

May 1, 2019
Dave’s Computers in New Jersey works a lot with our local community performing data recovery and general computer and network services. One thing we like to tell everyone is the importance of backups. We all know we need them but few actually get around to doing them. One thing we suggest a lot is an […]
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How to see what’s using all your Mac storage

Apr 30, 2019
Programs are growing in size, games often exceed 50GB, Mac often uses lots of storage in unexplained ways and makes it difficult for you to find out exactly what’s going on. Not knowing what’s on your disk is a good way to lose some of it. As Dave’s Computers is concentrating on data recovery and […]
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How to configure RAID in Windows 10

Apr 19, 2019
RAID, or a Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a way of sharing data across multiple hard drives to enhance redundancy. It is usually used in business as a resilience measure but can also be used on home computers too. If you have three or more of the same hard drive, running RAID is a […]
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How to check the health of your disk drive in Windows

Mar 6, 2019
Today I’m going to walk you through how to check the health of your disk drive. A very common cause of data loss is disk drive failure. This is something we have covered before here at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey but is so important it is worth going over again. As the main data […]
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Common causes of data loss in homes and small businesses

Mar 1, 2019
We spend entirely too much time trying to recover computers from data loss here at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey. It is way more common than it should be and is easily preventable when you know how. In an effort to help all our customers learn how to prevent data loss I have put together […]
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How to recover deleted files from iCloud

Feb 1, 2019
On the back of Wednesday’s blog post about data backups and recovery, a customer came into the store wanting to know how they could recover some deleted files from iCloud. They had been backing up their college work to iCloud but had accidentally deleted them when housekeeping. So how can you recover them? iCloud is […]
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Make regular backups part of your new routine in 2019

Jan 30, 2019
We are only four weeks into the new year and we here at Dave’s Computers have already seen customers come to us with data loss issues. Hard drives have failed, users have tried to recover data themselves and most of them lost it for good. I think now is a good time to set a […]
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