0 RAID Recovery for Windows

Hello hello! We are together with yet another data recovery related post, since I noticed that I skipped something after all. I've been talking about how RAID arrays work and all the technical information, but I just noticed that I never mentioned anything about how you can recover your data from your RAID array in a real life scenario. Hence, today's topic will be RAID Recovery for Windows, also the name of the software we will be using. First things first, you're supposed to remove all the disks from your RAID array, and connect them to your computer as individual disks. This might require some time since you will end up having to open...

0 QNAP RAID Recovery & NAS

Hello everyone! I've talked about RAID 5 data recovery in one of my earlier posts. I've mentioned that if more than one drive fails in a RAID 5 array, it won't be possible to recover data, and that's the way it works. But lately, I've come accross something while I'm browsing the web. It's a service called by a company called QNAP, and they allow you to recover your RAID (works with RAID 0,1 and 6 as well) even though more than the allowed number of disks are crashed. The reason why I give credit to this company in my post is because before looking on their website, I didn't know such a thing existed. It always makes me happy to learn new...

0 VLC Media Player

Nowadays, we all watch movies and listen to music on our computers, instead of watching them or listening to them in our stereo or DVD players. That being said, everyone knows that they need to use a program in order to do this. There are many alternatives to do this such as Windows Media player and Winamp. My recommendation though, if you haven't heard about it yet, is VLC media player. The main reason I prefer VLC player over anything else is because it supports all the media formats that I've come across so far. With another players, there would be usually the trouble of finding codecs and everything in order to play media. VLC producers...

0 Hard Drive Repair Software

Hello there everyone! Today, our subject is something which has really troubled me in the past, repairing my damaged hard drive. It was the days didn't know so much about this stuff so it took me a while to figure out, and there wasn't so much information in the internet about it. That's the reason I felt like sharing this with you guys today. There are many different hard drive repair software, also known as hard drive diagnostic software which can help you recover your hard drive. These software vary depending on the brand of your hard drive, so it's important that you choose the right one. Above is a list for the repair utilities of the...

0 RAID 5 Data Recovery

Hello everyone! After a long break, today's topic is RAID 5 data recovery! First things first, let's start off with what RAID is. RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a storage system where more than one disk is used. The data is distributed into those disks to prevent data loss in a case where one or more disks malfunction depending on which RAID level is used. There are different RAID levels from RAID 0 to RAID 6 (and RAID 10), each with different attributes. Today, I will be specifically talking about RAID 5 since it's the most popularly used, (although being replaced slowly by RAID 6) and the safest RAID level. Image from Wikipedia. Link First...

0 Making A Multiboot USB Stick

Hello everyone, today's topic is making a multiboot USB stick! I must say having a multiboot USB stick saved me a lot of time when I got in trouble with my current Windows installation. You can add many things to your multiboot USB stick such as a linux distro, a partition manager, MSDaRT, (this one saved my Windows so many times) hard drive utilities, rescue disks and so on depending on what you need. Creating one is rather simple, and you're going to need the two programs above. 1) RMPrepUSB 2) SARDU RMPrepUSB is the piece of software which prepares your USB Drive to be bootable, and SARDU adds the ISO files which contains the things you...

0 Cloud Computing

I'm sure many of you heard the term cloud computing a lot of times lately. Cloud computing is getting more popular every day and it's slowly taking over physical computing.. But what is cloud computing? That's probably the question all of you are asking if you're reading this right now. Cloud computing, in most basic definition, is the usage of computer resources over a network, which includes internet. The computer resources could be anything depending on the type of the cloud computing, as there are many types of it. Image from Wikipedia, created by Sam Johnston. The most basic type of cloud computing is infrastructure as a service (IaaS)....

0 Small But Powerful Software

Hello there! Today, instead of talking about a single thing, I decided to make a small compilation of software which I think would be really handy to have installed. You can pick whichever you want from the list and try it out to your likings. You might or might not have heard of these software, but I'm sure you wont leave them out of your toolkit once you got them. Our first software is TeraCopy. TeraCopy is a file copying software which replaces the usual Windows one. I don't know if it ever occured to you, but most of the times when you copy high amounts of files, or large files, the copying process either freezes or goes really slow....

0 Spotify - Music anywhere

Spotify is a music streaming software which is a must have for any music fan. (at least in my opinion!) With Spotify, you have access to millions of songs anytime you want, (provided you have an internet connection) without downloading them. There are many great features about Spotify, but let's look at the subscription plans since the features change depending on which one you have. Spotify Free - You have access to the songs, but you can listen to a song only five times until it gets disabled. You will also have ads inbetween some songs. Spotify Unlimited - The ads will be gone, and the five time limit will be lifted compared to Spotify...

0 Dummy File Creator

Hello everyone! I wasn't planning on writing something today, but I felt the need to share a really interesting software which I've just stumbled upon a few hours ago. There's not much to say about it, as you will notice that it's a pretty simple software to use. This one is called Dummy File Creator. You can download this software here in its official page. As it is obvious from the name, this software creates dummy files, which basically aren't anything, but just things which take up space. All you need to do is fill the size box, and the software will create you dummy file(s) of that size. I'm sure everyone has the same question...

0 CCleaner

Ever wished there was a software which would clean your computer from every single obsolete thing in one click? Then CCleaner is the software you are looking for! With one click, CCleaner will clean your computer and make it ready for daily use. As you can see, the software cleans things like browser cache, Windows Explorer cache, and system cache which we are usually too lazy to clean by ourselves one by one. But of course, there's no reason to waste your computer's performance by not cleaning them since this can't get simpler. CCleaner also supports cleaning cache of the applications you have such as Skype and such, which makes it...

0 Revo Uninstaller Pro

Many times when I uninstall something off my computer, the things I uninstall usually leave lots of unneeded files and registry entries. It becomes pretty annoying when all this stuff stack up and take unneeded space or create conflicts. Icing on the cake, sometimes the uninstallers don't even work and you have to manually clean out a whole program... After being annoyed at stuff like this, I started a research to see if there's any software which would help me to get rid of all these problems, and I found Revo Uninstaller Pro. You can find more information about Revo Uninstaller Pro here. The main function of the software, as you will appreciate,...

0 Notepad++

Are you still using the original Notepad in Windows? It's time for a change! Notepad++ is an advanced version of Notepad which comes with many more features, and I promise it will make your life easier. It's especially good for people who are coding, but it's still an amazing upgrade for a home user nonetheless. Notepad++ comes with great features such as highlighting / folding, opening your notepad documents in tabs instead of windows, making macros, (it records the things you do and you can recall it later) launching the notepad file in different browsers, (good for web programming) auto completion, customizable GUI, document map, plugin...

1 Recuva - Free File Recovery

Ever regretted deleting a file and wanted it back? I sure did! Infact, it happened many times to me and I just let it go until one day I lost a really important file which made me get to work. I'm sure this has happened to many of you as well, and I'm glad to say that today I will be writing about a software which will help you out! When I was browsing the internet to find a way to get my file back, I tested many programs and I decided to stick with a file recovery software called Recuva. If you're interested, you can find more information about Recuva here. With this piece of software, you will most likely be able to return the files...

0 Network Monitoring For Home Users

Network monitoring is the technique which is used to see what's happening in a computer network. In business, a network monitoring system monitors many things such as incoming threats to the network, components which slow the network down, data transfer, crashed servers and many things. For a home user though, network monitoring simply means monitoring the download and upload rates of the computers in a network, usually in order to see what's taking up too much bandwidth. Today, I will be talking about network monitoring for home users. It's rather easy to monitor your network lately, thanks to the variety of network monitoring software around...

0 File Management Software

File management software are surely the biggest part of our computer lives. I'm sure everyone is familiar with Windows Explorer, the implemented file manager of Windows OS. Whenever you open a folder on your computer, it is Windows Explorer which makes you able to see your files and such. That being said, Windows Explorer isn't the only one which you can use on your computer. Infact, there are many file management software which are far more advanced than Windows Explorer, or perhaps, more suitable for different users. Today, I will be talking about different types of these software and recommend you my personal favorites. If we are to...

1 Virtual Machines & How to set one up with Virtualbox

Virtual Machines are guest operating systems which are installed in a host operating system. Think of it as a secondary operating system in your computer, and you can run it at the same time with your operating system. The biggest function of virtual machines is the fact that they're isolated from the host (primary OS), which means they are in no means related. The reason why everyone uses virtual machines is simply because you can have different operating systems on your computer without changing your preferred operating system. This comes handy for people who have programs which aren't compatible with Windows 7, people who need to use Linux...

1 Spyware Protection

I guess everyone knows what a spyware is more or less, but for those who don't; spywares are malicious software which monitor your computer without your will. This monitoring process can be something simple such as checking which websites you've been surfing, or something critical such as your personal or bank information. Spywares can also slow your computer down, change your computer settings, create unwanted pop-ups to appear and such things which will harm your computer experience. Spywares, unlike viruses are a lot more likely to infect your computer due to their nature, and they are a lot more common than viruses. Therefore, even though...

1 Dropbox - For all your online storage needs

Online storage plays a big role in our daily lives nowadays. We all have files that we have to carry around, we have files that we want to share with our friends and family, we have many things that we need instant access to when we need it. For all your online storage needs, I present you Dropbox. Dropbox, in simple words, is an online storage service which allows you to upload files on a server which you can access on any computer you like later on. There are many services which provide online storage, but the reason I chose Dropbox is the fact that it outperforms other services in every single way. First things first, we all love...

1 Windows 8 tablets to be 600-800$

I must say I'm quite shocked about the price range of Windows 8 tablets! 600$-800$ for a Windows 8 tablet with an Atom processor, a processor which is used in netbooks, which will cost you hundreds less to have one if you decide to buy a netbook instead of a Windows 8 tablet, and use Windows 8 on the netbook. Fun fact, these tablets also come with keyboards which actually, in my eyes, make them no different than a usual laptop/netbook with the exception of having a worse processor, limited things you can do compared to an usual laptop, and high price. Of course we can't just say netbooks are the same as tablets just because they share the...

0 What is a FTP Server & How to make one

A File Transfer Protocol server, or FTP server is a protocol which allows you to transfer files between computers over the internet. In order to do this, the server administrator should upload/enable files to his FTP server, and other users can connect this server in order to download files. It's a really good way to keep your files in your hand wherever you go, since as long as your computer is open and connected to the internet, you will be able to access your server. It's also a great way of sharing files with your friends, your family, and your co-workers at will. There are many ways to access a FTP server, and accessing one can be as...