Why Worry about Formating your Hard Drive

When most people have problems with their computer they are worried about loosing data and other important files. But most of the files and programs you have are no longer used and uninstalling and removing them can be a painful task. Sometimes it is better to just format your computer and forget about most of the things you have stored on it. A fresh install is sometimes the best way to get your computer running like new again but what about your files well you could place all your important stuff on a USB pen drive or a portable hard drive or , But you could also use online storage. If you have a Google Account you have 7519MB of Storage in your Gmail or Google Apps account. Then also you have another 25 Gigs of storage with Windows sky drive giving you enough storage space online to save all your important files.

What about your Bookmarks and Passwords

If you are worried about loosing all those saved bookmarks and passwords you just need to firstly if you have not got it installed install Google Chrome and import your bookmarks from your default browser. Next you will need to set up sync in the options menu in Google Chrome. To be more secure about saving all your passwords you could try installing a password manager like LastPass or Keypass in from the Google Chrome extensions gallery. This will be explained later in the article.

Now format your Hard Drive 

When you have saved your important data, bookmarks and extensions you are now prepared to format your hard drive without any worries.

Reinstall your Operating System

Now Reinstall your OS of Choice then Download Google Chrome and Go to The Extensions Gallery and Install the Password manager of your Choice again. Now all your Passwords are Back on your Computer. Then Set up Sync in the Google Chrome and your Bookmarks are now Imported making your Computer Allmost like it was except for all the problems.

The Final Step Get your Files Back

Because your Email Address has all your Files Stored in the Cloud you just need to login to your Email Account/s and Download your Files Again. You do not have to worry about forgeting your email passwords because your Browser imported all your saved passwords. If you do not trust a password manager you could always use another method which is saving your passwords as text  and printing your passwords.


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It's a hard disk in 1956

Guess what they are trying to lift? It's a hard disk in 1956... a hard disk drive with 5 MB storage.

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive. The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a total 5 MB of data.

So start appreciating your memory stick or portable harddrive which has thousand times the capacity of this monster!

Buying a Laptop Computer or Netbook

It is not an easy task to buying a laptop computer. Not just because of the price of the price of the laptops but comparing the features with the prices will easily makes you feel lost. Do not forget that cheap new notebook have new member. Netbooks are cheaper and portable. So how you decide which laptop, desktop or netbook to buy.


How much you can or willing to spend on your new computer, laptop or netbook comes first. Without proper budget you will easily get lost because you can buy one for $500 as well as for more than $5000. I will leave it with you.

Before you go any further spend couple of minutes to go through the hardware requirements and operating system you would prefer. At this stage you will get Windows Vista
or XP with your laptop and soon Windows 7 would be available. In terms of hardware it is Screen Size, RAM, Hard disk space, Processor and video and sound card would be main components you need to think of.

Then it would be better to decide you want to buy a desktop, laptop or netbook. You might need to answer couple of usability question before you make the decision.

* Do I want it to be portable?
* Do I want 5-6 hours of battery life?
* Do I want to use it mainly for internet browsing and access documents and Excels?
* Will I not constantly use it for couple of hours?
* Do I have another computer?
* 1GB - 2GB RAM is quite enough?

If you answer yes to most of the above questions then I would recommend you to go for a netbook which is cheaper, extremely portable and quite handy to take it when you travel. Not recommended for constantly using for longer hours.

* I want to it to be portable?
* I do not really worried about the battery life?
* I want to run couple of general applications and some photo editing applications?
* I will use it for hours and hours?
* I want more RAM and disk space to be used?

Then it is ideal to buy a laptop base on your hardware requirements. You can upgrade/downgrade RAM and hard drive base on your requirement and budget. With netbooks it is bit hard to work for longer hours as the screen is smaller.

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If you do not want portability at all and want to run really heavy and experiment with application, operating systems and what to run programing languages and databases you must choose a good desktop. Also if you have a limited budget desktop would be a good option as well.

Try to keep your requirements simple. Otherwise new models will add to the market and you will never end up buying a new computer but wasting your time going through specifications and requirements.

Do not forget to share your experience buying a new laptop, computer or netbook...