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In recent news, people are shocked to find out all of their data stored on their Western Digital My Book Live hard drives has been wiped out through a factory reset. These storage devices have the convenient feature of being accessed remotely over the internet and as it appears to be, this may have been […]
External hard drives are one of the convenient forms of data storage. You could store GBs or even terabytes of data and could carry it wherever you want. With digital advancement in almost every field of work, the need to keep the data safe and secure is ever-increasing. External Hard drivers make it easy to […]
Getting faster storage is every computer user’s dream. Most of the people now have the choice of using SSDs, but they are considerably costlier than the magnetic hard drives. However, if you have like loads of RAM sitting idle inside your PC, it can be a great source to construct some lightning fast storage media, even faster […]
It is quite common to have crashed hard drives, which is mainly caused by thermal stress due to excessive, repeated heating and cooling or the physical shock that results from being dropped or knocked. This is especially common in laptops. However, a new study reveals that the latest generation of hard drives is more vulnerable […]
The world-renowned carbonated soft drink producer Cola-Cola has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which personal data of 8,000 workers have been impacted. According to a security notice fromCoca-Cola, the breach was not a traditional one rather the company was informed by law enforcement authorities that a former employee at a Coca-Cola subsidiary was found […]
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are most commonly used storage components because these tend to be energy efficient and low cost. HDDs are a mandatory element of any computing system from PCs to CCTV, bedside monitors and ATMs. Until now we never doubted the security of HDDs and stored data without any hesitation. But probably now […]
Short Bytes: Don’t ignore the weird noises coming from your computer. Computer systems usually make noises like spinning and tapping etc., but if you hear ‘clicking’ sound, take it seriously. It probably might be that your hard drive is failing or it can be any other important component of the system that is failing. Check the […]
Short Bytes: Sometimes you need to erase a disk that isn’t working properly or just needs to be wiped for security reasons. But how do you do that without the all the fancy tools you can find online? Well, if you’re a Mac or Linux user, it’s very easy to do using tools like dd […]
Yes, you heard that right. You can access your computer’s hard drive with your smartphone in few simple steps. For this, you don’t have to download or install any big software on your PC or smartphone. Your Android’s file explorer can do the task easily. The good thing with this tutorial is that you can […]