Formatting your hard drive is very useful. It’s good for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a new copy of Windows. Formatting is also good for cleaning up storage issues, ...

I have windows XP Pro and when I first got it I just did the upgrade option on it. Now I wasnt to format and get rid of everthing and get a clean install and start over from scratch. I tried it on my ...

I'm changing a HDD on a Compaq machine (from the original 30GB to a used 160GB Barracuda) and during the XP setup phase, it's taking an unusually long time to perform an HD format (not quick format) ...

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The Recovery Console is a special boot up method that can be used to help fix problems that are preventing your Windows installation from properly booting up into Windows. This method allows you to ...

Everyone knows what a floppy disk is, but a common question, is how do I clean out a floppy so that it can be used again? I have spoken to many people who have said that after they store information ...

Western Digital recently began to ship a new series of Caviar hard drives that included the company's Advanced Format technology. The new Caviar Green models are nearly identical to their standard ...

We focused on three tests out of the Worldbench 6 suite: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Nero 7 Ultra, and Winzip. Once aligned, the Caviar Green does a reasonable job of hanging with the Caviar Black ...