Scan disk also known as Check disk for newer version of Windows. This tool is used to check if the hard drive has critical errors that might affect the performance of the programs installed in the computer. The errors in the hard drive can result into system crash such as blue screen, slow performance, user account corruption and corruption of files including personal files.
Scan Disk will check the hard disk for physical damages. It will also check damages on the software that is installed in it. The main purpose of scan disk is to look for bad sectors and restore them to working condition. This is due to improper termination of a running program.
Scan Disk will provide a report that contains the errors it has found and the amount of disk space it has scanned. It’s important to use scan disk to prevent your file from corruption. Aside from this, there is a good chance that your computer will perform at optimum performance level after it has been ran.
This is how you run scan disk or check disk:
1. Double click your My Computer icon. Right-click on the C: drive. Select Properties then choose the Tools tab .
2. Under Error Checking , click the Check Now button. A dialog box will pop up, check both check boxes and click Start .
NOTE: Some people say that when they try to run scan disk or check disk it keeps on resetting itself. It doesn’t happen all the time but if it happens to you there’s a way around this.
Restart your computer, just as your computer starts to boot up (before the Windows “splash screen” appears), keep hitting F8 on your keyboard. A menu should come up. Choose the SAFE MODE option then run Scan Disk following the normal procedure and it should work just fine. When done, re-set your computer and be sure to switch back to normal mode.
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Scan disk is also known as Check disk for newer version of Windows. This tool is used to check if the hard drive has critical errors that might affect the performance of the programs installed in the computer. The errors in the hard drive can result into system crash such as blue screen, slow performance, user account corruption and corruption of files including personal files.
Scan Disk will check the hard disk for physical damages. It will also check damages on the software that is installed in it. The main purpose of scan disk is to look for bad sectors and and restore them to working condition. This is due to improper termination of a running program.
Scan Disk will provide a report that contains the errors it has found and the amount of disk space it has scanned. It’s important to use scan disk to prevent your file from corruption. Aside from this, there is a good chance that your computer will perform at optimum performance levels after it has been ran.
This is how you run scan disk or check disk:
1. Click Start, click Computer and Right-Click on your C: drive icon and select Properties.
2. Click the Tools tab and hit “Check Now” under Error Checking. A dialog box will pop up, check both check boxes and click Start .
NOTE: Some people say that when they try to run scan disk or check disk it keeps on resetting itself. It doesn’t happen all the time but if it happens to you there’s a way around this.
Restart your computer, just as your computer starts to boot up (before the Windows “splash screen” appears), keep hitting F8 on your keyboard. A menu should come up. Choose the SAFE MODE option then run Scan Disk following the normal procedure and it should work just fine. When done, re-set your computer and be sure to switch back to normal mode.
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BitLocker is a security feature that will protect your data by putting a very strong password in to your hard disk. This feature is a very good protection just in case your laptop got stolen or falls into the wrong hands. The computer will ask for the password that you set on the disk that you will be protecting every time that disk needs to be accessed. BitLocker is available on Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, Enterprise Edition and Windows 7. You can also use BitLocker to protect your removable storage such USB thumb drives provided that your Windows Vista is updated to Service Pack 1.
Turning BitLocker On
1. Click Start, click Control Panel and click System and Security.
2. Click on BitLocker Drive Encryption and on the next window click Turn On BitLocker of the drive you want to encrypt.
3. On the next window just choose Use a password to unlock the drive and type your desire password in the boxes. Please read the requirements for the password. Once done click Next.
4. Choose the recommended option which is to Save the recovery key as a file and print it later. Click Next after saving.
5. Click Start Encrypting.
6. Once it is finished click Close and restart the computer for the encryption to take effect.
Important note
BitLocker is designed to prevent unauthorized people from accessing your files and programs but, unless you’re careful, it can prevent you from accessing it as well. Take good care of your recovery password. If you lose it, the data you protected with BitLocker will be permanently inaccessible.
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This feature of Windows is only applicable for a computer running in a network. If you have more than one computer at home that are linked to each other and they share files between them, then this feature is a must for easy accessing of files from the computers in the network. Adding a map drive is just like adding a shortcut of a shared folder from other computers. You can just put the map drive icon on the desktop and then double click it to gain access of the data in that folder that is saved in other computers for easy access.
Mapping a Network Drive
1. Right click on an empty space on your desktop click on New and then Shortcut.
2. On the Create Shortcut window click on the Browse button and click the arrow by Network to expand it and show the list of all the computers in the network. Click on the target computer to expand it and then choose the shared folder that you want to map and click OK. Click Next.
3. Type the name of the shortcut in the box and then click Finish.
The map drive icon will look like this
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Iranian Cyber Army, an anti-American group, hacked Twitter, a micro-blogging site, last week. The shut down lasted for more than an hour. During that time, visitors of Twitter redirected automatically to another site which shows a green flag with English and Arabic writing stating:
“This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army.”
The said Iranian protesters stated that they control and manage internet access with their power and not USA alone as what they thought, so Americans should not provoke the Iranian people.
Dync Inc., a company based in New Hampshire that directs that traffic for Twitter, said that the hackers got credentials to redirect Twitter’s traffic to a bogus site. TechCrunch reported that the said disruption also affected Google searches for Twitter. Twitter’s DNS have been fixed after being temporarily compromised with the said group.
According to Twitter’s co-founder, Biz Stone, they will update with more information after they have done the investigation. Many speculated that the said cyber attack was the revenge to the Twitter’s role in the election protests earlier this year. Iranians used Twitter to express their protest against what they believed to be an unfair result of the election last June but the U. S. State Department advised Twitter to delay maintenance interrupting the site’s service during the peak of demonstrations.
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Millions of people has been using Twitter every day to communicate and express what they feel. The Iranians used it to speak out during the election and the Iranian Cyber Army has hacked it to revenge and deface the site but not the users. It’s the same as hacking a computer. If you want your PC to be protected, Techie Now is available to provide PC support services: virus and spyware removal, performance optimization, installation and configuration, and general repair. Techie Now can definitely give what your PC needs.
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