Anytime your hard drive crashes or you lose your data, you’ll need to turn to data recovery to properly restore your information. Data recovery is something most computer users are familiar with, as a majority of us have had to turn to data recovery at some point in time. Even though hard drives are becoming better and better, they are still mechanical and will always encounter problems.
The first thing to do, before any problems happen, is to always back up your data. If you create backups of your information, you’ll be well prepared in the event of a disaster. This way, even if your hard drive cannot be repaired and the data is lost forever, you’ll have the back ups to continue going as normal. If you didn’t make back ups, you’ll find the situation very traumatic when you discover that your data cannot be recovered. Read the rest of this entry →
I get asked all the time, “What video card should I buy?”, and I always have to answer, “What are you using your PC for?”.
Depending on whether your needs are for business, watching movies, or for extreme gaming can change the answer greatly.
For most of us common users, we are most interested in having great speed while watching our movies, and videos, with a card that can do a little gaming.
If you are a hardcore gamer, then you know you need to match your games to your video card. Often many games only support certain video chipsets.
So, if you have a favorite game, make sure you buy your video card based upon their recommended chipset. Read the rest of this entry →
Did you know that the typical photo printed in a print lab only lasts around 50 years? According the Epson, photos printed with the Epson Picture Mate Photolab & Printer last much longer – 4 times longer to be exact.
I think what they mean is that photos won’t begin to fade for 200 years (4 times longer) than photos created in a print lab. I don’t know that much about printing, but I don’t believe that photos created in a print lab will fall apart the second they hit 50 years old.
I do believe that photos printed with the Epson Picture Mate Photolab & Printer last longer. It uses advanced MicroPiezo technology developed by Epson to help your photos last longer and look their best. This technology also improves the quality of the photos printed.
With the Epson Picture Mate you can print from digital camera, USB flash drive, memory card, or by bluetooth for mobile phones and other devices.
Other than the whole last 200 years thing, another cool feature of the Picture Mate is it’s large easy to see LCD screen measuring a generous 3.6 inches.
Being able to see exactly what you’re printing before you hit print is a great benefit to avoid wasting photo paper. You can also easily navigate around using that same screen, so it should be suitable for anyone ranging from a beginner to an expert.
The printer can run as a standalone machine or with your computer. It includes software for Windows (many versions, including Windows XP and Windows Vista) and Mac OS X. Linux users could also probably find a way to run the software (maybe with WINE) or find an alternative.
It was difficult to find things about this photo printer that I didn’t like. However, it only prints 4×6 photos. If this is all that you are looking for, this printer is pretty much perfect, but if you’d like to print something larger than you may need to go for a full size all in one style printer.
The Photo Mate prints at a high quality (5760×1440 dpi). Epson guarantees that you get at least 150 photos from every cartridge, making it a little more budget friendly than one might expect.
If you don’t, they will pro-rate the price of the cartridge and refund you a fraction of the price. I don’t know anyone who has taken them up on this deal, but it seems that this will protect you from purchasing a bad cartridge and losing money.
You probably won’t end up asking for a refund if you print 148 photos, but if it’s down around 100 it would be worth your time.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply open up your brain and add more space so you could remember everything? Oh well, you can’t do that but you can add more memory to your PC or laptop if the need arises.
When you buy a computer, it comes with a certain amount of memory already loaded on. This storage is where you can save files, applications, music, videos, pictures and anything else you’d like. It would be great to have unlimited memory but that is not always the case.
Maybe you have noticed that your computer is running slower than usual. You have used Disk Defragmenter to combine files and get rid of others that you don’t need. A computer that still runs slow may need a memory boost. Read the rest of this entry →
The motherboard is the most expensive computer component so be sure to treat and handle it with great care.
There are a few things you should do to ensure no motherboard damage occur as you prepare for the installation.
Be sure you have a clean,well lit,and level work place.Relax your mind and make this task both fun and educational.
You will need such tools as a phillips screwdriver,maybe some needle nose pliers and the manual that came with the board.
Most importantly you must remove any and all electrical static discharge from your body and clothes.Static electricity is a big problem and will quickly damage chips on your new board. Read the rest of this entry →
Recently, our office got a new printer, HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier Wireless All-in-One Printer. This all-in-one printer lets you turn your office into a professional print shop.
It high-quality laser printing is one of its kind. It’s built in wireless networking lets you to print from any room of the office. You have the option to print your own marketing materials and save up to 50% of the costs.
In addition, when you buy the printer, you get three extra color print cartridges, HP Brochure paper, and marketing software.
This helps you to start printing your own brochures instantly. This printer contains the original HP Officejet Pro pigment inks which make your documents very sharp and lively.
It also saves a lot of time because of its two tray system. You can print up to 500 pages without reloading paper.
You also have the option to save paper by enabling the two-sided printing, scanning, and faxing. This will save on office costs.
This printer reduces the clutter from under your office table because of its wireless networking. This will also help in improving office productivity by sharing the printer with numerous people.
This HP Officejet Pro printer will save on your energy by burning up 50% less power. More importantly, as you are using one printer instead of many, so you will be reducing your energy consumption automatically.
The HP Officejet uses four different inks – 940 Black, 940 Cyan, 940 Magenta and 940 Yellow. You can also connect to your PC by using a USB cable. It is a wonderful office product and quite economical too.
Do you own an inkjet printer? Has the printhead ever clogged up on you, creating streaks or missing colors from your printing?
Clogs can be incredibly frustrating. Normally when you find out you have a clogged printhead, it’s because you’re right in the middle of printing something important.
It’s one of those problems that you never ask for. It just seems to throw itself in your lap without warning, and then taunts you in your efforts to fix it.
The printhead is the mechanism of your printer (or inkjet cartridge), where the ink actually comes out.
For the most part, printhead clogs can be normally be flushed out with a couple of “head cleaning” cycles. A head cleaning cycle is a built-in function of your printer. It’s a specialized routine meant to address this type of problem. Read the rest of this entry →
The first thing that I noticed about the printer is the sleek design. It looks like it could be made by Apple, because it has that sleek, shiny, white look happening.
It includes a viewing screen for viewing photos, which is a must. I have a printer without this, so we either have to create an SD card with only the photos that we want to print, and then print them all or guess what number corresponds to what photo. It’s not a fun game.
We frequently end up with a bunch of photos that we don’t want. Paper and ink are both very expensive, so seeing what you print beforehand is a good thing.
The Canon Pixma Mini 320 Photo Printer is the perfect for traveling or going to scrapbook parties. It is quite small, so you can bring it just about anywhere.
If you’re at a party, you can have the photos printed and handed out before the party is over. On vacation? This little gizmo will follow you there too. It includes a revolutionary feature – a handle! You can carry it just about anywhere.
Print from digital cameras, memory cards, or cell phones. With an optional bluetooth adapter, you can print high quality photos from just about anything in a matter of seconds.
It claims that it prints at a ‘9600 x 2400 dpi’, but for this feature to be fully utilized, the print has to be connected to a computer.
Verbatim portable hard drive offers an easy and convenient solution for storage of data. I have recently purchased it and I am quite pleased with its performance.
For one thing, I like its size, its palm-sized and easy to take anywhere with you, and it is very stylish and durable too.
I would say it combines the best features of all hard drives. It comes along with the FireWire cable and a USB cable.
The USB cable can be used to obtain additional power as it is Y shaped. And due to the FireWire cable no external power supply is required.
The Verbatim offers quite a large space for storage, 320 GB is a huge space and you can easily use it to store your work information so that you don’t have to carry your laptop home.
However, there are a couple of things you will notice about it that might surprise you.
Firstly, the case looks like a metal case in the picture but when I bought it, it was actually a plastic silver case.
Secondly, the bottom of the drive heats up after one uses it for a few hours.
I would advise anyone using this drive that one should not use it for a long length of time. Otherwise it is perfect value for money.
As you have a wide variety of video card manufacturers nowadays, choosing a video card can make you go dizzy.
It is essential that you buy a video card that is compatible to your computer’s hardware configuration and the connections available for the video card, otherwise it will all go waste.
Finding the right Video Card
Usually computers have PCI, AGP and ISA type connections. AGP (Advanced Graphics Port) is currently the standard for the latest motherboards.
AGP is directly connected to the computer memory, so it can store 3-D elements in the computer’s memory rather than using the video memory.
The PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is one of the most frequently used Buses in computers today. Read the rest of this entry →
