Reload Windows Restore CD Hard Drive Data Recovery
April 20, 2009 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Basic Computer How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
I have been doing technical support for DTI Data Recovery for 3+ years now and there has been one constant problem across those years. Here is the scenario, a user will plug in an external hard drive and back off all of their important data to that drive...
[Read more...]My Files Have Disappeared
April 6, 2009 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Basic Computer How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
Recently I have had a situation where customers are calling to tell me that they have files that seem to have disappeared. After going through the usual questions, like are you sure you didn’t delete them, or maybe someone else deleted them? I will...
[Read more...]How To Use Windows Disk Manager Video
April 6, 2009 by Michael Stankard
Filed under Windows Operating System How To's
Below is another new video from Jacqui Best on how to use Windows Disk Manager. This useful tool that is part of all Windows operating systems, can be very useful for data recovery software users, as well as for people that may need hard drive recovery. ...
[Read more...]Blue Screen Of Death How To Restore Windows Config Missing Corrupt
December 17, 2008 by Michael Stankard
Filed under Data Recovery Solutions, System Restore How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
Blue Screen of Death C:\windows\system32\config\system missing or corrupt. Windows Blue Screen of Death If you have turned your PC on and received this message the problem can be solved with the following steps. However, before beginning, it is very important...
[Read more...]How to Replace a Partition on a Single Partition Drive
October 13, 2008 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Data Recovery Solutions, Partition Repair How To's
We have a Free Partition Repair Tool that I get a lot of calls about. The problem most people have when using it is trying to figure out what goes into each of the fields. When a hard drive has a missing partition it is hard to know what is supposed to...
[Read more...]Windows Explorer: Un-Hide Files
March 18, 2008 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Basic Computer How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
Windows Explorer: How to change files from Being Hidden In my last windows explorer tutorial I explained how to open Windows Explorer, now I will start showing some of the functions people need to know. A lot of time a file we are looking for just doesn’t...
[Read more...]Windows Explorer: How to Open It
February 26, 2008 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Basic Computer How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
A lot of times when I am speaking to customers I need them to make changes to their files or look at their files in a specific way. I will often tell someone to open Windows Explorer and tell me what they see. In many occasion I have had customers open...
[Read more...]How To Remove Unwanted Software From Windows XP
December 13, 2007 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Basic Computer How To's, Computing How To's, Windows Operating System How To's
This is just a mini tutorial on how to uninstall software you no longer want or need and is taking up valuable room on your hard disk. So, step by step this is what you need to do. 1. Click Start 2. After the start menu pops open you will...
[Read more...]Windows Vista Compatibility With Legacy Programs
March 29, 2007 by Jacqui Best
Filed under Windows Operating System How To's
I have recently written a lot of articles about Microsoft’s new Operating System, Windows Vista. My articles have ranged from the different versions of Vista that Microsoft has developed and now offers, to the internal workings of Vista’s security....
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