Use Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution to Protect Your Laptops From Illegal Access
The Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution feature now very common in many high-end notebooks is one very good way to protect your laptops and netbooks from unwanted physical access. Physical because after activating the Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution, the Pre-Boot Authentication will be enabled, thus no one will really be able to get through the operating system’s graphical user interface (GUI). This means they can’t open your files and see what you’ve been up to on the internet.
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Download Free Softwares to Restore or Recover Lost Files From USB/Flash Drives
Previously, I have posted here some common causes of USB/Flash drive data loss. After downloading and testing some free data recovery softwares designed to restore/recover lost or deleted data, I am posting now my verdict on the efficiency and performance of these free softwares.
Generally, all data recovery softwares perform the same – free or commercial. I have actually used a commercial software (whose name I will no longer mention here) but did not perform significantly better than freewares.
Some Common Causes of USB/Flash Drive Data Loss
There are several common causes of data loss in USB/flash drives and even hard drives. At times it’s frustrating when you lose your precious data like photos, documents, music, and other digital files. Digital storage media like USB/flash drives are much more sensitive than hard disks. They are easily affected by weather conditions, spikes or surges, etc.
Another USB/Flash Drive Virus: Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm
The Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm is another USB/flash drive virus that affects the autorun.inf file in your usb/flashdrives. If Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm infects your USB/flash drive, the autorun function of your drive will be damaged and in some cases, formatting the USB/flash drive will not return the drive to its normal state. Read more
How to Remove a USB/Flash Drive Virus Like Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm
My USB drives and Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash Memory have been infected by viruses before. One of which is the active Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm. I said active because the Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm is a common virus infecting USB drives and flash memory cards. This happened when my wife ordered prints of photos saved onto those devices. It happened several times and at one time, my USB drive was even corrupted (can no longer use auto-run in Windows).
Windows Vista: Increase System Memory (RAM) Using Readyboost
Some of you might be interested in increasing your computer’s random access memory (RAM). If you cannot afford to purchase a memory module due to financial constraints but have an extra USB drive (flash drive), try increasing your system memory to speed up the loading of your computer and softwares using the buit-in Readyboost utility in Windows Vista.
Here is how Readyboost can speed up your desktop computer or laptop computer in Windows Vista:
How to Burn ISO (CD Image) Files onto a CD or DVD
A lot of softwares are distributed in CD image files also known as ISO files. As such, there is a need to learn how to burn these ISO files onto a CD or DVD (writable/rewritable ok). Burning softwares can be free, commercials or built-in within the operating system. With this in mind, if you are interested to know how to burn ISO Files onto a CD/DVD using different platforms, then read on.
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