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The hard drive on my computer has been giving me a lot of errors. How can I determine the best drive repair program to buy for it?
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Where can one find information on how to repair a portable external hard drive?
Information on how to repair a portable external hard drive can be found on the net, at local computer-repair stores, or in computer repair manuals and books.
What is the data hard drive?
The data hard drive or just hard drive is where all your programs are stored when your computer is shut down. Every progam you see on your computer is stored on the hard drive. That's why the bigger the hard drive the more programs you can put on your computer.
On a computer which are new programs that are typically installed?
hard drive
Can Computer Repair Programs Fix A Borken Hard Drive?
Computers function only because of the information that is stored on their hard drives. The hard drive is basically the brain of the computer. It sorts through all of this information every time that you try to look for a file or open a new program. Even the programs have to access this information while they are running because of the different files that can be found there. When these hard drive discs become corrupted or damaged, the computer may stop working. This damage does not always have to be physical. The computer will stop working if you drop it and the hard drive cracks, but this is not very common. Most of the time, the damage is to the way that the information is encoded. It could become scrambled or the disc could become unreadable. If this happens, you need to run computer repair programs that can fix the information on the disc and allow it to work correctly once again. You should note that it is impossible to run computer repair programs if the computer will not work at all. You have to be able to put the disc into the computer, which will bring up the installation wizard, and you then have to be able to run the program after it has been installed. If the computer is so damaged that it will not turn on, there is nothing that you can do besides turning to a local repair shop. When you take the computer into the shop, the technicians will be able to work on it to get it going again, even if you cannot turn it on. They have special equipment that is designed for exactly this purpose. They may hook your broken computer up to a functioning computer and work on it that way. They may be able to diagnose the problem and fix it so that the computer will work again. At that time, they can run their own computer repair programs to finish the job. Trained professionals can fix most machines unless they have been subjected to extreme damage. Make sure that you find a repair shop with experienced workers.
Which area of the computer is impervious to computer viruses?
Computer viruses only affect the memory of your computer. Say you get a virus and your computer will not let you open programs. You would need to get a new hard drive or wipe all data from the hard drive, and then reinstall programs.
Can you run programs from a removeable hard disk?
You can run programs from an hard drive, as long as it is plugged into a computer.
In a computer system data and programs are stored as?
hard drive
How to get programms of a computer?
Open my computer Double click on the hard drive icon (C) Double click on the programs folder Copy the programs you want to a flash drive or a CD by dragging the folders to the flash drive/ CD Hope this helps
What are some options for recovering data from a hard drive?
One option to consider when needing to recover data from a hard drive is to take the computer to a computer repair shop and have a professional do the work. Programs like Recovery Tree will also help recover lost data. There are several other options to choose from.
What is the name of the device that stores programs and data in a computer?
File
Where could someone get a floppy drive repaired?
One could get a floppy drive repaired from their local computer repair shop. It is doubtful if any major computer store will repair one now since they are an obsolete technology but an independent local repair shop will probably be able to do it.
Your pen drive not shown by the computer what to do?
Test it on another computer and test another flash/pen-drive on that computer. Then use Google to find some flash-drive recovery programs. Finally, most likely, time to buy a new drive.
