Reclaim Space by Converting 1080p Videos to 720p


Big and Small

So one of my friendly clients got a new problem for me to solve. He uses a Sony digital camcorder that allows him to record videos in true high definition with a resolution of 1920×1080 (1080p). Well, he uses that camera a lot to record his dancing video lessons and suffice it to say, he [...]



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How To Securely Wipe your Hard Drive


Hard Drive Nuke

Ever wanted to securely wipe your hard drive prior to selling or giving it away for someone else to use? I’m praying you don’t just hand over your hard drive as is and hope that the next user wouldn’t scourge it for your personal data.  Deleting and even a simple reformat does not guarantee that [...]



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How-To Encrypt your Hard Drive with TrueCrypt


Keep Out TrueCrypt

I’ve always had my issues with Bitlocker. I love the technology as it gave users the opportunity to finally encrypt their entire hard drive a la Microsoft however, the major problem stemmed from the fact that this feature is only available in the highest edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7! This pretty much left [...]

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A More Thorough Method to Uninstall Your Programs


199 Uninstall

Nothing is perfect. Ever heard that phrase before? I’m sure you have. It’s one of the main reasons why technology is evolving at such a high rate. Companies want to create that perfect product that everyone will love. The product will be bug free and never need an update. Well, I’m sure you’ve already figured [...]

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Virtual Hard Drives Makes Efficient Backups!


VHD

Prior to working on a client’s computer, one of the first thing I always like to do is to make a complete backup of the system. By doing so, I don’t have to worry about whether or not if something “bad” is going to happen and somehow destroy the data. Let’s face it. Reinstalling an [...]



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How To Dual Boot Windows 7 with Linux Ubuntu


Dual Boot

If by now you still didn’t know that you can run two different operating systems side by side within a single physical computer, then well, you have some serious catching up to do! Dual booting is a great method to have two separate platforms to do your bidding. You can use one operating system as [...]



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Windows 7 Not Genuine After Disk Clone


Windows Genuine

A while back, I helped a user easily clone his 320GB Windows 7 system to a 1TB hard drive using Symantec’s BESR 2010. Everything went smoothly except for one big issue that I didn’t find out until now. After the cloning process, Windows 7 was still using the old drive (320GB) as the boot device. [...]



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