Imagine the following: you create a word document and save it. The document is split into tiny bits and accessed as such. At first, the bits are stored next to each other — the file is saved in a ...

Disktrix's $30 utility lets you defragment hard drives and other storage devices a little or a lot--and view the contents of individual drive clusters, among other options. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...

Restoring a system image involves using a backup file so that your hard drive has exactly the same content as when you made the system image. The restoration process includes an option for formatting ...

Disk cloning and disk imaging are two processes that accomplish the same goal: They copy all of a hard drive's contents. It's possible to clone a disk by using a disk image, but the two are distinctly ...

Software companies offering backup software help individuals and companies with the many aspects of disaster recovery. Whether dealing with hard drive failures, natural disasters, or ransomware, a ...

A disk refers to the physical storage medium itself, such as the magnetic platter in a hard disk drive (HDD) or the flash memory in a solid-state drive (SSD). It is the actual physical material that ...

It’s always a good idea to have an Image Backup of your OS. So, if there’s any even of misfortune, you don’t end up losing your data but can restore it fully from Repair Disc or an external hard drive ...