23rd November 2009
Microsoft Windows 7 is a recently released version of Microsoft Windows, series of graphical user interface operating systems. It provides great performance and security features over its earlier versions. It has been developed from ground up for improved...
18th November 2009
NTFS (New Technology File System) file system allows you to compress or compact files on the hard drive. It is possible through Compact.exe tool in Microsoft Windows. It is a command line utility that come bundled with NTFS file system. As the name st...
15th November 2009
Hard drive failures and crashes are very common problem, particularly in modern hard drive which are small in size and has high read/write speed. The rotating speed of the hard drives is increasing by bounds and leaps. But it has a adverse effect, immense...
12th November 2009
Sometimes, when you upgrade your Windows operating system, the hard drive is automatically formatted with FAT (File Allocation Table) file system and all of the data stored on the drive get lost. The problem also occurs when you try to simply format the h...
09th November 2009
It is necessary to assign a name to a drive after creating partitions in windows hard drive. There are two varying types of drives which Microsoft Windows 2003 supports ie; Dynamic and Basic. The dynamic ones include simple, spanned and mirrored volumes. ...
05th November 2009
In Microsoft Windows, when you run the programs that use asynchronous WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) automation interfaces, applications might unpredictably and sporadically shut down or stop responding, possibly resulting into serious data loss...
03rd November 2009
The BitLocker Drive Encryption is a feature available with Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It requires the boot volume , isolated from encryption. And for this, 'Bitlocker Drive Preparation Tool' is available.
Sometime...
30th October 2009
In a Microsoft Windows computer, the boot sector is a hard drive sector, which contains significant code for booting program stored on other parts of hard drive. There are two major types of hard drive boot sectors- MBR (Master Boot Record) and VBR (Volum...
27th October 2009
Microsoft Windows operating system manages the data area on hard drive into several different sections, which are known as clusters and allocation units. Each file on the hard drive contains an individual directory entry, which includes important informat...
23rd October 2009
The hard drive in Microsoft Windows , can be divided into several partitions. There are two types of partitions- Primary and Extended. You can install operating system on any of these partitions. In some situations, you might encounter several problems if...
21st October 2009
STOP error message is the most annoying error that Windows operating system receive after any kind of software or hardware malfunction. A STOP error message restricts the Windows to perform any further operations. The STOP error message does not let the s...
13th October 2009
One of the most common problems with Windows operating system is shutdown problems. These problems are caused by hardware incompatibility, including device driver issues. When your system does not shutdown properly, the applications running on the system ...
09th October 2009
Booting process includes various procedures that the operating system undergoes to perform all system checks and load the necessary files to enable proper functioning of the computer system. At times, the operating system fails to boot because of corrupti...
06th October 2009
System32 file is a vital part of your computer, which enables proper functioning of the computer system. Corruption in System32 file can be caused by various reasons such as virus infection, improper system shutdown, file system crash, etc. When the Syste...
17th September 2009
All the work that we perform on our computer is stored in its hard drive . And once it fails , all the files go inaccessible . So, the failure of hard drive can cost both mentally as well as financially .
There may be plenty of reasons behind hard driv...
