Comments on: PC Vitals for Every Freelance Writer http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pc-vitals-for-every-freelance-writer/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: zack kushner http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pc-vitals-for-every-freelance-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-60488 zack kushner Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=468#comment-60488 Ugh. Hard drive failures! I've had two -- but I'm still using the same drive. Sometimes you lose a sector in your FAT (file allocation tables) or in a key OS sector that keeps you from booting up. Sectors go bad. It happens all the time. Usually, they aren't key and you don't even notice. Just don't chuck your drive if it fails; there are usually ways to bring it back to life or at least salvage the data. You can buy cables to jack it up to another computer as an external hard drive if you've lost a boot sector and still find all your data intact. Ugh. Hard drive failures! I’ve had two — but I’m still using the same drive. Sometimes you lose a sector in your FAT (file allocation tables) or in a key OS sector that keeps you from booting up. Sectors go bad. It happens all the time. Usually, they aren’t key and you don’t even notice.

Just don’t chuck your drive if it fails; there are usually ways to bring it back to life or at least salvage the data. You can buy cables to jack it up to another computer as an external hard drive if you’ve lost a boot sector and still find all your data intact.

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]]> By: Doug DePrenger http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pc-vitals-for-every-freelance-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-23160 Doug DePrenger Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:24:26 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=468#comment-23160 One of the biggest things is to have quality surge protection on all your computer equipment. Don't buy the cheap hardware store type, either. I get power outages for a second or more about once a month - in two different cities. Air conditioning, power companies, lightning, vacuum cleaners all contribute to big voltage spikes and brown outs. One of the biggest things is to have quality surge protection on all your computer equipment. Don’t buy the cheap hardware store type, either. I get power outages for a second or more about once a month – in two different cities. Air conditioning, power companies, lightning, vacuum cleaners all contribute to big voltage spikes and brown outs.

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