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How Many Floppy Disks Would It Take To Equal 1 Gigabyte?

March 28, 2013 12:13am PDT

Have you ever wondered how many floppy disks it would take to equal 1 Gigabyte?

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Slideshow: Use System Image Recovery tool to restore your hard disk

March 27, 2013 11:51am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery tool from the Recovery Drive to restore your hard disk.

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Screenshots: Five Apps for managing disk partitions

January 25, 2013 1:26pm PST

Matthew Nawrocki shares five freeware partition editors that should serve as effective replacements for the tools that come with Windows.

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Five free disk cloning apps

August 21, 2012 6:14am PDT

A lot of imaging solutions come with a hefty price tag. Here are five good alternatives that don't cost a dime.

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Slideshow: Delete a disk image stuck in VirtualBox

June 18, 2012 8:54am PDT

It is possible to remove a seemingly un-removable ISO in Oracle's Virtual Box, if you follow these steps.

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Dinosaur Sighting: The Norton Utilities 8.0 for Windows/DOS

March 22, 2012 8:11pm PDT

Norton Utilities 8.0 was the first version to provide full blown Windows utilities. Step back to 1994 and Windows 3.x in this gallery and relive those exciting times.

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Dinosaur Sighting: The Norton Utilities - Advanced Edition - Version 4.5

February 16, 2012 7:12pm PST

Remember when Peter Norton made house calls? The Disk Doctor is in.

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Slideshow: Shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7

November 23, 2011 12:28am PST

Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows 7 to shrink a hard disk volume to create room so you can add a new partition.

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Sansa Clip Zip (photos)

August 24, 2011 6:10am PDT

Take a closer look at SanDisk's Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player, an affordable player that's an ideal gym companion.

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Slideshow: How to restore a hard disk with Windows 7 System Image Recovery

July 21, 2011 10:46am PDT

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery to revive an unbootable Windows system.

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Cracking open the HP TouchPad

June 29, 2011 6:19pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP TouchPad. Inside the webOS tablet, he found hardware from Qualcomm, SanDisk, Samsung, Atheros, and Wolfson.

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HTC ThunderBolt Teardown

May 10, 2011 6:42am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the HTC ThunberBolt. Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone has chips from Qualcomm, Broadcom, SanDisk, Micron, and Atmel.

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Slideshow: Create a new partition with Windows 7 tool

January 13, 2011 11:26am PST

Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows 7 to add a partition to a hard disk volume so you can create a new logical drive.

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How to wipe a hard disk with DBAN

November 12, 2010 11:02am PST

By popular demand, this gallery will show how to wipe a hard disk with Darik's Boot And Nuke (DBAN). IT pro Rick Vanover walks through the DBAN process.

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Zeroing a hard disk with Active@ Kill Disk

November 8, 2010 9:59am PST

If a hard drive needs to leave your possession, it may be a requirement to ensure there is no data risk. In this gallery, IT maharajah Rick Vanover shows how to zero out a disk with Active@ KillDisk.

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How to create a floppy drive image for a virtual machine

October 6, 2010 1:50pm PDT

It may seem odd, but every now and then we may need to have a floppy drive connected to a virtual machine. IT pro Rick Vanover shows you how to create a floppy image for VMware virtual machines.

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Convert XP into a Windows 7 Virtual Machine with Disk2vhd

September 17, 2010 8:40am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use Disk2vhd to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and then run it with Windows Virtual PC.

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How do I... Secure Microsoft Windows XP Professional?

September 7, 2010 8:43am PDT

Securing Microsoft Windows XP Professional is a must no matter whether the personal computer involved is in a massive enterprise or your home office. This How do I... tutorial walks you through 14...

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ (photos)

August 31, 2010 5:00am PDT

Take a closer look at the Sansa Fuse+, a portable media player from SanDisk with plenty of features, priced well below $100.

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Review Spotlight: Disk drive backup managers and services

July 21, 2010 10:51am PDT

TechRepublic has reviewed nearly a half dozen backup management tools, but this is the first time we have collected them all into a single gallery roundup.

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