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The most common reasons for data loss (and a few tips for preventing it)

Posted on July 6, 2020

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Data loss is one of the most common issues faced by computer users these days.

And as you an imagine, the loss of critical and irreplaceable data can be catastrophic.

For this reason, it’s very important to keep your data as safe and well-protected as possible.

Many factors can contribute to data loss, and I will highlight the main ones in this post. I’ll also offer some tips for protecting your precious data from catastrophic loss.

Here’s a quick rundown of the most common reasons for data loss:

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Save money by doing your own file recovery from a failed hard drive

Posted on June 23, 2020

It happens to most everyone sooner or later. You turn on your PC and discover that it won’t boot.

You hear a clunking sound from your hard drive and whisper “Oh, no!!!” after realizing that the drive has gone belly up on you.

All is not lost if you have a current backup that works. You can simply replace the bad drive with a new one and restore everything in short order.

But what if you don’t have a backup? Or what if you have a backup but it has somehow become corrupted and you can’t restore from it?

Well, that’s when you have a choice to make. [Read more…]

How to reset an iPad back to the factory default settings

Posted on June 22, 2020

A while back I wrote a post explaining how to reset a smart phone back to the factory default settings, and I have received a lot of positive feedback on that post.

Since then I’ve had several people ask me how to do the same for an iPad, so I thought I’d put the instructions for resetting an iPad back to its factory defaults in a post of its own. I hope it will help some folks.

It’s actually quite easy to reset your iPad. Here’s how: [Read more…]

How to use the Onscreen Keyboard in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

Posted on June 21, 2020

By now you are probably quite familiar with the onscreen keyboard that pops up whenever you access a text box on your mobile device.

What most people don’t know however is recent versions of Microsoft Windows come with onscreen keyboards as well.

You might be wondering why you would ever want to use an onscreen keyboard when your PC already has a full-size physical keyboard.

Well, there are several situations in which an onscreen keyboard can come in handy. Here are a couple that arise fairly often : [Read more…]