Occasionally, when moving a drive to another machine it'll show up as unformatted. I'll look at some possible causes and actions to take.

Some malware goes to great lengths to prevent you from downloading, running, or applying a fix. I'll tell you what steps to take.

Occasionally people suggest that usernames should be treated like passwords. While there's some merit to the idea, it's ultimately impractical.

It's tempting to just use file-copy tools to back up what you think you need. But you can easily miss something very important.

Photographic images have a number of characteristics that we often don't consider or understand. I'll review how digital pictures are constructed and stored, and what you need to keep in mind when sharing or publishing.

A fan running at high speed means one thing: heat! The question is how you determine the cause and cool down your machine. It might be easier than you think.

An external drive is by far the best piece of additional equipment you can get for your computer to keep your data safe.

Windows 10 privacy seems to be somewhat of an oxymoron, at least based on reputation. I'll review the choices you can make at setup to retain some control.

When running out of disk space, considering what you can delete makes sense. I'll look at the steps to determine whether a file, such as a .dat file, may be important.

Malware can do anything, but malicious hardware can do even more.