Hard Drive Clicking Noise Fix, Repair Ticking HDD

Keeping your backups up-to-date is perhaps the best hard drive making clicking noise fix for desktop and laptop computers alike. That way, when a hard disk, either internal or external, fixed or portable, starts that tick or click of death sound, swap it with a backup HDD. Sometimes though, repairing a clicking HDD is possible. … Continue reading Hard Drive Clicking Noise Fix, Repair Ticking HDD



SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB Flash Drive Review

Purchased this SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB USB flash drive for storing eBooks.  Indeed, we found that the Cruzer Glide™ flash drive installed without incident. It received copied text as quickly as other USB 2.0 flash drives we tested.  Further, it’s  easy to locate, buy, plug in, and use.  This SanDisk USB flash drive accepted several … Continue reading SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB Flash Drive Review



SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB Flash Drive Review

We bought the SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB USB 2.0 3.0 flash drive at Walmart, to save some electronic manuals on.The Cruzer Glide™ installed easily, received copied data as quickly as other USB 2.0 storage drives we’ve tested, and is easy to find, buy, plug in, and use.  This flash drive accepted several gigabytes of data … Continue reading SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB Flash Drive Review



Monster Digital USB Drive 16GB. Flash Drive Review

Purchased the Monster Coppa Digital USB Drive, 16 GB version, at Rite Aid, to save some scanned pictures.  We’ve since used this thumb drive for that and other purposes too.  We found it easy to work (just plug it into a computer).  Plus since we’ve had it for years now, have never experienced any data loss or … Continue reading Monster Digital USB Drive 16GB. Flash Drive Review



PNY Attache 16GB Pen Drive Review

Bought the   PNY Attache 16GB pen drive at Wal Mart, to save user data from a laptop computer that we’re retiring. The device installed without hiccups, received copied data as quickly as other high speed USB storage drives we’ve tried, and is easy to locate, plug in, and use.  This Attache flash drive accepted over … Continue reading PNY Attache 16GB Pen Drive Review



PNY 64GB Flash Drive, Metal Attache Review

Bought the PNY 64GB flash drive, metal attache iGo version, at Wal Mart some years back, to save a large library of pictures from a laptop computer that we scanned. First, this device installed without any issues.  Then it received copied data as quickly as other high speed USB storage drives.  Plus, it is easy … Continue reading PNY 64GB Flash Drive, Metal Attache Review



Technics SL-1200 MK5 Turntable Review

The Technics SL-1200 MK5 turntable system is quite versatile.  Why?  Because not only does it work well as a mobile disc jockey (DJ) record player. But it’s also gives likely the best audio possible from LP discs. Great plus for the audiophile man cave. You can’t do much better than this machine for that; not … Continue reading Technics SL-1200 MK5 Turntable Review



How to Recover Clicking Hard Drive

Keeping a large audio library built over fifteen years, we’re quite anal about keeping current backups. That’s your first, best strategy for how to recover a hard drive that is clicking!  Hopefully, you’ve made recent backups of the HDD before it began clicking. Indeed, backup drives enable us to quickly replace clicking hard disk drives … Continue reading How to Recover Clicking Hard Drive



Hard Drive Not Spinning, How to Fix

For a hard drive not spinning, getting the data off of it is impossible.   This is true, whether it be PATA, SATA, SCSI, IDE, USB, internal, or external hard disk drive (HDD). Hard Drive Not Spinning, First Remarks Try Fixing it Yourself if Data Not Too Important If you find a hard drive not … Continue reading Hard Drive Not Spinning, How to Fix



Staples USB 2 Stick Drive 64GB Review

Bought the Staples USB 2 stick drive 64GB version, at Staples® of course, to create a recovery drive for a new laptop computer.  Here we review the pros and cons of this thumb drive that we ran into in this effort. This stick drive installed without any problems, received copied data as quickly as other high speed … Continue reading Staples USB 2 Stick Drive 64GB Review