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How To Recognize A Failing Hard Drive Sound
List Of Bootable Anti-Virus Live Discs
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How To Recognize A Failing Hard Drive Sound

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:30 AM PST

hdd There are those who thankfully take the time to record quality audio of what failing hard drives actually sound like, and moreover what certain sounds mean when you hear them. If you think about it, how would you know the sound of bad HHD heads from a stuck spindle from a bad preamplifier clip to bad bearings?

Data Cent, a data recovery service, has put together a rather large list of just about every ‘bad’ sound a hard drive can make when it’s failing – sorted by manufacturer. Included in the make list are drives by Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung and several others. Also included are laptop ‘bad’ drive sounds in addition to regular 3.5-inch sizes.

If you have a hard drive that’s failing, starting to fail or even if you suspect it of showing the signs of failing, this site is definitely worth a look – and listen. Each drive listed has a simple play button next to it where you can listen in.

Note: It’s recommended you listen to the sounds with headphones on, because some drive-fail sounds are on the quieter side.

Link: http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

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How To Recognize A Failing Hard Drive Sound

List Of Bootable Anti-Virus Live Discs

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:00 AM PST

virus One of the best ways to clean out a virus from your computer is to boot into an anti-virus program directly from CD or DVD. Being the disc is read-only, if any virus is present, it cannot be written to the disc.

Most people know "live" discs like this as "emergency" or "recovery" discs, but sometimes all you want is the anti-virus – and that’s what this list is.

A site that extensively lists bootable OS discs for just about every OS out there is www.livecdlist.com, however the list specifically for Windows anti-virus boot discs is here:

http://www.livecdlist.com/purpose/windows-antivirus

Chances are there will be a live boot disc there that has the anti-virus program you’re familiar with. Choices available are avast!, Avira, AVG and several more.

And remember, if you need an image burner program to write the ISO to disc for WIndows, ImgBurn is one of the best free image burning utilities out there.

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List Of Bootable Anti-Virus Live Discs

Get $5 Amazon Video On Demand Credit For Free

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:00 AM PST

In a service that may quickly rival Netflix streaming, Amazon has fired up their own video on demand service. You probably already know the premise: you browse a huge library of on-demand content and watch what you want instantly over the Internet.

As a way to allow new customers to give this a try, Amazon is offering a $5 credit to new customers. To redeem, just follow the link and agree to the terms of service. This offer expires March 31, 2011 so hurry up and take advantage.

Enjoy.

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