PC Memoirs

One of the most important tasks for all PC users should be to regularly back up data in their computer. By not planning ahead for a disaster such as hardware failure, virus attack or an own mistake, they risk losing important files and information forever. I’ve seen such disasters happen: One day my 80GB hard […]

If your download speed is extremely slow, there are a few things you can try to figure out why this is the case and maybe even fix the problem. First of all, test your connection with another PC or notebook to see if the problem is in the PC or on the phone line. If you have […]

If you are ever in need of translating phrases, blocks of text, complete documents or even Web pages, it might be handy to know where you can go for help. I guess anyone can find a dictionary and look up a word in French, Italian or Spanish, but what if you need to translate more than just words? […]

My PC was attacked again. Somehow this program called System Security 4.51 installed itself in my PC and displayed a message saying it found over 30 infections in the system. Of course, the viruses were fake. This program only wants you to believe there are threats on your hard drive, so you can go ahead and […]

Today I’m continuing with my top 10 list of recommended software. This time the topic is defragmentation. Before I list my top 10 programs, it might be a good idea to explain why you should care about defragmenting. As stated in Wikipedia, ‘Defragmentation is a process that reduces the number of fragmentations in the file system. This is […]