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Upgrade Guide: Manage Your Drive Connections The EIDE interface is the main storage connection in most PCs, not just for hard drives and CD-ROM drives but for CD-RW and removable-media drives as well. A poor configuration can hurt performance, so the more devices you hook up, the more important managing the multiple connections becomes...   |
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March 2001
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Livin' Large We test the latest in jumbo drives to see which deliver the most speed, capacity, and ease of use for the money... |
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September 2001
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Build Your Own PC Save money and craft a system that exactly matches your needs... |
Popular Mechanics
June 2004
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How To Change A Hard Drive Adding hard-drive space for more storage. |
PC World
September 2003
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Step-By-Step: Boost Your Hard-Drive Speed With Serial ATA Serial ATA drives offer serveral advantages over parallel drives -- including speed. |
PC World
September 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Get Maximum Speed From Your New Drives Ensure that your upgraded drives give you the best performance possible. |
PC World
September 2001
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Do-It-Yourself Dream Machines A step-by-step guide to the smartest upgrades, plus the ultimate PC project: building your own system... |
PC World
April 2001
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Upgrade Guide: Install a DVD-ROM Drive Install a DVD-ROM drive, step by step... |
PC World
July 2003
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Put Together a Custom PC Get the right components and assemble a system that's suitable for your needs and budget. |
PC World
February 2001
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Upgrade to Windows Me Upgrade to Windows Me, step-by-step... |
PC World
January 2001
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The Mother(board) of All Upgrades Motherboard transplants rev up aging PCs... |
PC World
September 2003
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60-Minute Upgrades Get new PC power in an hour -- or less -- with these speed boosters, storage add-ons, and more. Plus: Tune-up tips to keep your system going strong. |
PC World
September 2004
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Your Ideal PC Whether you're upgrading your PC or building one from scratch, we show you how to choose the right parts and put them all together. |
PC World
January 2004
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Step-By-Step: Burn Your Own DVDs for Backup or Video Playback Here's how to install a DVD drive and transfer videotape to DVD. |
PC World
July 2001
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Find the Perfect Hard Disk for Your PC Choose the best hard drive for your PC, speed up monitor resets... |
PC World
September 1, 2000
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Build Your Dream Machine Three step-by-step projects to transform your sluggish PC into a desktop powerhouse. |
PC World
November 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Upgrade Your PC's Graphics Performance Install a new graphics card for cutting-edge video. |
PC World
July 2004
Stan Miastkowski |
Convert Your PC Into a Digital Video Recorder Instead of buying a Media Center PC, upgrade your current system. |
PC World
August 2001
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Upgrade Guide: Keep It Powered, Keep It Cool Keep you upgraded PC fully powered and properly cooled, step-by-step... |
Macworld
June 2002
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Four Products That Let You Hook Up Fast, High-Capacity Storage, without a Lot of Clutter If the inside of your Mac is no more mysterious to you than the inside of your sock drawer, an internal hardware RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) array may be the perfect way to add lots of very fast storage to your system or to upgrade your boot drive... |
PC World
August 2005
Jim Aspinwall |
Reinvent Your PC Ever feel like your system's being left behind by today's technology? Here's how to make any machine run faster, store a lot more data, and serve as your entertainment hub. |
PC World
April 2003
Jon L. Jacobi |
The Whole Drive Guide Advice for the gigabyte-addicted: How to upgrade to today's best and biggest -- or keep your current hard disks running smoothly. |
PC World
July 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Edit Digital Video on Your PC Mini-DV camcorders let you download, edit, and write image data to a fresh tape without losing quality... |
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Transferring Mirrored RAID 1 Data Mirroring data from an old drive to a new drive. |
PC World
December 2003
Jon L. Jacobi |
Prime Drive Time Sleek, capacious hard disks are making a new place for themselves in the home and on the road. We look at what's here and what's next. |
PC World
October 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Your System With a Motherboard Swap Insert a new motherboard to revitalize your PC. |
PC World
April 23, 2001
Kirk Steers |
Remove Your (CD) Writer's Block Prevent disc-burning flameouts; find Windows answers a whisker away... |
Macworld
January 2001
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Starving for Storage? Add a Second Hard Drive -- All It Takes Is One Screwdriver and Five Minutes... |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
An Optical Drive Upgrade How to remove a CD-RW and install a CD-DVD unit. |
PC World
August 23, 2006
Robert Luhn |
Best PC Upgrades The PC you need for tomorrow's tasks may be the one you own today after you upgrade its performance in one or more key areas. We show you how. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006 |
Hard Drive Installation Error Correct error messages when installing an extra hard drive on your computer running Windows XP Home. |
PC World
May 2001
Kirk Steers |
Create Your Own Emergency Boot Disk Create an emergency boot disk, identify mysterious components... |
PC World
March 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Soup Up Your PC's Processor Install a new processor, step-by-step... |
PC World
December 2001
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Step-By-Step: Get a Free Tune-Up for Your Windows PC Use Windows' built-in tune-up utilities to return your PC to tip-top health... |
PC World
July 24, 2002
Tom Spring |
What Has Your Floppy Drive Done for You Lately? PC makers are still standing by floppy drives despite vanishing consumer demand. |
PC World
January 16, 2002
Sean Captain |
Toshiba Fits 20GB Onto 1.8-Inch Disk Tiny, high-capacity drives are headed for MP3 players, handhelds, and elsewhere... |
PC World
May 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Upgrade Guide: Revamp Your PC's Sound System Steps for expanding your audio dimensions... |
PC World
September 14, 2001
Gregg Keizer |
Windows 2000 FAQ We solve 20 of the most vexing problems with Windows 2000... |
PC World
February 2003
Kirk Steers |
Tweak Your PC's BIOS Settings the Safe Way Update BIOS settings; get useful PC handbooks; clean a CD-RW drive safely; and a slow-down utility for old apps. |
PC World
June 2002
Steve Bass & Kirk Steers |
How To Solve the Weirdest PC Mysteries 40 top-secret methods for ridding your hardware and software of alien phenomena. The truth is in here... |
PC World
December 2000
Stan Miastkowski |
Networking PCs Made Easy If PCs are proliferating in your home or office, it's time to get them connected. Network your PCs--it's easier than ever... |
PC World
April 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Step by Step: Double Your Screen Space Extend your Windows desktop by spreading it across two monitors so you can keep multiple applications open full-screen simultaneously... |
PC World
September 2001
Sean Captain |
Hard Drives: 100GB & Larger Desktop drives have reached 100GB, and larger models are waiting in the wings, but technical limits stand in the way... |
PC Magazine
January 1, 2008
David A. Karp |
Build a RAID Array Don't wait inevitable hard disk crash; set up a mirrored RAID array and let your PC handle the backups for you. |
PC World
June 2004
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Get the Hard Drive That's Right for You and Your PC There is a whole lot more than size to consider when shopping for today's hard drives. Here's advice on purchasing the right one for you. |
PC World
September 2003
Kirk Steers |
Boot Passwords Put Your PC Under Lock and Key Secure your machine's boot-up to prevent snoops and thieves from accessing your data. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
Upgrading Your Optical Drive: A Simple Procedure Most optical drives have only a power cable and a data cable, both of which should be easy enough to disconnect and then attach to the new drive. |
PC Magazine
November 14, 2007
Loyd Case |
A New DVD Burner You can reconfigure the master or slave designation when swapping optical drives. |
PC World
January 2003
Kirk Steers |
Faster For Free Want to get more from your megahertz? These slick tips and tools are like a no-cost PC upgrade. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2005
Anthony Verducci |
Build An External Hard Drive How to assemble an external hard drive for a lot less than buying a new one. |
