Getta Geek Computer Services LLC http://www.getta-geek.com When ya gotta get it working...Getta Geek! || Phone: (636) 866-9061 || Email: help@getta-geek.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:36:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Backup, backups, backups http://www.getta-geek.com/2010/05/yet-another/ http://www.getta-geek.com/2010/05/yet-another/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 04:51:05 +0000 GettaGeek http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=108 Many times you get the call to recover someone’s hard drive and way too many times — that person has NEVER made any kind of backup! Sometimes you get lucky and the hard drive is only suffering from some user error and you can get the files right back. Other times it is an . . . → Continue reading: Backup, backups, backups]]> Many times you get the call to recover someone’s hard drive and way too many times — that person has NEVER made any kind of backup! Sometimes you get lucky and the hard drive is only suffering from some user error and you can get the files right back. Other times it is an accidental deletion.

When it is a hard drive failure or corruption, your options for recovery go to nearly nil or they get extremely expensive. (The kind where you ship the hard drive off and pay thousands!) A corrupt drive can be a more complex situation to recover from, as it may only partially effect your files. Some files and folders will display correctly while others may not show up at all. If you do not known the reason for the corruption, make sure you backup any remaining data of value onto another storage media such as another external hard drive, a USB memory stick or even to CD or DVD. Do not attempt to try to recover the data with another program as the stability of the problem drive cannot be assured. In other words, you may make matters worse.

Getta Geek can assist you with making a determination on the severity of your hard drive issue and can usually recover most files if acted on quickly enough. The more you use a corrupted hard drive, the more damage you will cause and the more likely your files will be lost.

You can use online backup services to have your files automatically backed up without having to remember to perform backups. Online sites like Mozy or Carbonite offer reasonable rates (or free) depending on the amount of data you have to backup.
http://mozy.com/home
http://www.carbonite.com/


So don’t just sit there — if you haven’t backed your files in a while, go get some usb sticks and make some backups of your precious music, pictures and documents before it’s too late!

]]> http://www.getta-geek.com/2010/05/yet-another/feed/ 0 Web Browsers http://www.getta-geek.com/2010/05/new-user/ http://www.getta-geek.com/2010/05/new-user/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 23:23:30 +0000 GettaGeek http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=101 Using multiple Web browsers can help you get your work accomplished more effectively and with the greatest concern for security online. By using different browsers for different tasks, you keep your more sensitive information from being readily available to an unsafe website.

You should use one browser for ONLY online banking. Then choose another . . . → Continue reading: Web Browsers]]> Using multiple Web browsers can help you get your work accomplished more effectively and with the greatest concern for security online. By using different browsers for different tasks, you keep your more sensitive information from being readily available to an unsafe website.

You should use one browser for ONLY online banking. Then choose another to to read your favorite blogs or online magazines. You may even want to have a third browser you strictly use for just email.

So which web browsers to use? Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and so on… Is any one browser better than the others? It depends on what features you want in a browser and how old your PC is that is going to be running these browsers. You will probably have to test drive a few and see which ones you like best.

Most of the major browsers have decent security features like private browsing which hides your history, cookies and temporary internet files. If your PC is older, you may find it better to run Google Chrome because of its speed. Getta Geek uses Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. These four browsers run the same on both PCs and Macs. Opera also has an “Opera Mini” version for cell phones. Internet Explorer only runs on Microsoft Windows, (which seems to be a favorite target for hackers).

Getta Geek’s Official Rankings and comments:
Firefox is number one due to the speed and many add-ons, customizations you can make for this browser.
Google Chrome comes in second due to the speed of web surfing.
Opera and Safari are tied for third. Both run well on most PCs. Opera has the neat Speed Dial feature and Safari has the cool graphics, much like cover flow for the iPod, for your history.
Internet Explorer is OK, just don’t like a web browser that is so tied into a specific operating system.

Browser Downloads:
Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com
Opera
http://www.opera.com
Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/chrome
Safari
http://www.apple.com/safari/

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