One of the most frustrating issues you can have with your computer is a hard drive failure.

When your hard drive fails, you can lose all of your data. This means the loss of family photographs, work documents, music, and more.

It is enough to make you want to pull your hair out. Or curl into a ball and cry. It is a devastating experience.

Let me start with what your hard drive is and how it operates.

Your hard drive is the storage unit of your computer. All of your information is storage on this device. Your pictures, your music, your documents.

If you are having trouble picturing what your hard drive does, imagine your food pantry. You have a space where all of your food is stored. Your hard drive is the computer’s pantry.  Read more...

Welcome to the first installment of Tech Tips. Tech Tips will be posted within the first week of each month.  The posts in the series will be related to software, Windows shortcuts, and related topics.

I am kicking off the first of the series by showing you the 5 Firefox extensions that I believe you should be using.

 

If you do not know, Firefox is an internet browser similar to Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Firefox is huge on customization. The main way you customize your browsing experience is through extensions.

Four of the five extensions are free. One is a paid extension but well worth it.

Lets take look at the 5 extensions that I have found to be extremely helpful.  Read more...