08 November 2007
Build an External Hard Drive
PC Magazine has a how-to guide on building an external hard drive.
* For portability and ease of use, a 2.5-inch external drive works great. I installed a 40GB SATA hard drive into an enclosure with USB 2.0. It is extremely light and portable. You only need one USB cable to both power and data.
* If you want performance, buy a 3.5-inch HDD with an eSATA connection. This will allow for the highest transfer rates. For those of you with Firewire 800 connection, that is excellent alternative as well.
* If you want storage (for videos, music, etc) the external connector type is no so important. I suggest buying a an internal 5400rpm IDE drive. The storage to price ratio is excellent and are more than sufficient for storing and playing back of video and music.
When buying an enclosure, review the power requirements. Some will only draw power from a free PS/2 port. If you have a free PS/2 port then great! But if your PS/2 ports are occupied, consider buying an enclosure powered via USB, or has an external power adapter.
* For portability and ease of use, a 2.5-inch external drive works great. I installed a 40GB SATA hard drive into an enclosure with USB 2.0. It is extremely light and portable. You only need one USB cable to both power and data.
* If you want performance, buy a 3.5-inch HDD with an eSATA connection. This will allow for the highest transfer rates. For those of you with Firewire 800 connection, that is excellent alternative as well.
* If you want storage (for videos, music, etc) the external connector type is no so important. I suggest buying a an internal 5400rpm IDE drive. The storage to price ratio is excellent and are more than sufficient for storing and playing back of video and music.
When buying an enclosure, review the power requirements. Some will only draw power from a free PS/2 port. If you have a free PS/2 port then great! But if your PS/2 ports are occupied, consider buying an enclosure powered via USB, or has an external power adapter.
Labels: enclosure, eSATA, how-to, IDE, USB
04 November 2007
ERUNT and NTREGOPT
This is an invaluable automated registry backup & restore tool. In rare cases, where the computer loses power, blue screen appears, or have to force a hard shutdown - your registry can become corrupted. Worse case, you will not be able to access your computer, but often times you can start the computer with the registry partially corrupted. Some of your software, like Firefox web browser, will behave as if it was installed for the first time. In cases like this, restoring a recent registry will solve your issue. Automate the task by using AUTOBACK.EXE (review the readme.txt file). Create a batch file with the autoback.exe command line and add a daily scheduled tasks that points to the batch file.
ERUNT and NTREGOPT
03 November 2007
AOCSolar SC1000 Solar Charger w/Battery
Green is the new "buzzword" around Silicon Valley these days. Sure, everybody wants a new hybrid vehicle, but its not necessarily within everyone's reach. If you want to go green, consider taking your portable electronics devices off "the grid". We are proud to carry the AOCSolar SC1000 Solar Charger w/Battery
This is a master unit battery store and a solar panel on the other side to charge the battery. You attach various adapter to it which in turn will charge your PDA, cell phone, or iPod. A journey of a thousand green miles begins with a single step.
This is a master unit battery store and a solar panel on the other side to charge the battery. You attach various adapter to it which in turn will charge your PDA, cell phone, or iPod. A journey of a thousand green miles begins with a single step.
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