Because an external hard drive (EHD) is a separate device from your computer, and is not housed in the protective case of the computer, some attention should be given to make sure that the device is well-taken care of. Here are a few pointers to make sure your device is kept in top-condition. 1. Keep dust and debris away from your external hard drive. You can use a soft clean cloth to remove dust from the surface of the EHD. Also, keep other surrounding surfaces free of dust. Vacuum floors and furniture often, to prevent dust build-up in the surrounding environment. 2. Choose a safe place for your EHD. The best place for an EHD is • Clean and dry • Flat • Stable • Moderate climate Coming in contact with other solid or liquid substances can damage and sometimes completely ruin electronic devices. This is just as true with an external hard drive as it is with any other gadget. So pick a place that is clean and dry, and is not likely to become wet or dirty. Hint: the kitchen table is probably not this place. Keep the device flat, rather than tilted or on its side. Also make sure that it is in a place that it will not be accidentally knocked onto the floor or bumped. To keep it in top shape, the climate for an EHD should not be in the extremes of temperature or humidity. Keep it away from heater or air conditioner vents, and away from humidifiers. 3. Use a surge protector. If your EHD requires its own power source, use a surge protector to prevent damage from power surges. 4. Don’t move your EHD while it is turned on. Moving it around while it is in use can cause damage. 5. Keep it ventilated. You don’t necessarily need to keep a fan blowing on it, but make sure that it has plenty of open space around it for the air to flow freely around it to prevent it from overheating. Keeping it in an enclosed cabinet can cause it to overheat. Also, don’t let it get covered with cloth or plastic or anything else. 6. Keep out of reach of children....
Read MoreHi everybody, today we are going to talk about the benefits of owning an external hard drive. There are many options you can use for backups but my favorite is by far the external drive. External hard drives come in all sizes and colors. You can get almost any color you want to match your desk or any other décor you might want to match up. In addition to colors, you can get drives that attach locally through a USB port or you can get a drive that connects directly through your router and can act as an entire network drive for all your computers. Either way, it is the ultimate way to save all your important files. The first type we are going to talk about is the USB local drive. This is by far the most commonly used and the most practical for most people. This is a great option if you have one computer and you want a place to store all your favorite movies and music. It is a must if you have I Tunes as you can backup all your favorite music to be sure it is not lost if you should encounter a computer crash. Before you make your purchase, you need to decide how much space you need. The drives come anywhere from 250 MB all the way to several Terabytes. Let me put this into prospective. 100 megabytes equals I Gigabyte. 1000 Gigabytes equals 1 Terabyte. A large picture from a good camera can be up to 5 Megs or more and a music file can be 25 Megs or even higher depending on the length and the quality it was recorded at. This might give you a guide as to how much space you will need to store your files. The second type of drive I would like to talk about is the external network drive. The mechanics of this drive are about the same with the exception that the drive connects through your router instead of a local computer. The drive will be able to be accessed by all computers on the network instead of just on one computer. This is great if you have several computers and they...
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