Tag Archives: hard drive

How to check the status of your hard drive using SeaTools

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Chris

Today I will show you how to check the status of your hard drive.  There are tools built into Windows which will accomplish such tasks (eg chkdsk) however they are useless if you can’t boot into the system to use … Continue reading →

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How to format a hard drive on Ubuntu 12.04 using Fdisk

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Chris

Today I will show you how to format a hard disk using Fdisk.  Fdisk comes already installed on most modern Linux distributions by default. For the purpose of this tutorial I will be using Fdisk on Ubuntu 12.04 to format … Continue reading →

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How to permanently delete data in a file or on a hard drive

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Chris

Today I will show you how to permanently delete a file or hard drive so that data can not be recovered using data recovery tools. This comes in handy when you have sensitive data you need to get rid of. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged file, hard drive, linux, Linux Mint 12, live cd, permanently delete, shred, terminal, widows | 1 Comment

How to increase the size of your hard drive without losing any data

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Chris

Finally got round to it.  I have managed to increase the size of my hard drive without losing any data.  This was accomplished by using Clonezilla and a newer 160Gb hard drive to replace my old 40Gb hard drive (remember … Continue reading →

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Backup Strategies

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Chris

Most people know about the need to backup your data but what is the best way to do it. Today we shall take a look at some different strategies and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Having a Server Using … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged backup strategy, backups, downside, external hard drives, external usb hard drives, hard drive, linux server, storage, windows software | 3 Comments

Formatting a hard drive in Linux

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Chris

Imagine the situation.  You are using Linux and you want to format a particular hard drive.  What tool would you use?  If you like GUI’s then the best tool to use would be GParted.  But what if you think that … Continue reading →

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Mounting your hard drive in fstab

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Chris

This tutorial will show you how to mount your hard drives in the fstab file used on all Linux systems.  The following commands were run on Linux Mint 11 but should still work on other systems. Open up a terminal … Continue reading →

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