Fix My Own Computer

Even though computing technology has improved drastically over the last 2 decades, the basic foundation is still the same - CPU, Motherboard, Hard Drive, RAM, Power Supply and Video Card, etc…. Here’s a video from the 90′ released by the Computer Museum, that will make you feel like your watching the Magic School Bus, which takes an interesting and a funny look at how the workings of a 1990’s computer.

Here are some videos which were created as training material for anyone looking to take and pass the A+ exam. A+ is an exam which measures the proficiency of understanding, troubleshooting and repairing basic computer problems. These videos are also useful for anyone looking to learn everything, from A to Z, about computers. Watch these videos and you’ll be a computer pro in no time. Make sure you click on “Read the rest of this entry to see all the videos”.

Hard Drive crashed on a laptop? Don’t worry, watch this video to learn how to repair it in a few minutes time.

In this video a clever guy shows us how he devised a way to have two hard drives with a different operating system on each drive. Once the setup is complete the change is as easy as a flick of the switch!

This is a training video that teaches you about A+ Focused RAID and SCSI.

Are you looking to add storage space? The video below teaches you how by upgrading or adding a new hard drive. You will get an idea of the requirements and the situations you may encounter.

This is a video tutorial that teaches you how to create partitions in Windows Vista.

Defragmenting your computer will significantly speed up your performance, especially if you’ve never done it before and had your PC for a while. A trick to defragmenting your PC is this, if you’re using virtual memory then you need to lower the size of your virtual memory then defrag the drive and then restore the original size of you virtual memory. This will make sure that the whole drive is completely defragmented.

This video shows you how to remove unnecessary files from your computer in a few simple clicks and free up useful storage space, Particularly useful if you’re a download junkie!

Facing problem with your hard disk?? Check yoru hard drive using Scan Disk … very nice disk checking utility with Windows that corrects common problems.