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May 14th, 2013

Computer RepairsIt is a normal Tuesday night, work is going well and your computers seem to be functioning well.  You haven’t really even thought about them for a while, and then a power surge hits them or the computer dies.  There were all sorts of files that need to be recovered.  This could be months worth of work lost forever.  What can you do?

The first thing you need to do is determine if your issues are from a single instance disaster like power or water or an Operating System / Virus disaster.  If you computer can still turn on and the data all seems to be missing, it is not the power supply, obviously.

Rather than telling you it would have been better if you would have had a data recovery system in place, which you surely understand at the moment if you are dealing with massive data loss, we want to help you take a breath and realize all may not be lost.  With the proper recovery software and hardware, much of your lost data can be retrieved if you have the physical hard drive you know the data should be on.  If it was damaged in a fire and all the data was on premise, there is obviously very little that can be done if the hard drive was melted in the fire.

For those looking for a data recovery solution, it is critical to realize the size of your system needs to be in alignment to your needs.  A single user may be able to get away with a Dropbox kind of solution.  For Enterprise customers, that will not work.

We are happy to discuss the particulars of your situation and see if we can help you recover your lost data.  Give us a call to set up a free consultation in Las Vegas today!

September 25th, 2011
Cleaning out your Windows Files and Folders

Every year, it comes time to clean out your file cabinet – the virtual file cabinet on your computer that is. Over day-to-day use, files and folders end up randomly strewn throughout your computer’s hard drive, eating up space and potentially slowing down your system.

The solution is to get them cleared out periodically. There are a few critical places you can start with:

Your desktop – Yes, it gets cluttered. Download the program Fences from stardock.com to keep your files sorted out.

My Music – You might find simply ensuring the properties (right click->properties) of each music file contain the correct attributes, then throw them all into a single folder. This makes sorting, filtering, and reorganizing songs on your computer a breeze.

Fonts – The larger the collection of fonts on your computer, the slower it runs. However nice it is to have a large collection, the smart thing to do is to put the unused ones in a separate folder.

Downloads – Browsers typically throw everything they download into this folder. You might want to simply clear this folder out completely. You likely won’t need to reinstall the same downloaded program again, as most programs are updated via the Web these day. For documents, simply move them within your proper file structure, or to the Recycle Bin, leaving this folder free for fresh downloads only.

July 13th, 2011

This week one of our staff members had their iPhone crash on them and when they tried to restore their phone from the Back Up, it didn’t go smoothly because the file was corrupted and it turned out it was faster for them to re-enter their data than it was to try and fix the corrupted file.  Since we all all Las Vegas Computer Technicians, you can imagine the grief this person has had to endure as a result of this issue they had.  We have systems in place for the business, the person we speak of neglected this same procedure for their personal devices.

The first thing is all the technicians asked if they had another back up and then found it amusing they never tested their backup at all to make sure it was solid.  The same kinds of things happen on your computer network for your Las Vegas Business.  Drives crash, servers go down and there is that question that will come up if the right things weren’t done…  Is it easier to try and fix or just rebuild from scratch?

Doing an integrity test on your back-up is absolutely essential if you can’t afford to have downtime on your Las Vegas Computer Network.  Has your technician actually moved the data from one server to the other from a backup to make sure it works?  If not, you should call us now before you have to make that painful decision!

Call us if you need a Las Vegas computer tech!