Whether on Windows or Mac, many tools are available to help you diagnose your hard drive and repair it. If you suspect your hard drive is close to failing, be sure to try and make a backup of all your data or clone your hard drive before running any of the tools below. How to Check Your Hard Drive for Errors On Windows Windows includes built-in tools to help check your hard drive, and manufacturers may also provide tools to help diagnose problems....

It’s also useful if you have network log files, server log files, or backup logs that you want to combine for purposes of data mining or data analysis. There are a couple of different ways you can go about joining text files together and the results are slightly different depending on the method you choose.In this article, I’ll write about several ways to combine text files so that if one method doesn’t work out too well, you can try something else....

The information collected over time can tell someone everything about you and can be used to help or harm you. This data is known as metadata. What is Metadata? Metadata is data about data. Don’t you hate it when people use a word to define that word? Data is facts that are completely objective. It cannot be reasonably disputed. One is one and zero is zero. The temperature is what it is....

Of course, a hidden share does NOT ensure that someone cannot gain access to the folder if they try hard enough. It’s best to use this as an extra security step along with your other network security policies. If you’re in a Windows domain, like within a corporate network, you will find that 99% of the time, your local hard drives are shared out. These are called admin shares in IT lingo....

To be safe, it’s better to have both. A lot of people scroll through their social media feeds at high speed, so all they are going to see is you mouthing your words silently. Which is pretty much useless. But on the other hand, what if there are subtitles? Then they might read something you’re saying to be interesting. Interesting enough to stop scrolling and turn the volume on. Unless they are in a public space, in which case subtitles are essential....

These are some of the occasions where you may decide to downgrade your device to an older version of the OS, especially when that older version worked perfectly fine on your device.Unlike iOS devices, it’s totally possible to get an Android device back to an older version of the OS. Many of the manufacturers have their own tools to help you do it. Downgrade Samsung Android Phones Using Odin If you have a Samsung Android phone that you wish to downgrade, you’re in luck....

It works pretty much the same way as the Story feature on Instagram in which you add a status consisting of text, photos, and videos that lasts for up to 24 hours.If you use the feature a lot, it’s likely that you find yourself wanting to occasionally download some of the photos and videos that people post on their WhatsApp statuses. Unfortunately, WhatsApp by default doesn’t allow you to download anything from these temporary status updates of your contacts....

For most people, torrenting means using a PC or laptop to locate and download torrent files, but you don’t need to use a PC for torrents. You can use a portable device like a smartphone or tablet to download torrent files directly to your device, without needing any other equipment. Here’s how to do it. Download Torrents on iOS Devices Downloading torrents on Apple devices like an iPhone and iPad might be a nice idea, but unfortunately, that’s as far as it goes....

In Excel, you can create filters on columns that will hide rows that do not match your filter. In addition, you can also use special functions in Excel to summarize data using only the filtered data.In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps for creating filters in Excel and also using built-in functions to summarize that filtered data. Create Simple Filters in Excel In Excel, you can create simple filters and complex filters....

For iPhone users, we’ve got an article on how to see the WiFi password on an iPhone too.We also created a short video on our YouTube channel where we go through the process, so check that out in case you don’t feel like reading a lot of text. Find The WiFi Password On a Pixel Phone If you’ve got a Google Pixel phone with Android 10, this is the easiest way possible to find your WiFi password....

Unfortunately, making sense and talking about Microsoft products at the same time is usually not possible, so you’ll just have to live with the fact that each newer version of Windows and Office is only going to slow your computer down even more!So, if you’re in the middle of checking your email or creating a new rule and suddenly everything grinds to a halt with “loading dataset” showing up or Outlook just being stuck, you’ll have to take some tough actions against Outlook if you ever want to be able to do any work....

Of course, Windows defaults the formatting of removable storage to FAT and FAT32 for certain reasons. There are actually a few advantages and disadvantages to formatting a USB drive in NTFS format, so we’ll go through those before actually talking about how to do it.The advantages of enabling NTFS on removable storage devices are fairly enticing. For example, an NTFS file system lets you add Allow and Deny permissions to individual files and folders for specific Windows users, something you cannot do in the FAT file system....

Turn on the Text-to-Speech Tool in Google Docs If you already have a screen reader, you’ll need to turn on the accessibility tool in Google Docs to hear your document read to you. You should then hear “Screen reader support enabled.” You can use the controls for your screen reader or those in the Accessibility settings to listen to the document content. Use Screen Reader for Google Chrome If you’re looking for extension options, the first to check out is Screen Reader (ChromeVox) by Google for the Chrome browser....

The process is pretty simple: You earn XP through various tasks, the main one being badge crafting, and once you earn enough XP you level up. There are, of course, strategies you can follow in order to level up quickly. Here are the basics on how to level up on Steam. The Quickest Way to Earn XP: Badge Crafting When you start out on Steam, all you need is 100 XP to get your first level....

You can simply choose one of the preset ringtones that your smartphone offers. Alternatively, you can set custom ringtones from your media files, or download a brand new ringtone using a third-party app for maximum personalization. Learn all the ways to set Android ringtones and change them as often as you like. How to Set Android Ringtones on If you find the default ringtone on your phone annoying, or maybe it simply doesn’t feel like your own, you can easily change it in your phone’s Settings....

Changing the active partition is a fairly advanced task, so if you are planning on doing this, you probably didn’t need the explanation above! Only change the active partition if there is an operating system residing on that partition, otherwise you will have a non-working computer.Also, there are a few things to note about marking a partition as active:In addition to the above notes, there are additional things that have to be in place in order for the system to boot....

For example, since Slack doesn’t have a native calendar, you’ll want to customize Slack by connecting your Outlook, Apple, or Google calendar. In this article, we’ll specifically discuss how to add Google Calendar to Slack and why integrating Slack with the Google Calendar API will help you work smarter. How to Add Google Calendar to Slack Via a Web Browser Adding the Google Calendar app to Slack is easily accomplished in a web browser....

MAME, short for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, has seen fit to do its part in recreating the original arcade experience in the form of a multi-purpose emulation framework. An emulator is a software designed to mimic specific hardware. There are many out there that will imitate an arcade machine (as well as other gaming consoles) but MAME is hands-down the best for the job. The sole purpose MAME set out to accomplish was the preservation of old arcade titles....

If you’re a content creator, you can share your music video, vlog, tutorials, or other video content with that massive user base. Plus, if your content is great, you can grow your audience, increase your influence, and monetize your YouTube channel.However, getting your content on YouTube isn’t as easy as just recording and editing the video, uploading, and throwing it out into the world. There are many elements involved in setting up, customizing, and uploading a video....

That is, of course, if you actually have a smartphone with Google Authenticator installed. If you don’t, then your options are limited, but it is possible to use Google Authenticator on your PC without requiring another device. If you want to know how to use Google Authenticator on Windows 10, here’s what you’ll need. Generating the Google Authenticator Secret Code If a username and password is leaked online, your account is at risk....