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Data Doctors: Preventative maintenance tips for your computer
What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better? Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn has some tips.
Q: What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better?
A: As with many other items in daily life, preventative maintenance is the key to avoiding expensive repairs that often come as a surprise.
Imagine driving your car until it broke down instead of regularly changing the oil, checking tire pressure, etc. The resulting costs could be enormous or you could end up stranded on the side of the road in hazardous conditions.
With your computer, both the expensive surprises and loss of use can be avoided if you get in the habit of routinely performing some basic tasks.
Preventing data loss
If you think about it, your physical computer isn’t really what is the most important thing — it’s your personal data that counts the most.
Establishing a regular backup, preferably off site for the best security, is essential. You can certainly use an external backup that is connected to your computer, with software to do automatic backups; but it won’t be much help in the event of a fire, flood, theft or the ever-growing threat of ransomware.
Off-site backup services, such as Carbonite, provide better protection from threats, which, combined with a local backup drive, provides three copies of your data for the ultimate backup strategy.
Preventing a full hard drive
Today’s solid-state hard drives are incredibly fast but are often smaller than their traditional magnetic counterparts because they cost a lot more.
If you aren’t paying attention or completely ignore the system warnings that your hard drive is getting full, it can lead to data corruption and much slower performance. Your computer uses free hard drive space for temporary files, so keeping at least 20% of it available is important.
Windows has a disk cleanup utility that makes it simple to free up space, while Mac users can follow these steps from Apple to do the same.
Take a few minutes on a monthly basis to review the programs you have installed to see if you are really using them. If not, uninstall…
Samsung Releases Maintenance Mode, A New Feature To Hide Your Personal Information From Prying Eyes
The new privacy feature will roll out gradually to Galaxy devices starting with the Galaxy S22, allowing users to block access to their data while their devices are being serviced
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today begins the global rollout[1] of Maintenance Mode, a new privacy feature coming to select Samsung Galaxy devices, following a successful pilot program in Korea and initial launch in China. Maintenance Mode can relieve user anxiety that comes with giving a personal device to someone for repairs, by letting users block access to their personal information, such as their photos, messages or contacts.
“Our whole lives are on our phones, from credit card information to family photos. With Maintenance Mode, we are giving extra reassurance that Galaxy users can keep their privacy, even if they hand their phone to someone,” said Seungwon Shin, VP and Head of Security Team at Mobile eXperience Business, Samsung Electronics. “This is just the latest example of our constant efforts to introduce new ways to make people feel safe and in control, so they can explore new mobile experiences with peace of mind, knowing we have their back.”
Maintenance Mode is a way of creating a separate user account when you hand in your device to be repaired so they can operate core functions without being able to access to any of your private information. All the user needs to do is select Maintenance Mode in the ‘Battery and device care’ menu within ‘Settings’, and reboot their smartphone. As soon as it’s rebooted, all their personal information including their photos, documents and messages will be restricted[2].
Once Maintenance Mode is switched on, the person who was entrusted with the device won’t be able to retrieve user-installed apps either. Data or accounts generated when using Maintenance Mode are automatically deleted as soon as the owner exits Maintenance Mode. They will be able to download apps on Galaxy Store, but those will be automatically deleted along with any data or accounts created as soon as the owner exits Maintenance Mode.
Samsung Galaxy devices are protected by Knox,…
“Planned maintenance”? Travelex’s masterclass in how not to respond to a cyberattack
For days Travelex’s website has said it was down for “planned maintenance”.
Now it finally admits that the company is struggling with a ransomware outbreak that has disrupted its online services.