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Archive for May 31st, 2010

Not Sure If The Data On Your CD Is Readable?

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Us CDCheck to test your CDs.

D. Babian, GSAE

Written by TTC Shelbyville IT Department

Monday, May 31, 2010 11:08 pm at 11:08 pm

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Yottabyte

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How much is too much?

  • 200,ooo Pictures/MP3s in a Terabyte
  • 204,800,000 Pictures/MP3s in a Petabyte
  • 209,715,200,000 Pictures/MP3s in a Exabyte
  • 214,748,364,800,000 Pictures/MP3s in a Zettabyte
  • 219,902,325,555,200,000 Pictures/MP3s in Yottabyte (Yottabyte is one septillion)

*High quality 5+ mb photos – Your 4 GB SD card or flashdrive would hold 390 pictures

(Source: Backblaze via Geek Feed)

Written by TTC Shelbyville IT Department

Monday, May 31, 2010 9:26 pm at 9:26 pm

Active Hard Disk Monitor

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Active Hard Disk Monitor is an excellent way for you to monitor your hard drive and check the sensitive data on the drive.  With the ability to monitor temperatures, disk space, connect to remote computers (automatic Firewall Port opening software) and dozens of other pieces of information, Active Hard Disk Monitor is an excellent ‘must have’.

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Main Features:

  • Hard Disk performance monitoring and control
  • Based on Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (or S.M.A.R.T.)
  • Able to scan and display bad sectors on a disk’s surface.
  • Displays current S.M.A.R.T. attributes
  • Can be launched automatically at Windows startup and monitor the HDD(s) in the background
  • Provides standard hard disk information such as Serial/Model Number, Number of cylinders, and so on.
  • Sends an email or a popup notification automatically if critical conditions appear.
  • Includes System Tray icon temperature status
  • Can generate event log and S.M.A.R.T reports
  • The software has an easy to use user interface

Written by TTC Shelbyville IT Department

Monday, May 31, 2010 12:23 am at 12:23 am

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