09/30/08 02:01:24 am, Ask Your PC blog has moved!
by Jay 
I realized that my b2evolution blog wasn't giving me everything that I wanted. I couldn't change to a good style. WordPress is much much better! I wish I had started with it. Anyways, check out the new website located as the index of Ask Your PC here: http://www.askyourpc.com! If you want to see any new articles or ask any computer questions move over to the new look of Ask Your PC!
Backing up computer files to reformat C drive
by Jay
How do I backup computer files to reformat c drive? First figure out what device or medium you would like to back up your files onto. I would recommend an external hard drive. You can use CDs or DVDS but the best to use is an external hard drive. 500mb hard drives are inexpensive these days. Now check out the file size of your hard drive by going to My Computer and right clicking the hard drive and going to properties. We will check how much memory was deleted when we are all done.
Free Open Source Video and Audio File Converter
by Jay
Looking for a free video and audio converter to convert your files to a usable format.
MediaCoder is a free (open source) audio/video converter, which has many excellent audio/video programs combined from the open source community into one friendly GUI program. It will change just about any video file type for free.
MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet.
How does a full hard drive slow down a PC?
by Jay
I get a lot of questions about the hard drive. Questions about what slows them down. Questions about how they work, whether adding another hard drive will speed up the PC, and what is going on when a computer slows down every time the hard drive is accessed. I will address these questions in a question and answer format below.
What does the hard drive do?
The hard drive houses all the the long term data. All of the computer files that you save as well as the computer's operating system (Windows). It is much like long term memory in your mind. You can store information for a long time but never think about it.