Tag Archives: Windows 7

A closer look at Windows Update

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Timour Rashed

In this post we discuss the importance of Windows Update and discuss: Purpose of Windows Update How does Windows Update work? Why sometimes updating Windows needs a reboot Getting rid of Windows Update’s nag to restart When is the recommended … Continue reading →

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How to create a striped Parition in Windows

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Timour Rashed

There are five well know volume/partition types in existence. Simple, Spanned, Striped, Mirrored, and RAID-5. Each with their benefits and drawbacks, however, this post will focus on how to create a striped volume in Windows. Found this post useful? Subscribe … Continue reading →

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Differences between Hard disk partition Types

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Timour Rashed

A partition is an area of hard disk which is reserved for the operating system to use to store data.  Each disk can have one or more partitions and a partition can exist on one or more disks. This post … Continue reading →

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Clean (Wipe) an Encrypted Disk on Windows

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Timour Rashed

This article is for those who get stuck with an encrypted disk and can’t use either Windows’ Disk Management or the disk encryption software supplied by the vendor (company) that encrypted the disk in the first place (ironic?…yes) The main … Continue reading →

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