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I have a stack of old hard disks at home and I’m looking to copy all my old data off them. What’s the best way to do this?

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I just managed to sell my computer on eBay and want to make sure that I wipe the hard disk clean before I ship the machine. Is it enough to just delete my files?

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I’m doing a lot of work with some video editing software and I’m looking for a disk to backup my files onto. Where can I find a sizeable disk without spending too much money?

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I got my hands on some old computers and now have a collection of hard disks. Is there an easy way I can connect them to my computer without having to mess around with screws and caddies?

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My wife keeps taking tons of photos with her digital camera and she’s always paranoid that she might lose them. Can you recommend a good way to make sure we don’t ever lose anything because of a disk crash?

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I use Internet Explorer to browse the internet on Vista. My hard disk crashed recently so I’m in the process of rebuilding my new OS. How can I retrieve all the IE favourites out of my crashed hard disk? They should be stored in a folder on my hard disk, right?

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