PC Maintenance and Security workshop - tutorial review assignment

Video 1:

Downloading and using Hijack This!

I had heard about this software and saw it on some work computers but I was not sure it was supposed to do. This is a last resort software when others fail. The software completes a scan and displays data that can be posted on a variety of websites where serious geeks hang out. These wonderful folks review your data and diagnose your problem for free. I was surprised that this was a free service and I will share this with others

Video 2:

Types of Back-ups

After I watched the tutorial I learned that there are two basic types of backups: Full and partial. The full backup creates an image of the entire hard drive and makes “an exact replica” of everything on your computer. A partial back-up you can be selective of what will be duplicated. There are a variety of locations to back-up including online sources and in Gmail. I was not aware that the full back-p option was available. I know a person who I can share this with.

Video 3: Where to Back-up

My experience with backing up files was usually using a flash drive to make copies of important files. I developed a habit of doing this on a regular basis because I use a variety of computers at work between different facilities and I also use my own personal laptop for a variety of projects related to home, school, and work. These portable flash drives are small and easy to carry around on a key chain and I have used them since the first generation emerged years ago with only 28 MB storage. In this tutorial I learned that there are also laptop hard drives that plug into a USB and can provide from 40 to 80 GB of storage. This could be very good option for folks like me who have some large media files that need to be moved around easily. I will recommend this option to some of my staff who have laptops.