Best practice: back up your data. Next best practice: learn how to use data recovery software in the event of a hard drive crash, hardware failure, or inadvertantly deleting data. Lifehacker reviews five free software applications that will help you get back those important files. Check out the review here
Anyone using a computer running Microsoft Windows will at some point encounter the dreaded blue screen of death (bsod). Freezing screens, crashing computers, followed by a lot of head-scratching often accompany this event. The website MaximumPC has provided a handy guide to understanding the BSOD and provides some suggestions for cleaning up the ensuing mess. [...]
