How to Clean a Computer’s Insides Safely

The cooling fans in your computer pull in a lot of dust, dirt and pet hair inside the chassis. The dust can interfere with ventilation, eventually causing computer parts to heat-up and fail. At least once a year (Every six months would be better) you need to remove the cover from your computer and thoroughly … Read more

What are the best alternatives to Microsoft Office ?

microsoft office alternative For more than 30 years, the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and a few more bureau productivity instruments have been an essential part of the workplace. You have traditionally had to download the office software to and from your Windows computer, and some people still use Microsoft Office in this … Read more

All about Shut Down, Sleep, or Hibernate Laptop in windows?

All the computers and laptops that have installed the windows operation system, must be having Option Shutdown, Sleep and Hibernate along with log out, lock and restart and in advance, power setting hybrid sleep option also present from windows vista or 7  to all further versions till 11. Different kinds of people have several types of needs … Read more

How to Format an NTFS Drive on Ubuntu Linux (mkfs.ntfs Guide)

sudo fdisk -l output Ubuntu Linux terminal showing disk partitions

I dual-boot a ThinkPad between Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows 11 and keep a shared 1 TB USB drive in NTFS for passing files between the two. Windows formats NTFS in 10 seconds from File Explorer. Ubuntu used to pretend it couldn’t even mount the thing without a driver package, and formatting one from Linux was … Read more

How to Keep Windows 10 Running Smoothly 

You spend a parcel of cash on your computer. You purchase the leading graphics Card and best CPU for your budget and enjoy making and gaming together with your fix. Everything is running easily, until you take note your execution is abruptly lacking.   When did you final run Windows Update, empty the wastebasket or run a infection scan? Could it be a corrupt configuration record causing your pain? We’ve put together some tips and traps to assist keep your fix running smooth. Keeping the PC Updated and Secure Your PC runs way better when … Read more

How to Enter the BIOS Mode in Windows 10

There are some diverse ways to get to the BIOS menus on a PC: Method 1: Use a BIOS Key Once you to begin with power-on a computer, it goes through a really speedy POST (power on self test). In the event that you’ll be able hit the right hotkey some time recently the POST is completed (or hold it down as you hit the control button), you may get into the BIOS menu. In any case, a … Read more

How to Format a Hard Drive Using Command Prompt on Windows 11 (Diskpart Guide)

diskpart list volume list disk output in admin Command Prompt

I had a 4 TB external drive that wouldn’t format from File Explorer last month. Right-click → Format, type a label, click Start, wait 20 seconds, “Windows was unable to complete the format.” No error code, no reason, just the cheerful Microsoft shrug. The drive worked fine otherwise, File Explorer could read it, it just … Read more