...k of wear leveling, the data written to the registry every second (likely) eventually caught up to early adopters and resulted in unbootable systems due to registry corruption. With tablets, mobile phones, and pretty much any other embedded device, there is no registry (Windows Embedded devices bein...
...o the cable, where evaporation can take ages. Using heat to dry it out may even make it worse because the cable can act like a heat pipe; the evaporated water spreads as a vapor to other areas, so you can end up spreading it more than getting rid of it. In any kind of cable, residual water can, over...
...taken out of the refrigerator, even if it was in a plastic bag. Think of a glass of water. It does not “sweat” while it is in the refrigerator, but if you take it out on a hot day it does. The other concern is, depending on the temperature difference you are “creating”, some extra wear and t...
...ll you fry your whole computer? Most likely no. Do you increase the risk—even on a slight level—of damaging a USB port by unplugging the hard drive while it is active? I would say yes. The risk mainly comes from something like static electricity being generated between you, the computer, the USB...
... or SAS Bus. How much slower depends on the connection and for many things even USB 2.0 (at ~30MB/sec) might be fast enough (i.e. playing MP3’s and movies, reading config files, etc.). This does assume that you power up the external hard-drive before you boot the laptop (mounting will fail otherwi...
...: I heard from a trusted computer security expert that most enthusiasts (even if they are not professionals) using only guides from the Internet and specialized software (i.e. Kali Linux with the included tools), can break through your home router security. People claim that it is possible even if...
...se data, but it will always roll back to the most recent c***istent state, even if it is shut off unexpectedly, so your files will at worst still work, even if they don’t have the most recent contents. By contrast, FAT32 breaks and lets you keep both pieces (of corrupt data). NTFS does not do a si...
你不断地插拔(和安装/卸载)你的闪存驱动器。如何将潜在的数据丢失降至最低? 今天的问答环节是由SuperUser提供的,SuperUser是Stack Exchange的一个分支,是一个由社区驱动的问答网站分组。 问题 超级用户读者Peter想知道他能...
Earlier this week we asked you to share your computer monitoring tips and tricks, now we’re back to share the wealth. Read on to see how your fellow reader monitor their gear. 其中一个比较流行的监控工具是Rainmeter,这在一定程度上要归功于它所能监控的不仅仅是硬...
...于那些已经需要一副眼镜才能看东西的人来说,这个系统如何工作?简单的答案就是你在上面看到的模型。找到下面较长的答案: We ideally want Project Glass to work for everyone, and we're experimenting with designs that are meant to be ex...