Simple guide to backing up your PC

Follow:   12.2.2013 The absurdly simple guide to backing up your PC 11.21.2013 3:00 AM The first rule of PC Club is: Always, always back up. Thankfully, backing up your most important data is a cinch. It's the getting off your rear to actually do it that stymies most people, myself included. When your PC doesn't recognize a 2nd drive 11.21.2013 3:00 AM When you installed the old drive, your BIOS probably decided that that was the first drive--the one that boots. So it attempted to boot your old version of Windows and ran into trouble. Remember that when you install Windows, it configures itself to your specific hardware. Boot one PC's hard drive inside another and you're bound to have problems. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Superguides Check our Guides packed with practical how-tos, in-depth features, tips and tricks, and more! IDG.tv is now live! Watch IDG's entire library of tech videos on our brand new platform.   Sneaky software turns your PC into a Bitcoin-mining zombie -- and owns up to it in the EULA 11.21.2013 3:00 AM As the Bitcoin bubble inflates to over $1,000 per unit, legions of newcomers are scrambling to join the digital gold rush. For some companies, that means accepting the currency at online checkout counters; for others, it means releasing PC hardware designed to "mine" new Bitcoins at blistering rates. But an unscrupulous few have turned in a more sinister direction, covertly converting users' hardware into Bitcoin-mining zombies.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: garn14.tech@blogger.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107