For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality. I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue. However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions. With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…
Nothing ceases to amaze me anymore. Those of us that have relied on system manufacturers to provide us with clean systems, servers, and components "out of the box" now have a new wrinkle to iron out. If you have spent any money on a Dell server these days you may want to check your model... and receipt. It seems Dell has shipped some of their replacement motherboards for PowerEdge R410 Rack Servers with malware code in the flash storage on the motherboard. Read More...
There are times when simply doing a Windows restore isn't enough; you also may not have been provided with any operating system / restore CD's or DVD's for your Dell computer. Luckily for you, Dell places restore materials on a separate partition of your hard drive. If all else fails and your last resort is restoring your computer to "like new"; here are the instructions to do so. Read More...

