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No CD / DVD drive ? To solve the problem!

July 23rd, 2010

Netbooks have become increasingly popular : They are small and cheap, but one of its biggest drawbacks is the lack of optical drive. Most of the time it would hardly interfere , but we want a software from a CD or DVD , one has to rely on a few tricks. We reveal what they are.

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Not only for netbook owners are the following tricks helpful. Even sub-notebooks usually have no CD / DVD drive and when the laptop or PC drive is adopted , if you want to burn an urgent Powerpoint presentation, or MP3s, will be more than the following tricks. Even if your drive is working perfectly , you save some of the tips even electricity of Dell inspiron 1525 battery- an important factor when working on the road.

Tip: A useful addition for Netbook users are also virtual CD drives around with them Virtual CD . Setting Once one of the following tricks used , the tool saves the Silberling compressed on the hard disk. You must apply the tip so a second time , but just start the virtual CD from the drive.

Effective Replacement: External CD / DVD drive

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The simplest solution is an external drive that you connect via USB to the computer. Firewire models should be of interest because of the lack of connection on netbook or subnotebook for most users. His current pulls the external CD / DVD drive , depending on the model via the USB cable or a power cord from the Dell inspiron 6400 battery outlet.

If you value takes as little extra baggage , the ultra-thin slimline model. In addition, the user has the choice between external drives, move the CD on a tray , or through a narrow slit , similar to the CD player in your car. The latter option is usually even thinner , but does not mini – CDs. If you buy the drive you should use the most equal to a torch: With it, you not only read data , they also have backups on CD or DVD.

Usually lag the external CD drives their internal counterparts in terms of speed behind slightly. In our Comparison of the best DVD burner it creates an external burner but in the top 5. For an external burner you do not have very deep into their pockets , entry-level models cost substantially less than 40 €.

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PC-strike G

May 21st, 2010

Bent Pin

Fast it happened: On VGA cables to the motherboard or even the processor is one of the delicate, thin connector pins bent. straighten this again is hard. If you lack the necessary sensitivity, you may aggravate the situation and breaks the pin completely off. not a new VGA cable will cost the world, a new processor, however, tears a hole in the purse. Although we can not guarantee success, we give a tip on how to get the pin back straight. Instead of a pair of pliers as a tool, take a pencil, remove the mine you. The metal tip often has the diameter that you need for the bent pin. Slide the tip very carefully over the pin and align it so gently again.

Discontinuous presentation

They contribute eloquently before your PowerPoint presentation – and then it happened: Your laptop is on the mind. Maybe the power supply is to blame. Take out the battery and try to start the device. Defective batteries sometimes make problems.

Better safe than sorry: Place a small reserve package in the form of a USB stick ready. This contains a copy of your entire presentation and the portable version of the free office suite OpenOffice.org. Installation is simple: After downloading the Open Office Portable double click the EXE file, specify as the destination for the file to the drive letter of your USB stick and click on Extract. The USB stick, you can now connect to any Windows PC, start on the USB stick, the Impress program from Open Office and open the presentation with it. Test before the real thing, whether the most important elements of your presentation in this manner to display properly.

Be careful with hardware

It pays to treat all hardware with the utmost caution. If refuse external devices connected to their work, be sure to check that they are any lights or flashing signals from him. The manual decipher such codes usually in a chapter on troubleshooting. It is often not the device itself, which occurs in the strike. The connections Cable and plug in the strike also stupidest moment. Test is whether e.g. a reluctant USB flash drive to another USB port running. Use of a recalcitrant printer a different cable. Expect to pay at all about your PC anyway always the worst. Prepare yourself organized with smart backup to the emergency. Keep installation CDs and license keys from the operating system, hardware drivers and software in a quickly accessible place.

Glossary

Switch

In A Switch is a device that controls the communication in the network better than a hub. In contrast to the hub, which sends a network request to all stations, the switch is between two stations targeted a connection. In addition, it allows them to simultaneously send and receive at maximum speed.

Stroke

English word for “center”. In computer jargon, so that an intersection of lines is meant in a network.

Registry

The Registry has been the heart of the Windows 95 operating system. This is a special database that is maintained by Windows. Due to the Windows Registry knows how certain types of files (documents, spreadsheets, etc.) must be processed.

ADSL Router

A Router connects two geographically separated networks. He provides, for example the combination of a home network here via ISDN, ADSL or cable TV to that of a provider or the Internet.

BIOS

The Basic Input / Output System, in short BIOS controls the basic functions of PCs, for example, the communication between the hardware. The BIOS is stored on a chip on the motherboard.

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