Computerhilfen tech-tips

When you format a harddisk (HDD or SSD), an USB flash drive or a memory card, all the data on your chosen disk will be deleted, without an option of retrieving it again. Formatting the disk is a good option, when you want to have a clean new install on your pc or want to delete all data on that computer completely.Harddisks or USB memory sticks that don't have any operating system on them, can be easily in the windows explorer: Open your computer dra... Read more...

Have you found some strange files or directories on your USB drive? When there names are like ".Spotlight" or ".trashes", you might want to know, where they are coming from. In most cases you have used that USB drive or camera storage card also on an Apple Mac or Linux Computer: The operating system is creating these files to store some data about the storage device and the deleted items.When the name of the files or directories ist one of the foll... Read more...

If you are starting to have annoying problems with your installed Windows XP, you might want to try the Windows Repair function on the Windows Setup CD / DVD. This will copy all the important Windows files back on your system, so your PC should work like a brand new computer again.Normally, the Windows Repair will not delete your files or stored data but only re-install the Windows system files. To make sure that you do not loose important data, you sh... Read more...

If your computer can’t find your dvd drive anymore and you get a message similar to this “HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N ATA Device – Cannot load the device driver for this hardware – the driver is missing (code39)", you can try the following HL-DT-ST tutorial.Please read our guide carefully and do not change values in the registry if you are not an experienced user! Wrong changes in the registry can destroy windows and cause the computer to no... Read more...

If you want to access your Raspberry Pi via network an SSH, you have to enable the SSH functionality on the Pi first. If you have a screen and a keyboard connected you can enable that setting by typing "sudo raspi config". You can enable SSH in the "advanced options" section:Without a screen and keyboard, you can enable the SSH setting by simply putting an empty text-file on the microSD card: Insert the card in your computer (e.g. with an USB card ... Read more...

Welcome to our classical tips scollection: You'll find many useful tips for Windows 98/ME or Windows XP and Vista. Please keep in mind, that Microsoft does not support it's older operating systems anymore with security patches: Using a classic Windows PC connected to the internet can be dangerous! Mouse jumpingIn Windows, it is possible to have the mouse pointer jump directly to the open dialogue window. Therefore, activate the function "Aut... Read more...