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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stanford on September 22, 2023, 11:33:26 AM

Title: Hard drive maintenance
Post by: Stanford on September 22, 2023, 11:33:26 AM

Data Doctors has a review of hard drive maintenance including a reminder of how to check status of your drives.

Title: Re: Hard drive maintenance
Post by: Alan J. Raul on October 01, 2023, 10:04:40 AM

Here are the links from Stan's PDF

Data Doctors The 3-2-1 Backup Philosophy
https://www.datadoctors.com/media/tips/2358-The-3-2-1-Backup-Philosophy/ (https://www.datadoctors.com/media/tips/2358-The-3-2-1-Backup-Philosophy/)
 
What exactly does SMART do on my computer?
https://www.datadoctors.com/help/question/22384-SMART-Computer-Checkup/ (https://www.datadoctors.com/help/question/22384-SMART-Computer-Checkup/)

13 Best Free Hard Drive Testing Programs
https://www.lifewire.com/free-hard-drive-testing-programs-2626183 (https://www.lifewire.com/free-hard-drive-testing-programs-2626183)

Free up drive space in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/free-up-drive-space-in-windows-85529ccb-c365-490d-b548-831022bc9b32#:~:text=How%20will%20I%20know%20how,the%20Devices%20and%20drives%20section. (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/free-up-drive-space-in-windows-85529ccb-c365-490d-b548-831022bc9b32#:~:text=How%20will%20I%20know%20how,the%20Devices%20and%20drives%20section.)

See used and available storage space on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/storage-space-mac-syspf9b375b9/mac (https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/storage-space-mac-syspf9b375b9/mac)