4 April 2020

What does chkdsk do, exactly?

One way to think of it is: /F fixes software problems, /R software AND hardware, since bad sectors are actual physical damage to the disk surface. /R does essentially what the old SpinRite program used to do (“used to” because today’s large capacity drives are for the most part beyond its abilities to deal with); analyzing every single sector on the drive, whether it contains […]

22 March 2020

Why is China Helping ITALY?

Why is China so heartfelt about Italy? It turns out that there are a series of heartwarming stories between China and Italy involving an exciting history. At the beginning of the founding of the PRC, all kinds of hostilities were present, including armed conflict. At that time, Sino-US relations had not thawed, and Western countries had not recognized China as yet. No heavyweight country was […]

15 March 2020

an add-on to some thoughts on financial trading

an out of the world thought on trading, there are winners and losers, the winner will sweep the money from the losers into their own pockets, it’s like conquest over their assets. if you trade, you are thinking of making others’ money your own. this is morally incorrect. no good karma in such money-making scheme. i conclude that trading is gambling and nothing beats a […]

15 March 2020

Full vs. incremental vs. differential: Comparing types of backup

ideally, a good backup should consist of a full backup once a month and followed by differential backups on a daily basis. more information can be sought here: https://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/tip/Data-backup-types-explained-Full-incremental-differential-and-incremental-forever-backup

2 March 2020

MyCouponSmart and SearchMine removal for mac

searchmine can’t be removed by most internet security software and even malwarebytes. so if your browsers like google chrome in your mac is infected, please follow the steps in the below to remove the malware manually. First, let’s check if there’s any malicious Profile installed on your mac. To do this go to System Preferences > search for Profiles (if you cannot find any icon […]