World Backup Day! World Backup Day is March 31st! Having a backup is the most important thing you can do on your computer, phone or tablet. As opposed to having all your data only on one device, you keep another copy of everything somewhere safe. Losing data is way more common than you’d think. One … Read more
Recovery From Lost Floppies Data recovery from lost floppies is hard work. When the data is on a non-standard operating system format it is even more challenging. One of Eric’s Computer Services data recovery partners, DriveSavers was able to help the family of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. His 5.25-inch floppies, yes 5.25-inch floppies not … Read more
Small Business Data Backups Small businesses are consistency trying to balance being efficient with cost. One place not to skimp on savings is small business data backups. Any business owner or anyone who has ever used a computer should know it is essential to back up your data. Data losses happen every day. Whether it … Read more
Intel unveils upgraded 6th Gen Intel Core processors Is it time to upgrade? It is if you’re going to get an upgrade to the new 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 and i7 processors. The 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors set a new standard for speed, performance and up to triple the battery life compared to … Read more
Hacktoberfest & Open Source Eric’s Computer Services participated in Digital Oceans 2nd annual Hacktoberfest. Hacktoberfest is a celebration of OSS (open source software) put on by Digital Ocean and completed on GitHub. For creating four pull requests on any GitHub-hosted open source projects by Halloween (October 31st) you get this awesome t-shirt (featured left). Hacktoberfest is … Read more
I use Woo, Woocommerce that is It was a matter of when, not if Woocommerce would become dominate. Woocommerce now powers 30% of all online stores. It holds the biggest market share of any online eCommerce software and has over 10 million downloads. It has become the favored platform by many web developers and users … Read more
Data Recovery Renewal for 2015 I renewed my 24 Hour Data Recovery Partnership this month. The Data Recovery renewal is important as I continue to take on challenging data recovery cases to give my customers they best access to available technology. Serving Customers for Complex Data Recovery Cases I also completed a complex data recovery … Read more
Windows 10 Updates Windows 10 has a lot of great things going for it – but I suggest holding off on the upgrade because of the Windows 10 updates. I have been contacted by customers for Western Digital My Passport external hard drives no being read, network driver issues, and other driver problems. Why so … Read more
New Custom Computers I have recently updated my new custom computers build line. Contact me to find out more about the custom build computers I offer or the services I provide. I offer custom build systems using the latest Intel and AMD processors, high-quality components, great graphics cards, and any software setup (including anti-virus and … Read more
Data Recovery Certification Eric’s Computer Services is now a Certified Data Recovery Professional. My data recovery certification comes from the Kroll Ontrack® Certified Data Recovery Partner program. Having someone you can trust to perform a professional recovery is key to getting your data back! Certified Data Recovery Professional Go to the data recovery page to … Read more