Partitioning Hard Drives
Given that hard drives sold today usually have a capacity of more than 15 GB, many users choose to split their disks into multiple logical partitions or drives. While partitioning is generally a matter...
View ArticleDefragmenting Hard Drives
Like changing the oil in a car, defragmenting partitions is a requirement, not an option. On a heavily used system, you should be defragmenting your disks at least once per month to ensure optimal...
View ArticleChecking Hard Drive Health with Scandisk and Chkdsk
Unlike RAM, your hard disk has moving parts, and as such is susceptible to errors. Over time, clusters can become corrupted, part of files can become lost, and a range of other errors can occur. You...
View ArticleRecovering Data from Hard Drives
It happens to everyone. You’ve accidentally deleted a file, emptied the Recycle bin, and now you don’t have a backup and want the file back. The good news is that a recovery is possible. The bad news...
View ArticleDefragment Your Hard Drive for Better System Performance
While handling everything from the installation of programs to the storage of various data files, your PC’s hard disk drive is a workhorse that takes a great deal of punishment over time. As programs...
View ArticleTesting For Drive Errors and Health with Check Disk
While defragmenting a partition will speed up disk access by placing files in contiguous disk clusters, another key disk maintenance task that should be performed at least monthly is running Check...
View ArticleKeep Your Hard Tidy with the Disk Cleanup Tool
Over time, your PC will become cluttered with unused programs, temporary files, and deleted items stored in the Recycle Bin. Regardless of their location on your system, all of these files are capable...
View ArticleWhy Is Disk Defragmentation Necessary?
When files are saved to a hard disk, they aren’t necessarily saved in an area of contiguous disk space. For example, a 10 K file might be fragmented and spread over three disparate disk clusters, each...
View ArticleUsing CHKDSK from the Command Line
XP includes the Check Disk utility as a way to search for and repair file system errors on your hard disks. While the graphical version of the tool is accessible from the Tools tab in the properties of...
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