I don't own an SSD (or Hyperfast) and probably won't, in the near future, but let me hazard a guess nonetheless. The answer would be: 'probably,...
You can also use WinDirStat to check what's eating up the space on your HDD. It's free. http://windirstat.info/ For disk cleanup, I also...
I am using a factory overclocked 896 MB XFX GTX260 currently. It's the newer version with the 216 stream processors. I bought it late last year....
The Vista defragger does not consider file fragments larger than 64MB as 'fragmented', by default, but third party utilities don't use this...
No, the number of processor cores has nothing to do with fragmentation. The problem lies elsewhere. Is the fragmentation due to the hibernation...
Setting the pagefile as static (i.e. same max/min size) is indeed the best idea. On my XP desktop, I also use a static page file and it's...
If a defragger defrags in the background constantly then it's definitely not a good thing, and a waste of resources. I don't know about the other...
Yeah, I use Diskeeper too (2009 pro) and it's really great to not have to bother about defragging at all once you install it. Intelligent...
My first computer was a Commodore 64, back in 1986. My dad bought it for me as a reward for doing well in class. He also bought me a couple of...
When I used to run vista home premium on the lappy, I had Diskeeper 2008 Pro and later 2009 pro on it. Was brilliant in the way it defragged...
In XP, usually there are 3 reasons why a drive cannot be fully defragged: (1) Fragmented system files such as the $MFT and Page File. The XP...
Goto the control panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager and see if the network adapters are all working fine. If the drivers are missing,...
Just for future reference, if your windows media player or powerdvd are broken for any reason, you can also use VLC media player for movies and...
Totally agree with this post. A few fragments of metadata are nothing to get worry about. Whenever you use windows, there will be fragmentation...
How do you do this? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472 http://winhlp.com/node/10 a bit long, but useful if that is the problem you are...
boot up times Boot-up time would depend on the speed of the drives, the CPU, programs loading up during boot-up etc. Not a hard and fast rule,...
defrag I always keep my drives defragmented. Helps a lot to keep the gaming/photo rig running smoothly when working with lots of image files,...
I can think of only two possible solutions, both of which are not guaranteed to work (1)Set the book type to DVD-ROM in the burning software. I...
Most likely a bad mouse. Some quick checks: -check with another mouse -try another USB port -uninstall and reinstall mouse drivers. -check...
disk cleanup, chkdsk and defrag Some possible solutions: Disk cleanup i.e. delete temp and other junk files. This can be done by right...
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