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Concept of Defragmenting: Does it Work

Often when you have been using your home computer for a while you may look into ways to really improve and increase the performance of your PC. One of the most popular options is the defragging your Hard Disks. So, let’s take a more in depth look at the defragmentation process and whether or not it works.

When you use your home computer for work, such as making or saving new files, the files are being continuously created as well as erased from the hard disk. When the disk is empty, Windows will try to store the new files near or next to the location of the previous file. This is done in order to increase the speed of processing the files(s) when they are needed. read more

Should You Give Your Aging Laptop a Make-Over?

It’s the circle of hardware: a good laptop will last no more than 4 years, before it starts getting outdated. However, it doesn’t usually take longer than 1-2 years of intensive use until a laptop starts acting tired and sluggish. Around this time, you can consider doing a makeover to refresh your machine to improve its performance and bring it closer, or even above, its original levels.

How do you know if it’s better to makeover your old laptop or if it’s better to just save money to get a new one? And if you choose the former option, how do you know which components to change for the highest cost effectiveness? This article will help you understand just that. read more

Recommended Hard Drive Setup – SSD + large SATA HDD drive

I get asked by a ton of people, both online and in real life, for recommendations on what to use for their desktop setups. Today, I want to key in on the hard drive setup.

Generally, most people are fine with the standard 500GB-1TB SATA hard drive. However, when I get asked by someone looking to do more than the standard Internet Browsing and Word processing, I often offer a more complex solution. I will recommend that they go with a SSD drive for Windows and a few key programs and then also add in a SATA drive for less intense programs, music, video, and more. Until SSD drives become less expensive, this configuration allows for performance while not breaking the bank. I like this setup so much right now that I even use this in my own primary desktop. read more