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Defragmentation

In the context of administering computer systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It ...

If it is not already selected, enabling the hard drive write-back cache setting on each of your hard drives can improve their performance by...

By default, Windows XP spins down all hard drives after 20 minutes of inactivity to save power. This can cause significant delays when it is...

Windows XP's hibernation option allows a computer to copy its current memory contents to the hard drive before shutdown, allowing the sy...

With time and heavy use, a myriad of data problems and physical problems can develop and mar the performance of your hard drive, not to ment...

By default, Windows XP's system restore utility uses a mammoth 12% of each hard drive in your system. That's a lot of wasted space. ...