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  2. Fix problems with Games on AOL.com - AOL Help

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    If you're having trouble loading or playing a game, try these to fix your issue: • Restart your computer. • Clear cookies, cache, history and footprints in your browser. • Check that Games on AOL.com windows aren't blocked by your pop-up blocker. • Update your video card drivers.

  3. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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    Failing Hard Drive: A failing hard drive can cause slow performance due to increased read/write errors, bad sectors or mechanical issues. You may notice delays when accessing files or loading ...

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  5. File system fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    File system fragmentation is more problematic with consumer-grade hard disk drives because of the increasing disparity between sequential access speed and rotational latency (and to a lesser extent seek time) on which file systems are usually placed. [8] Thus, fragmentation is an important problem in file system research and design.

  6. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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    If AOL Desktop Gold is running slowly, try the solutions listed below. After trying a solution, please see if the problem with your Desktop Gold is fixed. If it's not, please continue to the next solution until the problem is fixed. Exit and restart Desktop Gold • If the issue still exists, proceed to the next step.

  7. Latency (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Latency, from a general point of view, is a time delay between the cause and the effect of some physical change in the system being observed. Lag, as it is known in gaming circles, refers to the latency between the input to a simulation and the visual or auditory response, often occurring because of network delay in online games.

  8. Data corruption - Wikipedia

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    Many errors are detected and corrected by the hard disk drives using the ECC codes [17] which are stored on disk for each sector. If the disk drive detects multiple read errors on a sector it may make a copy of the failing sector on another part of the disk, by remapping the failed sector of the disk to a spare sector without the involvement of ...

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    System Mechanic is an easy solution for optimal PC performance and simple computing. Once downloaded, it helps speed up slow computers by removing unnecessary software and files and fixes problems ...