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2. Microsoft Drive Optimizer - Wikipedia

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   As a result of the decreased read and write times, Microsoft Drive Optimizer decreases system startup times for systems starting from magnetic storage devices such as a hard drive. However, defragmentation is not helpful on storage devices such as solid state drives , USB drives or SD cards that use flash memory to increase speeds, as these ...

3. Here’s what it means to optimize your computer - AOL

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   Here are a few ways to free up disk space on your hard drive. Uninstall any apps you don't use: If you're on a PC, look for a list of your apps in the Start menu. Then right click on the apps you ...

4. Hard disk drive performance characteristics - Wikipedia

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   On SCSI hard disk drives, the SCSI controller can directly control spin up and spin down of the drives. Some Parallel ATA (PATA) and Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives support power-up in standby (PUIS): each drive does not spin up until the controller or system BIOS issues a specific command to do so. This allows the system to be set up to ...

5. Defragmentation - Wikipedia

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   A common strategy to optimize defragmentation and to reduce the impact of fragmentation is to partition the hard disk(s) in a way that separates partitions of the file system that experience many more reads than writes from the more volatile zones where files are created and deleted frequently. The directories that contain the users' profiles ...

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   This involves automatically saving copies of your important files to a secure location, like an external drive or cloud storage. Additionally, having a recovery plan allows for quick restoration ...

7. Comparison of defragmentation software - Wikipedia

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   Drive Optimizer (formerly Disk Defragmenter) Microsoft: Bundled with Microsoft Windows: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ReFS Windows 2000 and later; Windows 95 and later Yes Yes Yes Yes, with Windows Task Scheduler: No No Same as Windows Diskeeper: Condusiv Technologies: Discontinued (formerly trialware: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Windows XP and later Yes [5] Yes ...

8. Disk compression - Wikipedia

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   A disk compression software utility increases the amount of information that can be stored on a hard disk drive of given size. Unlike a file compression utility, which compresses only specified files—and which requires the user to designate the files to be compressed—an on-the-fly disk compression utility works automatically through resident software without the user needing to be aware of ...

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