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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Disk Utility - Wikipedia

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   Another application called Drive Setup was used for drive formatting and partitioning and the application Disk Copy was used for working with disk images. [citation needed] Before Mac OS X Panther, the functionality of Disk Utility was spread across two applications: Disk Copy and Disk Utility. Disk Copy was used for creating and mounting disk ...

6. 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.

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   Our tech experts know all about Windows PCs; Apple computers running Mac OS 10.6 and above; and any brand of smartphone (iPhone, Samsung, HTC), tablet (iPad, Kindle, Surface), or smart TV.

8. Norton Utilities - Wikipedia

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   Norton Utilities at a retail store. Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain a computer. The latest version of the original series of Norton Utilities is Norton Utilities 16 for Windows XP/Vista/7/8, released 26 October 2012.

9. Trim (computing) - Wikipedia

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   The table below identifies each notable operating system and the first version supporting the command. Additionally, older solid-state drives designed before the addition of the TRIM command to the ATA standard will need firmware updates, otherwise the new command will be ignored. However, not every drive can be upgraded to support trimming.