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Jim Dickens has been programming and accumulating expertise in software and hardware since 1979. During that time, he has been as confused as anyone about some of the technical jargon. Persistence and the desire to eat regularly have enabled him to learn enough to explain some of that geekspeak in www.laptopsforhumans.com. |
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Comments on all articles by Jim Dickens (176)     Jim Dickens  Should You Take the Time To Defrag Your Hard Drive? hogwart from Bangalore: (1 year 66 days ago.)  Fragmentation is a disease that spreads into the system to completely spoil the performance starting with slowness and then other stability issues. Thoughts and Views on Government Sanctioned Killing Anonymous: (1 year 76 days ago.) Mr. Dickens, You shed a very powerful light on a subject that is near and dear to most Americans. I would like to point out a few things to you. Our government gives us the right to choose (abortion or not). It us up to us and our morals to do the right thing. If a woman chooses to have an abortion why should the government stop her? After all, our forefathers dictated the constitution which provides rights and freedoms for each individual. As you stated that child could have been the next person to establish world peace. At the same time they could have been the next Jack the Ripper or leader of a major drug cartel. It is a two way street and we (Americans) need to look both ways. Saying the government sanctions killings is misleading and irresponsible. Our government is not perfect. But it is filled with people that are less than perfect. Finally, where does it state in the constitution that I should help pay for people on government assistance. The constitution dictates our freedom and establishes a government. Never did it say we have to pay for foreigners through government assistance. Response from Jim Dickens (176) Should You Take the Time To Defrag Your Hard Drive? ratrace: (1 year 108 days ago.)  Wondeful article! Nowadays, we keep adding and deleting programs and files from the system, its hardly a surprise if the system doesnt get fragmented and slowdown. Backup, file transfers and even something like burning a CD take awefully long, quite naturally, if the HDD has roam all over the place to find the file fragments, its going to take longer! makes sense as to why its important to keep fragmentation out to maintain optimum speed and performance. Comment by Ben Jones (5,242)    Ben Jones   (1 year 114 days ago.) Good description and good analogy Jim. You've made what could have been a complicated process that much easier to understand. Well done! For those of you wondering how often you should defrag your hard drive, it all depends on the sort of use you put your computer through. If you just surf the net, create the odd word document and write some emails then it's not required as often; a few times a year would probably take care of things. If, however you use your computer every day, download a lot of files, install and remove programs on a regular basis then I'd suggest a lot more frequently; monthly as a minimum and probably weekly would be better. So how do you do it? Easy as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Click on “Start”, then “Programs” or “All Programs” go to “Accessories”, then “System Tools” and run “Disk Defragmenter”. A few other quick tips for speeding up your computer include: * Don't have too many files, folders or shortcuts on your desktop * Don't install thousands of fonts on your computer * Clean up programs by uninstalling things you no longer use or want Life Is Hard By the Yard, But By the Inch Life's a Cinch JL from US: (1 year 153 days ago.) Good article. It is a lot less overwhelming to look at life, as well as purchases, in the context of shovelfuls. |
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