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Why Defrag Your Hard Drive?

Over time, your computer’s hard drive becomes fragmented from actions such as adding and deleting files and programs. As it becomes fragmented, the computer becomes slower accessing files and programs and it results in a slower computer.
Think of your computer’s hard drive as a bookcase full of books. At first, all the books are neatly [...]

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Finding and Ridding Your System of Duplicate Files in Windows

With hard drives being as cheap as they are, some of you have become lazy and have duplicate files all over your PC wasting up space. Sometimes it’s good to do a little housekeeping on your PC but the thought of taking the time to look for these files can be time consuming. A freeware [...]

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Why Does My New Hard Drive Show Between 127 GB to 137 GB When it’s Much Larger?

You add a brand new hard drive to your new system. You’re all happy of all the new space but the operating system tells you that there’s only somewhere between 127 GB to 137 GB available even though it’s much larger. You’re probably thinking that you got a defective drive or someone’s trying to [...]

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The Operating System Reports a Hard Drive Size Much Smaller Than What the Manufacturer States

So you just purchased a new hard drive and when you go to format it, the size reported is smaller than what you expect. Or maybe you got bored and looked into the hardware information and were surprised to see the hard drive being reported in a smaller number. Before you pick up the phone [...]

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So why can I not see my new hard drive in Windows Explorer?

A lot of people are able to determine how to install a hard drive in their Windows based PC through reading their motherboard manual, a hard drive installation manual, or have a ‘techie’ friend / neighbor do it for them. That’s all fine and dandy, but it’s not just a matter of putting cable A [...]

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