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Computer Maintenance—How to Maintain Hard Disk Correctly
Nov 30th
As one of most durable fixings among computer components, hard disk can be used for six to seven years on condition that it is preserved well. Now, I will tell you how to maintain hard disk correctly.
The hard disk maintenance can be divided into two aspects. From point of view of hardware, it is better to use case, especially for those computer players. Although putting computer on the desk can help heat radiation and uninstall, it can harm computer hardware as well and hard disk in particular. Since hard disk is working with high speed, any unstable wave may lead to furious collision between disk head and Disc. And, you should avoid high temperature when using computer because it can affect computer working normally and bring damages to hard disk.
At the same time although some users know correct hard disk maintenance can do good to computer, their hard disks are still suffered from damages due to improper operations.
Though they have learned regular defragmentation can do good for hard disk from websites, they do not realize how “regular” means. If they think it can speed up computer when defragmenting hourly, it is completely wrong. As a matter of fact, frequent disk defragmentation may drag disk using efficiency. In the long run, it falls short of improving computer speed, even run counter to the desire.
What is good for hard disk and computer is to defragment properly. If you do not defragment disk for a long time, an increasingly number of disk fragments are piling in the hard disk. Then, when you visit certain of them in the future, it may take much more to read these files. Since time goes by, it can reduce files visiting speed and also harm disk tracks probably.
And when copying files, some prefer to copy several files at one time but do not know that the hard disk is overburdening, since you may find hard disk creaking loudly. Therefore, you should use anti-virus software to protect your hard disks, for example CIH may destroy the partitions in the hard disk and result in the loss of data.
Besides, do not try to use disk compress technology in the system tools. At present, disk capacity is large enough to support the computer running. It is really unnecessary to save disk space by compressing hard disks. What is more, it can slow down disk read-write data speed and affect disk usage indirectly. If you urgently want to free up disk space, it is better for you to get rid of junk files such as temporary and swap ones.
Many users do not form a good habit of closing down computer. They are hurry to pull out electric power without shutting down computer completely, even some turn off switch. However, the computer has not been replaced yet. Therefore, you should pay closed attention to whether hard disk indicator is on or not when turning off computer. It is a good habit for you in order to maintain your computer well.
In this regard, you may find it is very important to form a good habit of maintaining computer correctly, because it has influenced on hard disk and computer performance. It is a must for you to shape such good habit so as to guarantee your computer can work for you efficiently.
Hard disk maintenance —Tips to speed up your computer when using hard disk
Nov 26th
When using computers, lots of PC users do not form good habits in using hard disk, which will eventually shorten its lifespan and slow down the computer. Here, some tips will be discussed on hard drive maintenance so as to speed up your computer.
1. Do not suddenly turn off power when the hard disk is still working.
As we all know that when the hard drive is reading / writing, it always keeps on high-speed rotation (normally 7200r/m or 5400r/m). If the power is turned off suddenly, it will strengthen the friction between the disk and the read–and-write head and then destroy the hard disk to some extent. So before turning off the power, please first check whether the HDD led is lighting or not. If not, wait until it off and then turn off the power.
2) Be careful to keep tidy environmental sanitation.
As we all know that when using the computer, there will be some dusts coming to the surface of the PCBA and the inner of hard disk spindle motor. If there are some stuck to the hard disk head, it will slow down the disk visiting time and the entire system. So it is necessary to keep the computer in a dry, dust-free environment as possible as you can.
3) Remember to keep shock-resistant
If there is a strong shock when the hard disk is reading or wring, it will result in the sever friction of the disk and the read–and-write head, resulting in some unexpected problems such as shortening the lifespan of the hard disk. So when moving or shipping, it is necessary to be careful enough to prevent unnecessary hard knocks.
4) Protect your computer from being attached by virus.
Normally, hard disk has been the main object of computer virus for it always takes lot of hard disk resources. So please make sure that you are always using the latest version of anti-virus programs. And it is necessary to do some backups of the important data on the hard disk.
5) Form good habit in using hard disk.
When using the hard disk, it is necessary to regularly delete some useless system junk files, TEMP files and clear the Recycle Bin. To do this, you can simply go to My Computer, and then click the drive to be cleaned up to select Properties, and then press Disk Cleanup to clean the drive.
Besides Disk Cleanup, there is still another utility that you can not ignore when trying to maintain hard disk. That is Disk Defragmenter. For all Pc users, they may know that disk fragment may be one main cause for a slower computer. If there are large amount of fragments on the hard disk, it will consume longer time to read through and reassemble all associated parts of a same content, slowing down the computer and shortening the lifespan of the hard disk and the computer. So when noticing the computer is running slower than before, it is necessary for you to run the Disk Defragmenter.
But if you find that it is really slower to defragment the whole computer with the built-in Disk Defragmenter, it is recommended that you can use some trusted defrag tools. When searching the Internet for some wonderful disk defrag tools, I found that Advanced Defrag is the one that recommended by lots of PC users for its powerful function in defragmenting the hard disk and the windows registry.
So to always speed up you computer, please remember to first do a hard disk maintenance job. Believe me, it will help you not only long live your hard disk, but also your computer.
Hard Disk Maintenance—Correct Methods to Maintain Hard Disk
Nov 25th
Even though hard disk is not the most important part of computer, you still need to pay close attention to maintain hard disk. If it goes wrong, you can not do any operation to files any more. So in this article, I will tell you How to use your hard disk in order to reduce bad tracks.
If you want to protect hard disk, the proper way is to protect it in advance rather than learn how to remove those bad tracks when the problem has happened. This is the correct way to expand the usage of hard disk.
First of all, you cannot turn off computer abruptly when the hard disk is still working.
Generally, working disks are in the high speed running. If the electric power is closed down during using computer, it probably leads to furious attrition between disk head and drive surface and mangle hard disk. Therefore, you should avoid abrupt computer shutdown as possible as you can. When closing down computer, you have to pay attention to whether disk indicator is on or not. Only after it turns off completely and finishes read-write operations, can you turn computer power off.
Secondly, you should keep dust away from hard disk.
Dust does great harm to hard disk. In the dusty environment, it is vulnerable for disk to absorb the dusty granule in the air. And such rubbish will influence the heat radiation and make temperature in the circuit increase greatly. Besides, dust can absorb water and erode electric circuitry in the internal hard disk to result in problems without rhyme and reason. Therefore, you must keep environment clean and reduce the humidity and dust in the air. It is a must for you not to open hard disk by hand. Otherwise, dust in the air can enter into your hard disk to damage disk surface or disk head when it performs reading or writing.
Third, you should prevent too heat in the hard disk.
Temperature can affect hard disk usage as well. When working, disks may produce and radiate heat for sure. Too high or low temperature can lead to many hard disk problems. It is advisable for you not to let hard disk get closed to any strong magnetic field and keep the air dry
You should defragment disk regularly.
In the hard disk, if you set or delete files continually, it can produce a pile of fragments. As those files gather too many day by day, it takes much more time to visit certain file in the future which can not only slow down visiting efficiency but also damage disk tracks. As a result, it is a must for you to defragment disk at proper intervals, no matter you use Windows defragmenting program or certain third-party tools. After defragmentation, you had better run hard disk restoring program to fix those iffy tracks.
As all the methods mentioned above, you may find that only the defragment disk has to apply certain tool rather than protect by computer itself. In order to maintain hard disk correctly, you cannot be too careful to use computer.
Hard Disk Maintenance–How to Protect Hard Disk
Nov 15th
To be honest, have you ever considered that your hard disks also need maintenance? They are just working quietly and draw little attention from you. Undoubtedly, the hard disk, like other parts of your computer requires consistent care and maintenance in order to work well. So, do not be lazy and do something to maintain your hard disk so as to protect it from any problem.
If permitted, you should update the software ceaselessly. It is necessary to do that. Normally, updating software can restore the BUG of old versions and reduce the errors in the applications or operating system. Therefore, to upgrade the hardware driver can maximize hardware performance and work better with the system. Generally speaking, you can download such programs from the manufacturer official websites or use professional updating programs.
And then, you should keep hard disk in a good state. Although disk is not the most important part of computer, it can lead to countless damages, even make system paralyze if it goes wrong and in BOOT area especially. Therefore, it is indispensable for you to maintain your hard disk. You can turn to certain specific disk scanning program to help you. They can scan the physical surface of the disk, check directory of file system and perform credible test to it. Ordinarily, if computer is closed down abnormally, it can lead to cluster loss in the hard disk probably. Windows may become quite unstable and system goes awry easily under such circumstance. So, you should maintain hard disk by scanning it properly.
Besides, you should get more understanding of your computer. You can click “Control Panel”—“System”, and in this tab, you can check the details of every part of hard disks and whether it work well or not. By doing this, you can learn how to protect hard disk according to different situations of the disks.
All in all, since hard disk is quite useful for your computer, you really need to maintain hard disks carefully.
In fact defragmentation disk is also a very useful method to maintain hard disk. This is because the defragmenting program can gather the file fragments and arrange them orderly in the disk. If too many fragments are scattered in the disk disorderly, it can hinder the disk performance, even computer speed obviously. So, you should take defragmentation into consideration. You can use disk defragmenter in the “All Programs”—“Accessories”—“System tool”—“Disk Defragmenter” to startup this defrag. To be frankly, it is too slow to complete defragmentation in time.
As a result, if you want to save your time and energy, I recommend you to use a professional defrag to help you. Such defrag is tested by many computer experts thousands of times with high defragmenting speed and perfect result. You are welcome to use it.