I have some tips for you readers out there on how to speed up your hard drive. I myself use this from time to time and find it useful. Some of the simple steps you can follow is to defragment your computer the right way, remove big, useless files, and find and delete duplicate files.
Now the right way to defragment your computer is not opening the Windows defragmenting tool a different way, it’s using a completely different tool. Now the one I recommend has a price tag of $40 but there is a free trial if you go to Vopt 8. This program does so much more than what Windows does including taking care of Restore points which can take up to 13mb each and are scattered all over your computer, and it lets you choose how to defrag like packing files more. Also it deletes temporary files, closes unnecessary applications, and it can also automatically defrag multiple drives and then shut down the system. Whichever defragmenter you use, use it early and often, close open applications as those don’t get defragged, and delete temporary and internet cache files using a free tool called CCleaner.
For the duplicate files on your computer get Duplicate File Finder. Even though you think you don’t have them I guarantee you, you do have them.
If you’ve ever closed down your computer while in Hibernate mode then you probably have a massive file called hiberfil.sys. You don’t need this file anymore so the way to get rid of it is, go to Control PanelàPower OptionsàHibernate Tabàuncheck Enable HibernationàOK. Now if you still want to use the Hibernate mode after all this, defrag, and then follow the steps above and recheck Enable Hibernation.
For Zone Alarm users out there, your program automatically makes huge behemoth files on your computer. To delete these files while running the program you need to use a batch file to do the job. For a How-To and the batch file go to PC World.
Imagine your closet being cluttered wen yu first unpacked your suitcase, instead of sorting the initial clutter out, you keep on adding more stuff and lots of things,pulling out things from here and there everntually the place is going to be a pandemonium. I think thats exactly what happens to HDDs too when we keep storing all the stuff, what we want and dont as well. All drives get fragmented, the disease starts off harmlessly and then builds up to kill the speed and agility of the system.
Yep that's why I defragment every week and I use a much faster defragmenter than Windows gives us. Thank you for your comment and I believe your metaphor is very true.