Hi Thomas.
I regularly maintain and optimise computers for customers and I can assure
you that simply isn't the case. Its more down to the ignorance of users in
basic computer maintenance teqniques, added to the fact that manufacturers
don't seem to want to put basic maintenance software or even set up a
maintenance schedule using the tools in Windows on their computers. There
are a number of things you can do, including regularly defragmenting and
cleaning out the hard drive and registry, optimising the list of services
and start-up programs that load with Windows, cleaning out browser cache
files and cookies; These are all relatively straight forward and can be
performed with little or no effort. I recommend programs that can do most
if not all of this for the customers as part of their consultation as well
as train said customers in the use of these tools where appropriate.
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Ward
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:33 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Slightly off topic: smugglers 5.
Hi,
Yes. I might add if a computer user uses the c: drive exclusively for
the operating system, programs, etc while putting documents, mp3s, and
basically everything else on an external drive it will massively
improve performance.I can't tell you as a computer tech who does
computer repairs how many people ask me why their computer is running
slow and I only have to look at their personal documents folders to
see they have a billion pictures, mp3s, etc which is causing the PC to
slow down because the OS is taking longer and longer to find stuff on
the drive. Its one of those things that most computer techs know, but
never seems to be learned by the majority of average PC users. They
seem to think they can run out and by a new PC with a huge 2 TB drive,
fill it up with pictures and music and not expect the PC to slow down
or take forever booting. Let alone have a plan in place for backing up
all that stuff in case their computer dies. I suppose that kind of
misunderstanding is encouraged by PC manufacturers by adding larger
and larger drives to the PC when a drive that big is better as a
storage drive not as a primary startup drive.
On 10/20/12, Darren Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
hi,
tom is right.
i have several external drives actually. i never store anything on my c
drive. that's purely for the operating system and any installed
programmes.
nothing more. everything else is shared between multiple drives.
Sent from my iPad
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