Same here, I have 2 drives.
a large one which stores program backups and data as well as system
bits, updated every so often though it may not be the most up to date.
A 500gb drive which is basically a working drive for the xp laptop.
my 120gb drive on the laptop has essentual data and programs only.
I also have a 128mb flash and a 1 gb flash that I use for real
important stuff like settings and a few important files I use every day.
it also holds my favorites and such to.
I have a dropbox cloud but since I read stories about how easy clouds
can get hacked and trashed at times I am holding short of backing up
any data to the cloud systems.
At 10:59 a.m. 22/10/2012 +0100, you wrote:
Hi Thomas.
Well, I store most of my important documents, files and other media
content on an external hard drive for security and because its more
portable. I only ever access the drive when I need something and
then I usually copy a temporary version to my main hard drive which
I will then replace on my external once i have done with it. This
way I can prevent disclosure of any of my personal files should I
unfortunately become the victim of a security breech such as a
virus, malware infection etc..
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Ward
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 1:21 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Slightly off topic: smugglers 5.
Hi Ibrahim,
Well, you will get no argument from me that a lot of the problems with
Windows comes down to end users being ignorent of what tools are
available for maintaining their system and I blame the manufacturers
for not including a default schedule for handling various maintenance
tasks. However, I will stick to my point the more stuff you put on the
drive the slower it will get.
To give you an example there was a Win 7 computer here that I did
basic maintenance on which improved system performance but it still
booted slow and took forever to load applications. It turned out my
wife had 250 GB of pictures and videos on the drive. We got an
external drive, moved everything to the external, and deleted
everything from the c: drive. The moment we deleted all 250 GB of
pictures and home videos Windows 7 ran twice as fast. So I have proof
that putting too much stuff on c: is a performance killer as I've seen
it firsthand.
On 10/21/12, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
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