Re: [Blind-Computing] Does Using an SSD Make a Difference?
I just had to have my hard drive replaced in my HP 8130 US DV7 laptop. Because of the shortage of Hard Drives, the Geek Squad replaced my almost 2 year old regular 640 GB with a hybrid 500 GB hard drive. It's sort of half SSD and half not. It was the only thing they had in the store that day so I had to take it. I never considered if defrag would be an issue. Now I guess I better research the effects of defrag on hybrids. -Original Message- From: Mike & Barbara Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:59 AM To: Blind Computing Subject: [Blind-Computing] Does Using an SSD Make a Difference? Hi All, Below is an article I received from Auslogics that I thought y'all might like to read. Does Using an SSD Make a Difference? Hi, Liz Cornwell here. Recently we’ve started receiving a lot of questions about SSDs. Does using an SSD make a difference? How to deal with SSDs? Should they be defragged? So, as per your request, I’m going to shed some light on SSDs in this newsletter. First of all, I’d like to remind you what SSDs are. Basically, a solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device, just like your hard drive. Unlike hard drives, SSDs use NAND flash memory to store data, which makes them a lot faster. Does using an SSD make a difference? Absolutely! SSDs are electronic devices and don’t have any mechanical parts. This means that there is literally nothing to slow them down. Once you have an SSD, you’ll be rid of the worst performance bottleneck. When you install an SSD, everything else you did to boost performance will seem insignificant. And there is more good news – file fragmentation doesn’t affect SSDs because they can grab fragmented files just as quickly as non-fragmented files. In addition to that, using an SSD is a lot more pleasant than using a hard drive because SSDs are quieter and don’t suffer from physical shock as much as HDDs do. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But there are a few things you need to keep in mind when you are using an SSD. The most important thing to remember is that SSD flash memory can only endure a certain number of writes. It’s a pretty large number, but still. That’s why it’s good to do everything you can to reduce the number of writes and thus prolong the lifetime of your SSD. Should you defragment an SSD? This is another common question and the answer is “No”. As I said before, conventional defragmentation doesn’t improve the performance of an SSD in any noticeable ways. You might argue and say that there are articles recommending to defrag SSDs and various software that supports SSD defrag. Well, all I can say is that these articles are written by people who choose an insignificant performance gain over stability and reliability. Remember I said that you need to reduce the number of writes? Well, conventional defrag performs plenty of writes, doing your SSD no good. As for the SSD defrag software, reputable programs don’t actually attempt to defrag SSDs – all they do is apply file placement optimization algorithms. By the way, even Microsoft recognizes that SSDs don’t need to be defragged. If you have a system with an SSD, scheduled defragmentation in Windows 7 is disabled by default when the operating system is installed on an SSD from scratch. Auslogics BoostSpeed Take care. Mike For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Getting rid of HTML tab
Hello Listers, Every time I open IE It says HTML tab. I have to alt F 4 to get back to the homepage screen. How do I get rid of the HTML tab? Running windows 7 home 64 bit and jaws 11. Thanks Michael Windows Live ID: mikeam...@earthlink.net Skype ID: mikeameli e-mail: mikeam...@earthlink.net John F. Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Does Using an SSD Make a Difference?
Hi All, Below is an article I received from Auslogics that I thought y'all might like to read. Does Using an SSD Make a Difference? Hi, Liz Cornwell here. Recently we’ve started receiving a lot of questions about SSDs. Does using an SSD make a difference? How to deal with SSDs? Should they be defragged? So, as per your request, I’m going to shed some light on SSDs in this newsletter. First of all, I’d like to remind you what SSDs are. Basically, a solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device, just like your hard drive. Unlike hard drives, SSDs use NAND flash memory to store data, which makes them a lot faster. Does using an SSD make a difference? Absolutely! SSDs are electronic devices and don’t have any mechanical parts. This means that there is literally nothing to slow them down. Once you have an SSD, you’ll be rid of the worst performance bottleneck. When you install an SSD, everything else you did to boost performance will seem insignificant. And there is more good news – file fragmentation doesn’t affect SSDs because they can grab fragmented files just as quickly as non-fragmented files. In addition to that, using an SSD is a lot more pleasant than using a hard drive because SSDs are quieter and don’t suffer from physical shock as much as HDDs do. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But there are a few things you need to keep in mind when you are using an SSD. The most important thing to remember is that SSD flash memory can only endure a certain number of writes. It’s a pretty large number, but still. That’s why it’s good to do everything you can to reduce the number of writes and thus prolong the lifetime of your SSD. Should you defragment an SSD? This is another common question and the answer is “No”. As I said before, conventional defragmentation doesn’t improve the performance of an SSD in any noticeable ways. You might argue and say that there are articles recommending to defrag SSDs and various software that supports SSD defrag. Well, all I can say is that these articles are written by people who choose an insignificant performance gain over stability and reliability. Remember I said that you need to reduce the number of writes? Well, conventional defrag performs plenty of writes, doing your SSD no good. As for the SSD defrag software, reputable programs don’t actually attempt to defrag SSDs – all they do is apply file placement optimization algorithms. By the way, even Microsoft recognizes that SSDs don’t need to be defragged. If you have a system with an SSD, scheduled defragmentation in Windows 7 is disabled by default when the operating system is installed on an SSD from scratch. Auslogics BoostSpeed Take care. Mike For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Free Blackjack Game
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Re: [Blind-Computing] free download manager
Thanks. Cause I just had a major dispute with IDM. I paid for registration and the code won't work. So I just asked for my 24 bucks back. Further to that, I saw somewhere on their site, something about having to purchacing it again if the code is not working. Do they think there're money trees growing somewhere? -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:53 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] free download manager Hi Anthony, Give this a try: http://www.blind-computing.com/internet/pages/free_download_manager.html HTH, Rick Justice - Original Message - From: "Anthony tom in studio" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] free download manager Hi, where can I find that free download manager? -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Anna Vimini Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:47 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] free download manager Hi all, how do you get free download manager to stop telling me that there is no current down loads that are active thanks in advance anna For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
