Disktrix's $30 utility lets you defragment hard drives and other storage devices a little or a lot--and view the contents of individual drive clusters, among other options. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Auslogics Disk Defrag is a compact and fast defragmentation tool that supports both FAT 16/32, and NTFS file systems. It's supplied with advanced disk optimization techniques, which will remedy your ...

For the last couple months I’ve been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses. And I mean slow: ...

Auslogics Disk Defrag is a compact and fast defragmentation tool that supports both FAT 16/32, and NTFS file systems. It's supplied with advanced disk optimization techniques, which will remedy your ...

Just do it - because file fragmentation can be a performance killer that can slow even newer systems to a crawl. Although many users have heard the term “defragging a drive,” a surprising number don’t ...

Defragmentation actively harms SSDs. Flash memory cells can only handle a limited number of write cycles before they wear out ...

Are you pulling out your hair because your computer doesn't run as quickly as when you first bought it? - You might just need to do a little spring cleaning. Not on the outside, but the little nooks ...

When it come to disk fragmentation, a small amount of proactive maintenance can have a big impact on help desk call volumes. Help desk systems aren’t the only way to reduce the support workload. Staff ...

In today’s fast paced world of corporate America, who doesn’t want the highest disk performance they can have? With the constant advancements in CPU technology, servers and workstations continue to ...

Virtualization’s recent explosion coincides with the trend of consolidating systems on fewer, but more powerful, hardware. Consolidation makes cost-effective sense by reducing management overhead and ...

The endurance of NAND or RAM-based SSDs still hinges on a finite number of program/erase cycles, and certain types of software can burn through them faster than most users expect. From high-churn data ...