Slow Computer Hard Drive Running

April 14, 2010 2:22 pm | Slow Computer

Keeping Your Hp Hard Drive Healthy

 

The hard drive is known as the workhouse of the computer. Therefore, the hard drive needs periodic tuning, so that the hard drive can perform its operations smoothly and efficiently without any interruption.

In order to maintain optimal health of the hard drive, the user can follow the instructions given below:

First of all, look at the short-cut icons on your desktop. As we know that, it takes time for your PC to find these icons when it boots up. Therefore, turn off these icons with a swift right click or delete them if you don’t need easy access to them.

On the other hand, if you don’t need all those pictures and individual files on the desktop, then you can start categorize them into folders.

You can also delete the files that you do not use any longer along with the duplicate files. These folders eliminate the clutter on your PC’s desktop. You should empty the Recycle Bin after the removal has taken place.

The user can sort and delete the temporary and unused files with the help of “Disk Cleanup”. With the help of Disk Cleanup, you can free the space on your hard drive. As a result, the hard disk can perform its operations faster and smoothly.

The data on the hard drive is stored in bits and pieces, wherever space is available. When the user opens a certain file, the hard drive gathers the data from different locations where it is stored. As a result, the whirring sound comes from the hard drive. Use the Disk Defragmenter to reorganizing that scattered data on your hard drive. The benefit of Disk Defragmenter is that it shifts the files at the beginning that you use the most. In this way the load time increases and the hard disk and PC can perform more efficiently.

When the user visits a new website, the system stores the content automatically in the folder of Temporary Internet files. It is also called as cache. The Temporary Internet files use valuable storage space and therefore, slow down the hard drive’s speed. You can delete these files and clear the cache through the “tools” function in the MS Internet Explorer.

The hard drive must have at least 15% free space, so that the Disk Defragmenter can to adequately and completely defrag the hard drive. On the other hand, the Disk Defragmenter will not be able completely defrag, if the free space is less than 15%. If you clean up and organize the hard drive, then the hard drive will remain healthy. In this way the hard drive will be able to run smoothly and perform efficiently.

The HP SATA hard drives come in sizes of both 2.5 and 3.5 inches. The available models for Hewlett-Packard SFF (Small Form Factor) SATA hard drives are 5.4Krpm with capacity of 60 and 120GB. The models for Hewlett-Packard 3.5 inch SATA hard drives are 7.2Krpm having capacity of 80,160, 250, 500, 750 GB.

HP has developed 500 and 750GB NCQ (Native Command Queuing) Serial ATA hard drives in 3.5 inch size. These HP hard drives offer its customers with increased performance and efficiency. The HP hard drives are best solution for Video distribution and archiving systems, enterprise restore and backup systems. 

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