Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

Back in the bad old days of computing, hard-drive defragmentation was a big deal. You needed a quality third-party “defragger,” and you needed to run it regularly—at least once a month—to ensure ...

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: ...

This is because of how they store data. Unlike HDDs, SSDs don’t have any moving parts. Instead, data is saved to a pool of NAND flash. That is the primary reason why SSDs have an excellent read and ...

Fortunately a fix is on the way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is currently testing a fix for Windows 10 bug that ...

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