Optimize Your Traditional Hard Drive but not your SSD Drive ! Every version of windows since XP have included a basic Disk Defragmenter program. On recent versions of windows you will find this in the start menu under Accessories, System Tools. On Windows 8 it may be easier to just search for it using the search tool.On traditional hard drives this improves performance and speed by piecing together parts of
Do you know the difference between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0? You can determine the type of USB device you have by it’s connectors! You have all seen those new USB devices with the stylish blue connectors. If you look closely they also have two extra pins. The blue color is a quick and simple key to help you recognize that you have a USB 3.0 Cable/Device. Typically the blue portion
Quickly grab a screen shot or just capture a portion of the screen…. It’s easy! An often over looked tool hides quietly in the accessories folder… the Snipping Tool. You can capture any of the following types of snips: Free-form Snip. Draw a free-form shape around an object. Rectangular Snip. Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle. Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box,
Connect Your Solid State Drive to the Correct SATA Port For Best Performance! Great decision you have opted to upgrade your PC with an SSD drive. Did you know that connecting the SSD SATA data cable to the wrong motherboard port can slow down performance. For example; late version Intel based motherboard will usually contain two 6 Gbps (SATA 3) ports. Some of these ports are designated to the chip