Well now, Horsey has instructed me, his humble scribe, to wish you all a very good day. He then wonders, for the more newbie computer users, whether you have ever used the inbuilt Windows utility called "Defragmentation" or "Disk Defragmenter"? It can be found simply:
"Start->My Computer->[right click on...]Hard Drive Of Your Choice (usually monikered "Local Disk (C:)")->Properties->Tools."
If the answer is a resounding "NO!", or even a more puzzled "nooooo...?", and you have owned your computer for over a year, then your hard drive is at risk of failure. This is bad.
To remedy this, simply use the disk defragmenter to "Analyze" the hard drive. If it then instructs you to defragment the drive, do so by clicking the appropriate button of joy. Depending on the size, utilised space, and speed of your drive, this usually takes several hours.
p.s. If you haven't done your weekly virus scan before doing this, Horsey recommends enjoying that task first, otherwise you risk moving any viruses around to still yet more fertile grounds.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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