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IObit Toolbox: Free Computer Management And Diagnostic Software

By Usman | Published: July 1, 2010

If your system has been unsteady for some reasons and you are bereft for a one-stop solution to get rid of all the problems, it must be difficult to search for one-stop solution to eliminate all the problems you’re facing. IObit Toolbox is a full-fledged utility to optimize your system performance. As the name implies, it is a system diagnostic & management toolbox, which holds more than 20 tools including;  Registry cleaner, Disk cleaner, Start up manager, Registry defrag, Internet booster, and a lot more.

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Windows 7 Advanced Disk Defragmentation

By Aun | Published: September 9, 2009

We have covered material regarding Disk defragmentation in the past, you may check one of the important posts for Windows 7 disk defragmentation here. No doubt Windows 7 has many added features in comparison to Windows Vista and XP, one of them is the Advanced Disk Defragmentation feature, now you may easily perform common disk defragmentation tasks from the command line as well.

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Windows 7 Disk Defragmentation

By Aun | Published: July 19, 2009

The defragmentation process searches your disk partitions and makes sure that the stored files are in one contiguous piece which results in better system performance. If you want to maintain your file system then the easiest and perhaps the most important way is that you should routinely defrag your drives. The windows 7 has improved disk defragmentation utility which gives users more control over defragmentation tasks. The most important features of Windows 7 defragmenter is that it lets you safely terminate the defrag process any time without any adverse effect and can defrag multiple volumes at the same time.

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How To Analyze Disk Usage In Ubuntu Linux

By Aun | Published: June 15, 2009

Your hard disk is one of the most important resource in your system and proper analyses of disks lets your system run smoothly. There are many disk analysis tools and most operating systems has some by default too. Ubuntu has a default tool for disk usage analyses, called Disk Usage Analyzer. It details all available and used disk space, you can scan local and remote disks and can also view scan results graphically for a more clear picture.

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QQLabeler – Create Professional Optical Disk Labels

By Nakodari | Published: May 20, 2009

QQlabeler is a free graphic tool to design and print optical disk labels. You can add objects and custom background to create a unique label. There are various design tools available, such as, Barcode, Line Tool, Background, Image Frame, and many others. These design tools can be accessed easily from the left sidebar. You can also set the Guideline/Grid easily and choose various unique colors for your fonts.

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How To Burn Blu-Ray, DVD, Or CD Disks For Free With BurnAware

By Nakodari | Published: December 31, 2008

Are you looking for a free but easy to use software for burning your DVD, CD, or Blue-Ray disks? BurnAware, if you haven’t heard about it before, is a cool little burning software that is idle for basic disk burning needs such as backup, creating data, audio, MP3 music, DVD-Video discs and burning disc images.

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Use Task Scheduler To Tweak Automatic Disk Defragmentation In Windows 7/Vista

By Asad | Published: November 4, 2008

With Windows 7 / Vista many standard applications such as Windows Firewall got a face lift, the Disk Defragmenter interface changed to a dialog box with an added task scheduler support to schedule defragmentation of your hard drive. Since now it works on scheduled time, it automatically starts defragmenting as soon as the scheduled time is missed, which can cause disk thrashing and computer to slow down. Instead of letting Windows 7 /  Vista to decide when to start defragmentation you should decide when and how it should run.

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How To Check Your Hard Drive For Errors And Fix It

By Asad | Published: October 29, 2008

If you are experiencing hard drive errors such as Read / Write errors and noisy sounds, its time to check your hard drive because these errors may effect the overall performance of your computer. Windows comes with built-in utilities to check hard drives, scanning your hard drive using Error Checking can help diagnose and even correct a wide range of hard drive errors. Hard drives that are formatted using the FAT32 file system should be checked for errors about once a month.

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6 Easy Ways To Free Your Computer’s Hard Disk Space When Using Windows

By Nakodari | Published: October 8, 2008

Editor’s Note: After lot of comments from the users, I have now changed this post’s tile and made some changes in the content. And I will have to agree that saving hard disk space does not increase the computer’s performance. So my readers have won after a short protest :) Just kidding.

I will now(in a few days) write about how to increase performance that will in fact focus on two things, CPU and RAM.

Did you ever get tired of your hard disk that is always full? Do you want to increase space on your hard disk by removing any useless junk? There are many ways to speed up your computer without purchasing more memory or upgrading your CPU.The following easy steps are simple to follow and almost guaranteed to increase the hard disk space of your computer!

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How To Make Partition In Your Hard Drive Easily

By Asad | Published: September 7, 2008

Nobody wants to setup their hard drive as one giant data dump. Dividing your drive into multiple partitions makes mutitasking easier. Keeping different types of data such as work documents, mp3s, video files, etc in a partition separate from the operating system can greatly increase your computer’s performance. And if you are planning on using multiple operating systems then you will absolutely need multiple partitions.

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