Tag Archives: hard drive

SSD Raid vs HDD Raid vs Single SSD

If you are building a new PC or even upgrading your disk space on an existing PC, you may be wondering about RAID for HDDs or SSDs.  You may also be wondering how a single SSD compares to RAID. In this post, we will compare the 3 options of SSD Raid, HDD Raid, and a singe SSD when it comes to personal use. This post won’t go into Raid for servers or mission critical situations.

Single SSD vs HDD Raid

If you are comparing a single SSD to a RAID 0 HDD setup, which is faster? This is probably the biggest question that most computer enthusiasts are wondering about. After quite a bit of research, I kept finding that the single SSD drive was quite a bit faster than the HDD raid 0 setup. Most benchmarks show the single SSD being somewhere around 50-100% faster than the RAID 0 HDDs. To go along with this, many of these benchmarks were from a few years ago or at least a year ago. This is important because SSDs continue to get faster and faster while HDDs have pretty much been the about same speed for awhile now. So, when it comes to speed, the single SSD wins. read more

9 Free Ways to Fix a Slow Computer

So, your computer is running slow and it is really starting to get on your nerves. This can be a very frustrating situation if you are trying to get important work done. If you are able to, it is definitely worth setting a few minutes aside to try to fix your slow PC. In this guide, we take a look a 9 Free ways to fix a slow computer.

1) Defragment the Hard Drive

This is one of the easiest things you can do to regain some speed. If the hard drive is fragmented, it can lead to poor performance. To defrag, simply open up “my computer” and right click on the drive you wish to defragment. Then, click properties, click tools, and click defragment now. Just follow the instructions from here in Windows. In Windows 7, 8 and 10, you can have Windows automatically defrag your drive based on a schedule. Important note: If you have an SSD, you won’t want to defragment your hard drive. read more

Five Reasons Why Your Laptop Is Slow And Solutions To Fix It

A laptop is an important tool for students and workers. It’s a handy computer that you can conveniently bring with you to school or the office. However, your laptop may have issues that cause it to slow down or worse, malfunction. Most devices are expected to slow down after a few years but there may be underlying issues that aren’t so commonly known.

In order to get to the bottom of it, here are some reasons why your computer isn’t running the way it used to — plus simple-to-do solutions on how you can fix them: read more

USB Type C Hard Drives That Are Currently Ruling the Market

There is no need to store all your important files and movies in the internal drive of your Mac. If you are looking forward to an easy and affordable way of boosting the storage of your Mac, you should purchase the USB type C hard drives that are available in the market currently. USB type C is the future and most of the Macs are now supporting the USB type C interface.

If you are looking forward to purchasing a USB type C hard drive, you can take a look at the list of hard drives that are mentioned below. These are based on dependability as well as affordability. read more

Hard Drive Format 101: a non-Techie DIY Guide

Out of all the reasons why people call up on a computer technician, formatting a hard drive is probably one of the most common. Out of all the typical issues that will bog down the performance of a computer, many can be fixed by formatting the hard drive and reinstalling the Operating System.

Regardless of the scenario above, the overwhelming majority of inexperienced computer users still don’t quite know how to go about formatting their hard drives and reinstalling their OS. That’s such a shame! You don’t have to spend any money to get this task done, and it doesn’t take more than a couple of hours; in fact you can even set things up so that next time the computer will just reformat itself (check the last section of this guide to see how). read more