Old age creeps up slowly – unless we’re talking about a computer.
Then it seems to happen overnight and with a vengeance! One day you’re logging in normally and jumping straight into the action, the next day booting up takes so long you not only have time to make a cup of coffee, you could have run out to the local café for the good stuff. [Read more…]
The solid-state drive (SSD) has swiftly become the go-to upgrade to breathe new life into an ageing computer, and for good reason too. An SSD quickly brings an old laptop or desktop up to date with modern machines in just a single step. [Read more…]
Many of my clients will call and say “I defragged, but it isn’t faster”…
Defragmenting a computer or “defragging” will seldom make a noticeable difference in the speed of your computer. It’s still a good idea to regularly defrag your hard drive. In fact, most recent operating systems are set up to do this automatically. (Special note: If you computer is equipped with a Solid State Drive you should not run defrag on it) But in these days, a computer running slow can be from many other issues. [Read more…]
