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Should I defrag my SSD?

Solid State Drives (SSDs) are awesome. They perform much faster, use less power and are generally physically smaller than conventional hard drives. But should you defrag them like normal hard drives? Simple answer no. SSDs have no moving parts. The purpose of a defrag is to to arrange/move the data on the drive so the […]

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Be S.M.A.R.T with your hard drives

Do you want to know if your hard drive(s) are going to fail? Well, S.M.A.R.T pretty much does just that. When your computer first boots up, you have probably seen a message next such as ‘S.M.A.R.T enabled and OK‘ next the the hard drive name. What is it, and what does it mean? Read on…..

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