Disk Maintenance

 As you enjoy the convenience and efficiency of a computer, you may have been bothered by a lot of problems. Since disks are so important for a computer, it is necessary to maintain the disk. In this article, you will learn some advanced tips in this regard.




You had better not to over clock the hard disk.


Many users are fond of overclocking the CPU of the computer. Although the outer frequency of computer has been improved, the hard disk appears with a mess of problems, such as frequent blue screen, seriously heated disk, and logic or physical broken tracks. Here, I would like to tell you some facts of computer. IDE interface of hard disk is dependent on the PCI. If the frequency of PCI is being increased, it may bring about many unstable results. It is totally different from memory. It just works by mechanical structure. Therefore, since the increasing of frequency, some disks lost data, even worse, it may cause data permanent damage.


Nowadays, most main boards use PCI technology. If you over clock the CPU, you must limit the PCI frequency in case that greater disaster in the future.


And, if you download any files from the Internet frequently, you should try to protect the it as much as possible. You should adjust the cache according to the memory and reduce the read-write operations so as to protect your hard disk. If the cache is too small but the downloaded files, it may read and write the disk hourly. As time goes by, it harms disk definitely. Therefore, you should readjust the cache maximally to protect the disk.


All in all, you take good care of your hard disk in case of any unexpected problem happened. And, you can find more ways in maintaining disk.


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