There are a variety of maintenance routines that people can run in OS X, including the disk verification and permissions repair that come with the system, along with scripts such as cache cleaners ...

Going through the BIOS menu afterward I noticed that the default for Advanced Options > Drive Write Cache is "Disabled". Does this mean that all the drivex in the box (which are attached to the ...

We no longer use floppy disks on the vast majority of computers, but a recent Old New Thing blog post from Microsoft sheds light on one of their possible unexpected legacies. It seems Windows disk ...

Snapchat is known for its disappearing photos and videos, but just because they disappear after they're sent doesn't mean they don't take up any room on user's devices. Users have found out the hard ...

1. How do I disable disk cache policy on a Windows 2003 Small Business Server? When I go to the disk properties/Policies tab to change the radio button to "Optimize for a quick removal" (this setting ...

Microsoft says Microsoft Edge users will notice improved performance and a smaller disk footprint because the web browser now automatically compresses disk caches. "Beginning with Microsoft Edge 102 ...

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Just how much is ReadyBoost optimizing your system's disk performance? Here's a look at how to use Resource Monitor and Performance Monitor to nail down the specifics. In last week’s post, Is ...

Is ReadyBoost still an effective tool in Windows 10? Your email has been sent ReadyBoost has been around since the days of Windows Vista. Here's a look at how it works, how to take advantage of it, ...

Moving the head takes a lot longer than waiting for the sector to come around. So low seek times (the time to move the head) are critical to good disk performance. Access time (time to find a sector) ...

Every time you view a Web page in your browser, a copy of the page is stored in the browser's cache, a dedicated folder where Web content is saved on your hard disk drive. If you re-open the page, the ...