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The three most notable things that hard drive performance will effect is:
- The start up time of your computer. As the information need to run the OS must be transferred from the hard drive to the systems RAM.
- The start up time of programs.
- If you are using almost all of your RAM space the system will use your hard drive to store information normally keep in RAM. In this case your hard drive performance will effect your entire system, but more ram will correct this problem better then a faster hard drive.
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∙ 12y agoTwo major factors that impacts computer performance related to the hard disk drive are how the file is/files are scattered across the hard drive (known as fragmenting) and the location on the drive. Fragmenting makes the hard drive have to scan more to get the "file in question's", and location on the hard drive is because the further out from the center of the disk the data is, the faster fetching the data will be (Statistically data saved on the outmost edge is twice as fast as data on the inside
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Does small 120 gig hard drive vs large 1 ter hard drive affect PC speed?
The capacity of the hard drive has no bearing on performance. The rotational speed of the drive, as well as the size of it's cache, however, do often have a noticeable impact.
Does an external hard drive increase disc space?
You can use compression, but it can also affect the performance of the disk.
A user playing a game on a gaming PC with a standard eide 5400 rpm hard drive finds the performance unsatisfactory which hard drive upgrade would improve performance while providing more reliability a?
Replacing the hard drive with a SSD (Solid state drive) would improve performance.
Is partitioning same as fragmentation?
No. Partitioning is the process of creating a section of a hard drive that is read as a separate drive by the computer (For example, if you have a 100GB C drive, you can split that into a 70GB C drive and a 30GB D drive). Fragmentation is the process overtime where the files on a hard drive become disorganized and can eventually affect the performance of the computer.
How can you increase your hard drive performance?
Do a Defrag. and a Disc clean-up
What improves laptop performance?
Defragment your hard drive. Be careful though...
If the hard drive is replaced with a larger unit, will it make the cpu faster?
A larger hard drive will increase the overall speed and performance of your computer.
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
How virus affecting the performance of computer?
A virus can affect a computer in many ways. From simply freezing the screen - to writing vast amounts of gibberish data to the hard drive, filling it up.
Is a system bios feature that monitors hard drive performance?
S.M.A.R.T. System
Does dry drive belt affect the performance of dynamos?
yes, it might cause it to slip.
Will my computer's speed increase with a new hard drive?
Hard drives can make a big difference in computer performance. Consider a solid-state drive if you need quick drive access.
