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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technobuddy column.
Byline: Bill Husted
Mar. 25--There's a large walk-in closet in my bedroom. The mess inside provides a good argument for proper hard disk maintenance.
Let me explain what my closet and your hard disk have in common.
My closet ends up being a place to stash things I'm too lazy to throw away or properly store. Getting to my shirts and pants involves an obstacle course of suitcases, camera bags and bags of clothes headed to the cleaners. The more of that kind of stuff I throw in there, the longer it takes to get to the clothes I need.
When your PC's hard disk gets cluttered, the same thing happens -- it takes longer to retrieve data. More ominously, a cluttered hard disk increases the difficulty of retrieving data if the disk crashes.
This slowdown is significant, but it is not irreversible. If your hard disk is a mess, you'll notice the ...
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