Nine tricks make the hard drive faster System more stable

First, use the hard disk

What is the reasonable use of the hard disk? First we need to understand the physical structure of the hard disk. A partitioned and formatted hard disk is based on a sector, and a partition is composed of a number of sectors. So what is a sector? We all know that the disk is rotating at work. The information it stores is recorded on its surface in a series of concentric circles. Each concentric circle is called a track. In Figure 1, we can see the track and sector. Distribution (of course, this is just a schematic diagram, the physical object is much denser than the picture!), many friends think that the red "big head" is a sector, but the correct understanding should be the yellow one is a fan Area. A sector has a size of 512 bytes, a whole ring is a track, and there are several sectors on a track, so it is easy to see that the larger the sector on the outer track, the larger the volume. The words are the lower the density, because the hard disk is mechanical transmission, so the speed of the search, read and write speed of the magnetic head is faster, the distribution of the partition is also from the outer ring to the inner ring, so the C disk is relative to the D disk. *Outside, this is why we feel that the C drive is faster than the D, E and other partitions.

Understand the above knowledge, we can use the hard disk reasonably! Take a new hard disk with a capacity of 60GB as an example: divide the C drive into 3 to 5GB (depending on the operating system), set the D drive to 1GB, set the E drive to 10GB, and save the watch. (It can be divided into F and G disks) - it has no effect on system speed.

After using the area, how to use it is the most important:

1. Install the operating system on the C drive and put MwIE, Foxmail, ICQ, QQ, FlashGet, Super Rabbit, Player Software and some common small software such as viewing software are also installed on the C drive. If you use Microsoft's large software such as Office, you should also install it on the C drive. Of course, since we don't use all of the features, we have to customize the useful parts to save the C drive space! Then set the virtual memory to the D drive (just temporary ^_^) and then use the system's own disk defragmentation program to organize the C drive.

2. Use the system modification software such as “Micro-Activity Registry Optimization Master” to write “My Documents”, “Internet Buffer”, “Internet History”, “Favorites”, etc. Delete the folder of the operation to the D drive to try to avoid disk fragmentation caused by other partitions and reduce the performance of the hard disk!

3, install a variety of application software to the E disk, as the game can be installed in the F disk, G disk is used to store audio and video files.

4, defragmentation of the C drive, and then complete the second big step below and then set the virtual memory to the C drive!

Second, virtual memory settings

Setting virtual memory to a fixed value is already a common "truth", and this is very correct, but most people will Set to a non-system partition other than the C drive, and its value is 2 to 3 times the physical memory. Most people think that the larger the value, the better the performance of the system and the faster it runs! But this is not the case, because the system relies on virtual memory. If the virtual memory is large, the system will start to use virtual memory when there is still a lot of free space in the physical memory. Those that are not used are still stuck in the virtual memory. In physical memory, this will inevitably lead to a decline in memory performance!

So I started from 32MB of memory to 512MB of memory, and found that the above facts are very correct, virtual memory should be set to physical memory 0 to 1.5 times (0 times how much? Disable! ^_^) is good, and the larger the physical memory, the smaller the multiple should be. When the physical memory is equal to or greater than 512MB, most PCs can disable virtual memory, and the memory performance is the highest! ^_^

As for how much your virtual memory needs to be set, you have to give it a try, because this is directly related to the size and size of the resident memory software and the software you usually run. , so I can't give a suggested value. You can set it to be the same as the physical memory before running several large software. If there is no abnormality, you can set it to half of the physical memory before running the large software. If an exception occurs. You must increase the value of virtual memory properly! By analogy, when you find the best value, just set this value to the C drive and it will be OK! :)

Note: If you are using Windows ME and the following operating systems, you can download "MagnaRAM 97" to optimize physical memory and virtual memory, which is better! In addition, I recommend that you do not use the so-called software to optimize and organize memory!

Third, reasonable placement of "shortcuts"

In most cases, we run software is usually the "shortcut" of the software to do, the hard drive is getting bigger and bigger There are more and more software installed. Many friends like to put shortcuts on the desktop. This will not only dazzle you, but also reduce the system performance, and it will cause the system resources to be too large and the system will not become Stable, so we'd better control the shortcuts on the desktop to about 10, other shortcuts can be placed in the Start menu and Quick Launch bar, and all software "uninstall" shortcuts are removed to improve system performance. Also, try not to have duplicate shortcuts.
Fourth, use "safety" software with caution

The security software mentioned here refers to real-time anti-virus software and firewall. This kind of software is very large for system resources and CPU resources (somes are more than 30%). If you don't often go to the website, this kind of software is completely unnecessary! This is much more practical and convenient than overclocking the CPU! :)

V. Reducing unnecessary random startup procedures

This is a common problem, but many friends don't know what programs can be banned, and what can't be banned, so Many people have not done this step. It is much simpler to have the optimization master. In the "boot speed optimization" of the interface of Figure 2, the optimization master will prompt you what can be banned and what can't be banned!

In addition to speeding up the startup speed, it also improves the stability of the system during operation!

Six, reasonable settings "icon cache"

Usually the system default icon cache is relatively large, which is obviously a waste of feeling, so we have to make the appropriate adjustments, We can use "Windows Optimizer" to see how many icon caches the system has used, and then we will set its value to about 2 times the actual size. Note: Some computers may not be able to be modified using the Optimizer, in which case you can use the "Super Rabbit Magic Settings" to modify!

In addition, the desktop background should not be too complicated (recommended to be set to "None"), and some friends have also made an animated desktop. This practice has no practical significance, except that it will bring no system. There is no good effect outside the stability factor - after all, we only have a small amount of time to face the desktop! ^_^

VII, reasonable setting of "disk cache"

The system default values ​​are usually very conservative, so we have to make some modifications, we can also in the "Windows optimization master" It is modified, but we have to manually enter the number, the minimum disk cache can be set to 2048 (KB), the maximum value is set to 25% of physical memory, and the buffer read and write unit is 512.

Note: This practice will bring great benefits to the stable operation of multimedia software, especially the minimum setting is not too low!

Eight, try to streamline the right-click menu

Many programs will leave a shadow in the right-click menu after installation, many of which are not used by us, but they give us the system Brought a burden. To do this, we can streamline the right-click menu in software such as Super Rabbit Magic Settings, usually just keep the usual ones! In addition, you'd better delete the useless items instead of just removing the small tick in front of them!

This can effectively reduce the loss of response caused by the "New" menu!

IX, the appropriate display refresh rate and resolution

Some friends always complain that their graphics card is too bad, some graphics cards are indeed poor, but in many cases are because of the display The "illusion" caused by the refresh rate being set too high. Usually 15, 15 inches of color display will set the refresh rate to 75Hz or more (if the bandwidth is enough, of course, it can be higher), there is no need to force too high. The resolution is also the same. It is usually set to 800×600 or 1024×768. As long as it is enough, there is absolutely no need to play “ultimate” and “ash”.

This is much more effective than the super card for the graphics card.