Computer hard drive is the most important storage medium, on hard disk maintenance, believe that every computer user has to understand. However, many articles are directed at the previous era of stand-alone dial-up users, broadband becoming more common, large hard drives continue to lower prices today, a lot of people will turn on the computer hard drive at full capacity to: see high-resolution DVDRip movie, uninterrupted The BT download, use Windows System Restore feature in ... ... However, you may not know, these new software applications to the new model will bring new damage to the hard disk!
Risks brought by new application model
1. Miscoded DVDRip
Transcription now on-line from the DVD video format, compressed DVDRip very popular. This definition and DVD video format is almost the same, but a film downloading only 700MB ~ 1.3GB in size, so many users like to download movies DVDRip format to your hard drive slowly appreciate. However, the format of video playback with higher demands on the system: In addition to CPU, graphics card strong enough to guarantee the required smooth playback, the disk load is very large - for Play DVDRip is a constant decoding decompression, territory to show system process. I found that in the event of a coding error when DVDRip files, Windows will appear very high disk utilization phenomenon: the system continuously Xiangyao to convert the video signal coding, but coding error in the document index and the corresponding signal segment is not match - and this time, the hard disk constantly flickering lantern, the whole system very slow response to user operation, a user clicks on the menu, but almost no response. If coding errors are more, the system sometimes will hang. Many users are very impatient at this time, directly press the RESET button on the chassis or power supply directly off the computer, reset the hard drive head is not normal circumstances, this operation quite dangerous!
Tip: Windows XP users who need special attention, as we preview some of Windows XP automatically larger ASF, WMV and other documents, although no formal play, but will also appear suddenly slow computer speed, hard disk light Buduan flicker phenomenon, the culprit is still wrong encoding video files!
2. Bittorrent Download
Bittorrent Download the emerging broadband era P2P file exchange mode, all users share resources with each other when the seed and relay stations, commonly known as BT download. Since each user's download and upload is almost the same time, so download very quickly. However, it will download the data directly written into the hard drive (unlike the FlashGet download tools such as the cache can be adjusted to the specified amount of data written to disk before), so the occupancy rate of the hard disk is much greater than the FTP download!
In addition, BT download hard disk space prior to application, download large files at a time when, generally there will be 2 to 3 minutes for the entire system of space-priority tasks have all been occupied, very slow response of other tasks. To take full advantage of some of the bandwidth, but also several BT download tasks at the same time, this time very vulnerable to high occupancy rate due to a disk crash caused by failure.
So, unless you the computer hardware configuration very high (especially the memory, at least in 256MB and above), or to make improvements in the BT download Yi Qian, if to be lengthy, multi-task to download applications, but to get the FTP software using the traditional .
3. PQMAGIC the risk of conversion
PQMAGIC district is famous magician, does not destroy data in the case of freedom to adjust partition size and format. However, PQMAGIC just launched, the general user's hard drive also 2GB, while the now 60 ~ 80GB hard drive is found everywhere, PQMAGIC already powerless: the adjustment with the data, 5GB or more of the district, usually 1 hour more!
Capacity factors in addition to outside, PQMAGIC adjust the hard disk partition, the amount of time spent checking and testing data on the hard disk, you can see, in this case "non-destructive partition" is difficult to ensure that: As the speed of conversion is slow, time-consuming and too long, change the adjustment process, it is easy because the computer power, data loss caused by crashes and other factors. This loss is usually one or more partitions is lost, or capacity become very serious and even cause the entire hard drive when the data can not be read.
4. Hard disk protection software anomaly caused by
Easily lead to hard disk abnormalities, as well as hard drive protection software. Such as "Restore Wizard", because many people do not pay attention in the reinstallation or re-partition normal unloaded before it is often not fully installed system will happen and so on. At this point think of to install and uninstall the "Restore Wizard", but prompted the software has been installed, can not continue, into a dead loop. This failure is due to the "Restore Wizard" to take over the INT13 interrupt control before the operating system boot disk with FDISK / MBR command can not resolve. Originally it is only software failure, but many inexperienced, a problem will find a variety of partitioning tool "test", even lightly low-level format, in this agonizing under the hard disk is likely to die early!
5. Frequently defragging
Disk Defragmenter is a Windows and System Restore would have to provide normal function, but if you frequently do these operations on the hard disk is detrimental to the. Defrag the hard disk should be the underlying analysis, determine which data can be moved, and which can not move, then sort in the file. In the formal arranged before the hard disk data structure, it will cause fiber Biao Liao Huan Chi hazy ⌒ Caryopteris cunning Lu Wu Cheng-Ho broom lotus Union Wan-Ping Mou pharyngeal real shelter Jue Hui Mang veranda ┎ thistle crest plus What child cycles of questioning loopholes Hong Quan PU and disk resources. In fact, a large hard drive now, the space occupied by the document and mail the proportion of very small, most people buy a large hard disk is used to hold movies and music, these partitions no need frequent order - because the effect of playing multimedia files and disks there is no relationship between the structure, the playback speed is determined by the video card and CPU.
6. Windows XP automatic restart
Windows XP automatic restart function can automatically turn off the process of non-response to automatically withdraw the illegal operation procedures, thereby reducing the user's steps. However, this feature also has a big problem: it will automatically re-start before the Guanbi hard Dianyuan, the re-start the machine's hard drive when Zaida Kai Dianyuan! This way, the hard drive in less than 10 seconds time interval, Shoudaodianliu twice the impact is likely to happen suddenly, "death" of failure. To save some energy set to automatically shut down the hard disk, hard disk is also more harm than good.
Response program to eliminate hidden dangers
1. To resolve coding errors
Video coding errors encountered best way is through the normal channels to the system shutdown or restart command issued, the system will handle patient after restart the computer. Then a number of specialized Internet search software fix coding errors to fix these videos will be watched.
2. To increase the system cache
BT did not like this thread for a good optimization, while the hard disk read and write the software, if must be used, can be increased by modifying the registry of the way the disk buffer to reduce the frequency of hard disk read and write. To Windows XP as an example:
Click the "Start", "Run", type "Regedit" after the carriage return, open the Registry Editor. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCURRENTCONTROLSETCONTROLSESSION MANAGERMEMORY MANAGEMENT branch, in the right window, click the right mouse button, select "New", "DWORD" value, the new value named "Iopagelocklimit", and set its value to "4000" (16 hex, the 16M or "8000" (that is 32M, so hard to read and write frequency has fallen. for BT caused high CPU utilization problems, you can adjust the priority of tasks to solve: simultaneously press the Windows 2000/XP Under the "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" key combination, select "Task Manager" and then click "Process" tab, right-click "Btdownloadgui", select "Set priority" than under "standard" a level you can.
3. Smart uninstall "Restore Wizard"
If your computer to install the "Restore Wizard", but before reinstalling the system forget the right to uninstall the "Restore Wizard" will lead to partition and install the system, then try using the following method to solve the problem: start the computer before the system boot Press "Ctrl + Home" key combination, bring up the "Restore Wizard" menu, enter the password entered, select the "Uninstall" button. Can also be placed in the optical drive in the "Restore Wizard" CD, and find the uninstall program Uninst and execute it, when there "can not run in the ... ... to restart the computer?" Prompt, click "OK" to restart after then install the "Restore Wizard", and then uninstall it. This method is in the "Restore Wizard" 5.0,2002,2003 other versions are verified by.
4. To accelerate the operation PQMAGIC
In PQMAGIC Open the "General" option under "PartitionMagic optimal settings" and will "ignore the FAT on the OS / 2 EA error" and "Skip bad sector checks" these two options are selected, ignore checksum data and test drive the process, nature will greatly accelerate the speed of PQMAGIC. Of course, the partition using the PQMAGIC operate, we should first use the scan tool to check and repair disk errors on the hard disk and then partition the conversion.
In addition, it is best not to use PQMAGIC adjusted with data partition, not the capacity in the adjustment of the zoning district when format conversion. The best way is to adjust the partition data backup to a partition does not participate in the adjustment (preferably to other hard disk), then empty the adjustment of one or more partitions, this conversion rate will be much faster and safer.
5. Using NTFS format partitions
The benefits of NTFS partition Needless to say in here, right? NTFS partition as its own cluster is very small, not prone to disk fragmentation, Microsoft file allocation table and directory indexes also made a special deal, if error recovery files are more easy. However, to ensure system compatibility, it is best not to boot partition is set to NTFS.
6. Disable the automatic restart function
In Windows XP using right-click "My Computer", select "Properties", then click the "Advanced" tab, click the "Startup and Recovery" button, the interface will be in the open "system failure" The following "automatically restart" check box in front of empty. However, as the graphics driver in the system encountered such a serious failure of compatibility, Windows XP will automatically restart. But this time, Mr. Windows XP normally into a log file, so you start to view, then press the RESET button to make time and start to prevent the Windows XP shut down the hard disk.
7. Turn off hard disk energy saving feature
First option in the BIOS in the power energy will drive all set to "DISABLED", then in the Windows "Control Panel", "Power Options" in the "power options" following the "Turn off hard disks", "System Standby "set to" Never "(let the system shutdown and sleep, or a good manual control).