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Beau Sharbrough
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Disk Filing Methods Hard disks are huge these days. It's not uncommon to have more than 50,000 files on a computer. It's great to have the space, but without some structure and some discipline, you'll find yourself looking for a needle in a hayfield. more |
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Favorites As you surf the web, you will want to bookmark some sites as favorite places, to be visited again. The web is a very big place, and you'll want to organize this list as well. more |
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Drive Partitioning Some people say that it's important to partition a hard drive to improve performance and simplify backups. Others say that if you only have one drive, why bother? more |
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Start Menu As you use your computer, you install programs. These programs are added to the start menu. After a while, this willy-nilly collection of shortcuts becomes unusable. You can organize these into folders and subfolders. more |
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last updated: 03/15/2003
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