A proverbial question on the minds of many is: “Why should I defragment my hard drive?”

Well, the answer is quite simple. Have you ever noticed over time that as you add and remove programs and files your computer seems to get slower and slower and slower. This is due to the fact that not all parts of a program or file are necessarily stored sequentially on the hard drive. This means that in order for a program to completely execute after being started, the different pieces of the file have to be located by the OS and then piecened together. This takes time and will cause the computer to run slower.

In addition, when files are added and deleted constantly, new files are not particularly written onto the space of the old files. This causes gaps to exist between files. What this is saying is that your files are fragmented, i.e. in pieces all over the place. When you run a defragmentation tool on your hard drive, it normally shows you in percentage form how fragmented your hard drive is, whether 4% or 16% or however much % it may be.

So, in order to get your machine to run a bit faster, it is good to defragment the hard drive every once in a while. Some people do it every month, some wait a little longer. It all depends on how frequently you add and remove files from your system. The disk defragment tool is usually found under Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools in a Windows OS environment.

So, anytime your PC seems to get lousy after a while, just run the Disk Defragmentation tool every once in a while to keep it firing at top speed!

Press Release:
November 30, 2006

The following is an email I received on the 29th of November. I saw right away that it was a scam. The sender did not even know my name and my email address was not in the “TO” line. Notice the poor grammar and spelling as you go along (please note that I cut and pasted the email as-is, i.e. exactly as I received it):

DATE: 11/29/06 7:42 PM [ SIZE: 3.672KB ]
FROM: African Development Bank
TO:
SUBJECT: Re Your Fund Release

African Development Bank,
(WWW.AFDB.ORG)
Ecowas Building Matama
Federal Territory
Abuja Nigeria
Official Email:mrdonaldkaberuka@presidency.com

Subject: You’re Fund Release

I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development bank, I am writing this message to inform you that my office has Taking over all the money Transaction originated from any part Of Africa and Europe counties as Contract payment, Fund Inheritance or Lottery Winning due to excessive demand of up Front payment by corrupt officials of Apex banks and some Security companies as reported by the International Community,

Subsequently, the World Bank Group has Mandated the African Development bank via my office to release funds to approved Fund beneficiaries through a certified International Cashier’s Bank Draft, Hence Your Name/Email address appears as one of the approved fund beneficiaries whom their fund was Successfully cleared recently from Terrorist and Money laundry, therefore your money will be Released to you through An International Cashier’s Bank Draft on Your contact to our Account Officer, Rev Kampson Lars through his Telephone Number: 234 8055760492 ext 212 Email revkampsonlarsaccan@accountant.com

On this process you are advised to forward your direct telephone numbers, complete name and mailing address to Rev Kampson Lars for immediate release of your money to you, Note that Ten Million Dollars Only (US10,000,000.00) was allocated to you, Be also informed that the Fund Approvals and authorization document Including Antiterrorist Clearance Certificate was issued in your name and has been handed over to Rev Kampson Lars to Authorized him Issue the International cashier’s bank
Draft in your name and send to you through a faster courier company Preferably DHL,

Finally, You are advised to dissociate from any way you may have been working to receive this money no matter your commitment to avoid Mis information and excessive demand of upfront payment, The account officer Rev Kampson Lars is standby to receive your communication and release your fund to you through International Cashier’ Bank Draft without further Delay, Make your contact directly to Rev Kampson Lars through
Telephone Number: 234 8055760492 ext 212 mail:revkampsonlarsaccan@accountant.com
Thanks for Your Cooperation.
Mr. Donald Kaberuka (President)
www.afdb.org

Anytime you see an email like this, please disregard and delete it. In most cases, you will be asked to send money for them to release your “funds” to you. It is a scam and you will only lose your money. You will never see the ‘Ten Million Dollars’ they claim to have for you.