Defragment Your Hard Drive Regularly

Difficulty: Easy
How Long: 30 Mins - Days
How often: Depends on analysis, analyze weekly
Fragmentation derives from adding and subtracting files and applications to your hard disk. When files are deleted from the hard disk the empty spaces are filled at random as new items and are stored creating a very unorganized database of files and folders.
Defragmenting [...]


How to Convert DVD Movies to iPod Format

If you want to convert (or ‘rip’) a DVD to run on your iPod, you will need software to perform the conversion as well as a copy of iTunes on your computer. Ipods with video use the MPEG-4 video format with the H.264 codec. Fortunately, there are a couple of conversion methods possible to get [...]