Every time a file is read from your Linux ext3 partition it writes back a attribute to the file detailing the last access time. There are very few programs that actually use this to operate and it slows everything down. Disabling atime and diratime on your Linux ext3 file systems can improve disk performance up [...]

You need to unmount a CD or you want to pack away the external drive but when you try to umount it you get the dreaded “device is busy” message. Wouldn’t it be great if Linux actually told you what was keeping the drive busy? Here we are in 2008, I’m using Ubuntu Gutsy, and [...]

The script found on the following site http://bashcurescancer.com The a script is called monitorCpuUsage.sh. It is meant to be called from crontab and to inform you of processes or users who maybe using excessive amounts of cpu.

1.Boot with XP CD or 6 floppy boot disk set. 2. Press R to load the Recovery Console. 3. Type bootcfg. 4. This should fix any boot.ini errors causing setup not to see the  XP OS install. 5. Try the repair install. One more suggestion from MVP Alex Nichol “Reboot, this time taking the immediate R [...]

In many cases, the GRUB boot loader can mistakenly be deleted, corrupted, or replaced by other operating systems.