Quick PC Clean-up Guide
No matter what your usage is, a slow pc can be nerve reckoning. However it’s not always the computer to be blamed for this. It’s usually the wretched way people use their computer that causes the problems in the first place. Unwanted files, songs they’ll never listen to, text files they don’t need. Add to this the amount of malware and spyware they host in their pc and you have one sweet recipe to a sluggish system.
No matter! Help is always available in place you least expect to. And so this writer with all his crappy knowledge and personal experience regarding crappy systems comes up to voice his crappy …. Well useful and crappy advice.
Number 1: DELETE ALL THOSE PORN YOU GOT STORED UP!!
Number 2: Just Kidding!!!
Number 3: Well do it anyway if it takes a lot of your hardisk space.
The best way to start is to make out proper folders labeled to whatever stuff you have lying around. Manage files in their respective folders and keep a habit to do so in the future. Use software like Ccleaner to keep your system clean. This software are free to use and are extremely simple to work through. What it does is to delete any excess registry files your local program removing software may had left behind. It also cleans your internet cache so that you can surf faster. Cleaning through this software also recovers lost disk space, as all the unwanted temporary files stored in your system, hidden from your sight, are removed. Temporary files are files which software’s use in order for them to start faster the next time. Other temporary files are just copies of the original files that are automatically created in order to restore the original files content if by any chance the original copy may become corrupted, as happens in a power failure.
Don’t forget to use Ccleaner or Windows app “msconfig” to disable some applications from starting up at Windows startup as there can be many aplications running in the background that you you don’t use or even don’t know they are exist. Ccleaner is the safest software out of all registry cleaning software that I ever used. Just one note – when you install it uncheck the option to install Yahoo toolbar with it.
There are also files that you may think to have deleted but are still present in your system. It takes a couple of days for the deleted files to be totally removed from your system as it is a safeguard routine of your operating system to store deleted files for a little more time just in case you may need to recover it. And yes! There are software’s available out there that can restore your deleted files!
Another disk hogging entry you may consider to remove is your system restores checkpoints and information. However be warned, that once removed, they cannot be reinstated. If by any chance you may want to restore your system to a previous state, you may have only the last checkpoint to go to as all the others prior to that will be deleted. They usually take up to 2 to 3 gigabytes of your hard disk space, and removal is strictly an option for experienced users. It may not be the method of their removal that is hard, but the situation that may arise where you may need them back that is hard to work out of!
Also make sure to defrag your hard disk every once in a while. Defragmenting your hard disk clutters the data stored in your hard disk and rearranges them in a manner that is easy and faster for your computer to read. However it is noted in rare occasion that constant defragmenting your hard disk may induce bad-sectors, which are areas in your hard disk that the system is unable to read indefinitely.
Keep all software’s up to date, and remove any that you may consider un-useful. Remember, all software’s have registry entries that may be updated now and again. These dead registry entries, which are not useful takes hard disk space and renders the processing to slow down. Updating those increases the hard disk space used which is unwanted to say the least.
Also remember to update critical and important Windows update as they may host a number of OS fixes plus many threat removing tools that may help to keep your pc healthy and clean.
Also try to scan your computer for infections once in awhile. Online scanners like OneCare and Kaspersky online scanners are useful tools to go through as their database is constantly updated and is free to use.
So you see! That wasn’t so hard was it! All you need to do is to make routine checkups of your systems, run cleanup programs, defrag your hard disk once in a while and everything will be all fine! Remember, it is not your computer fault when it fails on you. It is just the accumulated result of your carelessness that may account for the ‘death’ of your computer. Take care of your health and as well as your system.