Computer maintenance tips

Posted by angel | Posted in PC maintenance | Posted on 24-02-2010

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A vast information is available for download on the internet, it’s easy to quickly fill up your valuable hard drive space and turn your computer into a sluggish, unresponsive monster. Keeping your hard drive clean will speed up your computers performance. Fortunately, it’s a simple process; one that can easily be performed on a regular basis and, with some organization, keep your computer running like a well-oiled machine.

There are six simple steps to clearing up your hard drive:

  • Uninstall unused programs.
  • Many times a new program will come but after a week or two you simply stop using it. These programs occupies your drive and take up valuable space.

  • Temporary files.
  • Delete the temporary files safely by using the Disk Cleanup option in your System Tools.

  • Cache memory.
  • Clearing out your cache is quick and easy. Just follow the instructions in the Help files located within those programs.

  • Empty your unwanted mail programs.
  • It’s easy to browse through your email and leave old messages there, promising yourself you’ll sort them out later. Delete all the unwanted mails.

  • Clear your recycle bin to remove what has been placed there in the process.
  • Scandisk and Defrag.
  • Scandisk is generally performed to check your drive for lost file fragments and to fix any errors it finds, then Defrag to pack all of the program files together at the beginning of your drive.

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