What You Should Do In Case Of A Hard Drive Failure Post By Thomas Husnik

hard drive crash data recovery

What is the worst thing which can happen to someone who is working a lot on computers and does not usually back-up their data? The worst thing is a hard drive crash. That’s why you should always do some back-ups from time to time so you don’t have to pay a lot of money to recover your data.

In some cases you could recover the data yourself, that case is called a logical crash. If that happens it means that the hard drive wasn’t physically damaged. The only problem is that it has bad sectors or a virus damaged the sectors. If your hard drive is still recognized by the BIOS then it means it is a logical failure. All you will need to recover your data is software. In this case you are lucky and you should prevent a next time.

If the problem is a physical crash it can be bad. If you have bad luck, you will not be able to recover the data at all. There are two types of physical crash, mechanical or electric. If the hard drive failed because of a mechanical part, it will need replacing to be able to recover the data, if it is electric the part damaged will need to be replaced to recover the data. This can only be done with special equipment and in special labs. You can’t do it yourself.

The worst physical crash is a head crash. This means that the read and write head touches the magnetic part and destroys it. The data stored on the magnetic area, which was damaged by the head cannot be recovered and is lost forever. So if your hard drive crashes just turn off your computer, don’t do a thing if a head crash is happening then turning it on and leaving it on too much time might damage a bigger area of the magnet.

The most important thing is, if something happens to your hard drive and the computer shows blue screens or makes weird sounds, to turn off the computer, pick up the phone and call a data recovery company or a specialist who can tell you what happened. This way you can lower the loss, but the best way to prevent all this is to back-up your data from time to time!

When a hard drive crash happens, it can get really nasty. Find out more about hard drive crash data recovery and laptop hard drive crash.



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Some "Free Stuff" Still Survives Online by Jim Edwards

Way back in the good old days of the Internet (mid to late
'Nineties), you could find all sorts of free "stuff"
online.

Everything from website hosting and email, to software and
long distance phone calls came free of charge.

Some of the free services survived, while others used their
venture capital to pay for the mansions and yachts of their
CEO's and then closed up shop within a few months - leaving
investors high and dry.

A few free services still exist on the 'Net in today's more
realistic dot-com economy and today rates as good time as
any to take a closer look.


** Free Email **

Log on to HotMail.com and get yourself a free email account
you can access from anywhere on the planet you can find an
Internet connection.

HotMail.com and http://mail.yahoo.com/ (with twice the free
storage space of HotMail) rate as two of the most
successful and long-lived no cost services left over from
the "free" glory days of a few years ago.


** Free File Storage **

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/ still ranks as the number 1 free
remote file storage service on the Internet.

Store up to 30 MB of files remotely for access and sharing
from any Internet connection anywhere in the world.

Instead of lugging floppy disks around between office,
home, and laptop, you can store them online in your own
password-protected briefcase on the Yahoo high-speed
servers.

A great way to back up and share files worldwide.


** Free Website Hosting **

Tripod.com allows you to set up your own website absolutely
free.

They support their service with third party banner ads at
the top of every page you display.

A great way to get started, but any serious entrepreneur
will eventually want to get their own low-cost hosting
account costing as little as $5 a month.

DotEasy.com presents an excellent alternative to Tripod.com
if you want your own domain name and a year's hosting for
only $25 a year.

Other free hosting services include: GeoCities.com,
gurlpages.com, and myfamily.com.


** Free Software **

Freeware and shareware, two ways software developers
distribute their creations, either in a "try before you
buy" mode, or as truly free software.

Many developers around the world create software for their
own personal use but, lacking a huge buying market or the
skills to sell the software, some of them just give it away
or sell it for a nominal fee after you try it.

If you know where to look, you can get everything from
graphics programs and website builders, to FTP programs and
recipe books.

Log on to Download.com and Zdnet.com for two of the most
popular places online to find software before paying full
retail.

NOTE: make sure your anti-virus program is up-to-date and
backup all your important files before installing any
software.

Free stuff online will never disappear because, when
appropriate, it represents the perfect way to start and
develop a relationship with customers. Unfortunately, the
"boom" days of the truly free online "lunch" seem gone
forever. Sigh. How to receive electronics, computers FREE! Click Here

Get Valuable Computer Based Training Online - FREE! by Jim Edwards

Educating yourself about computers and software programs
represents a very expensive proposition in both time and
money.

Anyone who has ever seen those Video Professor
advertisements on TV knows that a simple tutorial on CD-Rom
costs $59 plus shipping and handling. Most people don't
realize computer and software training is readily available
online, some of it as good or better than the introductory
courses that can cost you a lot of money.

Would you like to learn how to set up a web page? Do you
want to learn how to use your word processor for
accomplishing more than just typing simple letters? How
about learning to use all the great "secret" features in
your email program?

Log on to http://www.findtutorials.com/ to find yourself in
a world of learning about things that really interest you!
Many of the tutorials listed come free of charge since the
sites hosting the classes contain the usual advertising
most of us have come to expect online.

Some categories have more available classes than others,
but the site rates a serious look and even a bookmark so
you can check back for new jewels of knowledge on a regular
basis. Check here first before spending money on training,
especially for introductory and general information
instruction.

The following sites also offer free online training,
however, understand that many of them use the introductory
courses as a lead in to get you to purchase additional
books, classes or other advanced instruction.

http://www.computertim.com/
Offers an extensive collection
of articles to help you learn how to operate various
Microsoft Office programs more efficiently, including:
Windows, Word, Outlook, Excel, and FrontPage.

http://www.lgta.org/
Land-Grant Training Alliance - teaches
you how to use various software packages online and even
has an interesting tutorial on how to use the Internet as a
teaching tool to help others.

http://www.trainingtools.com/
Offers a variety of introductory training courses for
software packages dealing primarily with website creation,
installing scripts and making your website do cool things!

http://www.learnthat.com/courses/
Offers a variety of courses on everything from computer
training and software packages to even dealing with some
hardware issues and how to purchase the right digital
camera.

http://freestats.elosoft.com
Offers a wide selection of links to other sites that offer
online instruction, books, classes and other learning
resources. Looks like an excellent place to start your
search for additional information when you need instruction
or help.
Your PC Guide

Free Software Quickly Eliminates Time Wasting Tasks by Jim Edwards

Ever find yourself typing the same things over and over on
your computer?

Maybe you type the same blocks of text into your email
messages thirty times a day.

Or maybe you find it hard to remember a long website
address and never seem to get all the characters correct
when you type it into your web browser's address bar.

Not too long ago, I came to the startling realization that
I spent over 45 minutes every single day just on completing
repetitive email tasks.

Bottom line: that amounts to over 273 hours a year doing
the same things over and over again - talk about a waste of
time!

Much to my delight, I recently discovered a free software
program anyone can use that instantly gave me back almost
all of that wasted time!

With email, I found myself answering the same questions
repeatedly.

I spent way too much time retyping or hunting down the
answer so I could copy and paste it into my reply.

On the surface, a task that takes only 30 seconds to
complete might not seem like a time waster, but if you
perform that task 100 times throughout the day you will
chew up almost an hour on repetitive activity.

What if you could reduce that time by 90% or more?

What if you could claim that time back and use it for
other, more important things?

Well now you can because a free software program called
"ShortKeys" helps you reclaim the time you waste on most
repetitive typing tasks.

Log on to www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm and download the free
version of the program, which offers all the features most
of us will ever likely need or use.

"ShortKeys" is a macro utility, which means it performs
repetitive tasks for you.

In this case, it allows you to set up replacement text or
paragraphs for any given number of keystroke combinations
you can define.

For example, I set mine up so whenever I type #7faq into an
email message, the program automatically inserts six
paragraphs with the most frequently asked questions I get
from people surfing my www.7dayebook.com site.

The program quietly monitors your typing activity and, any
time you type in a pre-defined keystroke combination, the
program will automatically insert the replacement text.

You can use the program with email, word processing, web
browser, and even with your web page editor.

You simply choose a word and associate it with the
replacement text. ShortKeys will then insert virtually
anything you could type, including: simple sentences;
extremely long web addresses; single paragraphs; even
several paragraphs up to 3000 characters long.

Not only do you save time by not manually typing in the
sentence or paragraphs, but you will greatly reduce the
inevitable errors and typo's all of us make.

I don't normally get this excited about a free piece of
software, but if you ever find yourself typing the same
text over and over, get a copy of this program and start
using it!
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Laptop LCD Screen Repair and Replacement

Replacing a Broken LCD

The average cost of a laptop is somewhere around $900.00 these days. Some are much more than that and some are less of course. So if you drop your laptop and break the screen, an unfortunate accident that I'm sure you know of someone it's happened to, the assumption is often that it's time to buy a new laptop. But this doesn't have to be the case. LCD displays are one of the more delicate components of a laptop computer and in the past most expensive, but prices have been dropping and now the average replacement cost for an LCD is in the $300 to $450 range -- that's a whole lot cheaper than $900.00 it costs to buy a completely new laptop.

But where can you buy these replacement LCD panels. Well once you now exactly what your LCD screen is. E bay is a good place I have got them for as little as $50.00.Or you can go to your manufacture company.Also at the manufacture company they will have step by step instructions in how replace your LCD screen your self. Such as this one from Dell™ Latitude™ 120L Service Manual http://support.dell.com . Here is a another example how to remove your LCD screen a little more detailed http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com You can save your a lot of money just doing it your self.By Thomas Husnik Here is a link that got me started in laptop repair Link

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How to Make My Computer Run Faster With 3 Simple Steps

Is your computer running too slow for you? Are you finding that it takes a long time to boot up, whereas before it was quick as a rabbit? Are you wondering, "How to make my computer run faster ?"If your computer is running at turtle speed, you have come to the right place. In this article, we will outline three simple steps that you follow to make your computer run faster and more efficiently for your needs.

Step #1 - Maintain Your Computer Are you ready to get started? Great! The first thing you need to think about is the amount of websites that you visit on a daily basis. Did you know that with each website that you visit, you are literally downloading some of these files in efforts to make your computer load them faster the next time you want to access that same website? You are also downloading cookies from websites and saving a history of each site you visit.

All of these can dramatically affect your computer's speed and slow it down if you do not do something about it. So, to get rid of these things, you should make sure to clean it out. You can do this by making sure that you delete temporary files, browsing history, cookies, and empty out the recycle bin on your computer. This should be done regularly, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. In fact, some people perform this maintenance daily.

Step #2 - Get Rid Of What You Don't Need

If you have too many programs on your computer, this could really put a damper on its speed. The first thing you need to do is delete any programs that you do not use. This can free up space and free up some speed. At the same time, you need to take a look at the items running on your computer at all times. These things, especially if unneeded, could have a major affect on the speed of your computer.

Therefore, you want to prevent unneeded programs from booting with your computer and running in the background. The safest way to do this is to go into the program options and find a box that says "run at startup" or something similar and uncheck the box. There are other ways, but if you do not know the necessary programs that must run on your computer, it is not a good idea to go those routes.

Step #3 - Clean Out Your Registry

This is something that you will want to download a program for. Cleaning out your registry is not something that you want to do yourself. Your registry is basically the hub of your computer, one wrong move and it could render your computer completely useless. However, cleaning out the registry is a big step, one which must be done because it too can affect the speed of your computer. Left over files, errors, or deleted programs can still remain in the registry.

Registry cleaner downloads are available, download and scan your computer. After the scan, let the registry cleaner make the proper corrections.

Now that we've answered the question of "How to make my computer run faster ," it is time to get started. Once you take these steps you will notice that using your computer for the internet, programs, or anything will be much faster and easier. by Logan Albright Here is a Registry cleaner program that's pretty good go to : regtool.com

A Good Backup is Critical to Data Recovery by Thomas Husnik Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Husnik

We are sometimes spoiled these days when it comes to data and software on our personal computers. We can store so much of it on one disk drive and we can retrieve it very quickly. And these personal computers just hum along for week after week with no problems whatsoever. We are even prudent in backing up our "My Documents" folder to a re-writable CD once in awhile.
Until one day, you computer does not boot up. You take it to a computer repair shop and they replace the disk drive, reload Windows, and deliver it back to you. You then reload your Microsoft Office, copy back your "My Documents Folder" from your CD-RW disc and you should be back in business. Except a short time later you find out that you are missing that spreadsheet that took days to build. What happened? Then you remember that you had stored the spreadsheet on the C: spreadsheets folder and not "My Documents." The spreadsheet and all the work that went into it is gone—forever.
The above scenario happens way too often in today's world that is so dependent on computer information. The point you should see here is that even though the user was doing a backup, the backup did not include everything required in order to one day do a successful recovery. While our example is simple, imagine a computer where there are data files stored all over the disk in many different folders other than "My Documents." And in most cases a couple of CD-RW disks are too small to backup everything. You need to acquire and implement a backup system and strategy that gives you the space required to store all your critical files plus one that allows you to backup and recover quickly.
Backups are typically done using tape or external hard disk drives. The latter is becoming more and more popular because of the speed of the backup media. An external hard drive can basically be a mirror of your internal hard drive. However, you don't have the redundancy (multiple copies) of disk files that you could get with tape unless you purchase several disk drives (which could be expensive). But, with an external drive, you can just copy folders from your system drive to your external drive and you have a quick data backup that is very easy to recover.
The other long-time popular method for doing backups is tape. Tape backups have been around for a long time and for good reason. You can store an incredible amount of data on one tape and you get the benefit of being able to take that tape and store it at some alternate location so that you can recover in the event of some physical disaster such as fire, theft, or flood. If you stored external disk drives offsite, you would lose the benefit of being able to use that drive. There are a couple of drawbacks to tape. One is that tape breaks much easier than an external drive. The other is that tape drives come with proprietary software in order to compress and transfer data to the vendor's model of drive. In other words, they are not native to the operating system like Microsoft Windows. But it usually is only a matter of installing the software on the computer system you are recovering the data to.
There are many variations to tape and external disk drive backups but the important thing to remember is that you cannot recover if you do not properly back up. You should periodically test your recovery plan so that you know it is ready when you need it.

About the Author
My name is Tom Husnik. The site that helped me is : http://www.diy-computer-repair.com/

Computer Repair - From Settings And Preferences To Viruses And Crashes

With the extent with which we use computers today 'for both professional and personal use' it's safe to say we've all encountered the need for computer repair in some form. Whether it's spy ware or a network crash, computer maintenance is what can save us from slowed computer performance, corrupted files, data loss, and time wasted.

Not surprisingly, the birth of computer repair coincided with the rise of computer use. A complicated piece of technology, a computer is nonetheless used by most of us daily. We sit down at our computers and effortlessly check our emails, stock quotes, and the latest news. We research show times and restaurants. We work our 9 to 5 jobs, using laptops, virtual communication, and hand held devices. Indeed, much in our lives revolves around the computer. It's no wonder why computer maintenance is so valuable a solution and for the technician, a coveted skill.

Given the many uses for computers, there are as many potential problems, errors, and failures. Thus for computer repair, there are at least as many possible fixes. As a result, knowing what to do to fix your computer can seem like an impossible task. However, if you think about it, most of us have picked up a few tricks along the way that have proven effective. For smaller problems, computer repair is entirely possible by ourselves. For more serious problems though, consulting a professional is the best route.

The main reason why professionals should be consulted is because a person could do more damage to a computer by trying to fix an unknown problem on their own. To avoid such mishaps, it's best to ask an expert to take a look. Pinpointing the problem is really the biggest part of any computer repair, as it will reveal the exact fix that's needed to get the system working properly again.

For computer repair technicians, this is the main aspect of their service. Diagnostics do not have to be performed in person necessarily, as most computer manufacturers and Internet service providers have call centers for troubleshooting and offer their advice over the phone, via live chat, or email. Business-wise, most companies have a tech-support staff that can help with most problems, from email to lost files.

Computer repair can be as simple as choosing different settings to full-on data recovery using involved techniques such as zero-knowledge analysis. Given that most computer technicians are specialized, the chances are good that a team can help with all your problems: viruses, spy ware, firewall protection, virtual private networks (VPN), emergency data recovery, RAID recovery, system upgrades, etc.

Computer maintenance pertains to both hardware repair and software repair. At times, installation or uninstallation of software is needed. At others, a small adjustment to preferences will solve the problem. Again, computer repair is wide-ranging. Desktops, mainframes, and supercomputers can all encounter similar problems, but on a different scale. Portable devices will also have related problems, but knowing the system inside a laptop or notebook is a bit different than a PC. This is the reason why most companies have a number of technicians on staff, as one may be more specialized in one area of computer repair than another.

Fixing your computer can be as basic as rebooting your computer, but it can also be as complex as reinstalling the system . Overall, the service of computer repair is relatively new, but the demand for it is growing at a rapid pace. Naturally, the aim is to keep up with all of the new advancements in computer technology which seemingly change by the day.

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Guide to remove a computer virus

Guide to remove a computer virus
You are surfing the web and the whole world is at your fingertips. Never mind you are exposed to the pranksters and the viruses. Oh! Those troublesome Trojans! Increase your knowledge on computer viruses to fare well in the web …Computers have become almost essential for business, communication and pastime. That's why most people own a computer in their home and office. You are surfing the web and the whole world is at your fingertips. But it becomes annoying to sit back only to find your system uncooperative to your commands. You are exposed to the spyware, adware and the viruses. Oh! Those troublesome Trojans! Increase your knowledge on computer viruses and spyware to fare well in the web.

A virus is a self-replicating malware (malicious software) that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. Viruses and spyware damage only your software. There is no physical damage to your system. Viruses overwhelm and waste computer resources. In modern times we get as much threat from spyware as we get from viruses.
Precautions against Viruses and Spyware
Uses virus-scanned disks, drives and diskettes
Setup the latest firewall on our computer.
Install an advanced anti-spyware on your computer.
Never open the suspicious mails.
Install a reputed anti-virus and update it with latest patches.
Better work with Linux or Unix OS if you can manage.
Use Firefox and/or Opera other than the Internet Explorer.
Change the preference of your browser to the highest security.
While downloading audio/video files be careful, these are major sources for spyware.


Steps after a Virus attack
Try to back-up the data.
Disconnect your PC from the network.
Run an advanced antivirus (or anti-spyware, if infected by Trojan horses)
If your PC does not work at all and all your hard drives are badly injected, then run virus scan with a Live CD or Live DVD (OS running from a CD or DVD).


If your data and network establishment is very crucial and you need immediate restoration of your computer environment, then just make a call to server plex On site for immediate virus and spyware removal. BY :Thomas Husnik http://www.simplepcfixes.com/

Data Recovery: What to Do When Files Seem Lost

True data recovery emerged in the early 1980s as computers began to be integrated into many businesses big and small. As many job tasks began to rely on computers, so too did the possibility of data being lost due to physical or logical damage. Suffice to say, in this day and age of computer technology, the repercussions of data loss can be great.

Internet businesses for example, which are built on the accuracy and immediacy of their data, can lose more than just information if there’s a computer failure. It can mean losses to capital, time, clients, and revenue. For this reason, technicians have risen in the ranks of the business hierarchy. When computers crash, their expertise in data recovery is what can literally save the day.

Technically, recovery helps salvage data from storage media that’s been damaged, corrupted, failed, or is otherwise inaccessible. When the data cannot be retrieved via a normal process, then recovery becomes necessary.

Recovery techniques include actual hardware repair, consistency checking, and zero-knowledge analysis for logical damage. In this latter technique, a repair program attempts to rebuild a file system from scratch by matching what is left from the damaged system to what should be there in a complete one. With this technique, it is oftentimes possible to reconstruct logical files thought to be completely destroyed.

From personal notebooks to company-wide networks, data recovery is also the fail-safe. All computers come equipped with a program that can perform basic data recovery, which is oftentimes all that is needed. Especially if preventative measures are taken to minimize the occurrence of failure. However, sometimes errors or crashes are unavoidable, such as when there’s an unexpected power outage. In such instances, professional data recovery experts (either on-site or off-site) may need to be called in.

Most data recovery companies are trained to work on the most common of data-loss problems, including hard drive recovery, laptop/desktop recovery, server recovery, OS recovery, and RAID (redundant array of independent disks) recovery. For businesses, RAID recovery can be the most critical. In order for a RAID to work properly, it’s imperative that all parts are functioning in sync. Thus, damage to one part can spell disaster for the whole system and consequently, business operations.

Reasons for data loss or damage are various. Though we’ve primarily discussed computers, all storage media is susceptible to failure. A CD-ROM, a hard disk, and memory chips are all storage media devices that could malfunction and need repair. Physical damage often cannot be fixed by an end user, while logical damage on occasion can. For example, if a computer uses a journaling file system, which is a file system that first logs changes and then writes them to the primary file system, it’s possible to simply roll back the computer to a consistent state. If so, the only data lost will be any that wasn’t recorded from the last time the journal log was updated.

Data recovery is a major element of the computer age, given that everyone seems to have a digital device of some kind and stored media is coveted for both professional and personal use. When a hard drive crashes, time is crucial in saving any data that remains or finding what was thought to be lost. Indeed, salvaging damaged, failed, or corrupted data can mean the difference between recovery and starting all over again. BY :Thomas Husnik http://www.recoverdeletedfiles.net/

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7 STEPS TO KEEP YOUR PC RUNNING SMOOTH

Step one: Clean up any Adware and scumware seem. Often the sting in the tail is, the behind the scenes, installing of Adware or Scumware as it’s sometimes known. This usually consists of programs that run in the background and advertise various offerings which can be targeted to match your preferences. These programs take up valuable system resources and should be cleaned out.

Programs such as Gator (form filler) and Kazaa (music sharing) are well known examples of this but there are many others.

Step Two: Clean out your start-up files Nearly every program you load on your computer wants to be top dog. By that I mean when you install the program it usually sets itself up in your startup list.

This means that whenever you start up your computer the programs installs itself automatically into main memory whether you are going to use it or not and just takes up valuable resources that could be better utilised by programs you are using right away.

If you hit the Control-Alt-Delete keys once (if you do it twice you will reboot the computer and lose any unsaved work) you will be able to see all the programs that are running behing the scenes.

The more you have running that you are not using, the more memory will be taken up and the slower and less stable the system will be.

Things like Anti-Virus programs and “system tray” should be left running but many others can be removed.

To do this in windows 98/ME, hit “Start”-”Run”- and type in “msconfig” and enter, then choose the right hand top tab marked “startup” Uncheck all the programs that you aren’t using all the time. You will be able to run them normally at any time from your start menu so don’t worry about that.

Most of the programs can be identified by the program names at the right hand side, any that can’t, you can always type it into google and see what comes up. Occasionally you find programs loaded here that are malicious programs such as Trojans or Browser hijackers that you definitely don’t want. To get rid of them search for the filename in Google and then see if it comes up as a nasty and then get the info on how to remove from the anti-virus website.

You will notice a definite improvement in start-up speed and general running when these are removed.

Step Three: uninstall any old programs that are no longer used Windows registry is the section of windows that contains all the information relating to your system and software.

As time goes by it can get extremely bloated and even if you are not using the old programs anymore, the time taken to search through registry is increased.

Uninstalling the programs rather than just deleting the files will ensure that the entries in the registry are removed and this helps keep the size under control.

Another little utility you might find useful is called Netcom3 and it is great for cleaning out all these unwanted files and registry entries that were somehow left behind.

You can also use it to locate temporary files used by various programs that just clog up your hard drive and slow things down.

Step Four: Invest in a good antivirus program Invest in a good antivirus program such as Netcom3 or avadvance-virus and keep it regularly updated. Having a virus on your system can not only wreak havoc with your system

Step Five: Delete or uninstall unwanted fonts When Windows loads it installs all available fonts. This not only takes up space but also valuable time. Deleting or uninstalling fonts that you will never use will help streamline things a bit more.

To view the installed fonts, select Start, Run, type “fonts”, and press Enter. To see what a font looks like, double-click its icon. You can delete a font by right-clicking it and selecting Delete, but it’s safer to uninstall it by dragging it to another folder so you can always drag it back if you really need it.

You must do this dragging (in either direction) from within Windows Explorer. Moving or copying a font to or from the C:\Windows\Fonts folder via DOS commands or some other utility won’t properly install or uninstall it. Some fonts should stay put, such as Windows system fonts, which have the extension .fon instead of .ttf. The icon for a system font has a red ‘A’ rather than a gray-blue ‘TT’. System fonts are usually hidden files, but they’re visible in the Fonts folder in Explorer. They disappear when you move them elsewhere, though. Some applications require specific fonts, such as Arial, Verdana or Times New Roman, so you’d better keep them around.

Any other ones you don’t use can be moved to another folder. In case you have deleted fonts that you need checout this article at Microsoft to fix the problem.

Step Six: Optimise your system A few basic pointers for optimising your system.

From the desktop right click on the “my computer” icon and select properties. Select “file system” and under the hard disc tab, where it says “for typical role of this computer” select “network server” in the drop down menu as this speeds up transfers. Under floppy disc make sure the little box is not ticked as this increases boot up time slightly. On Internet Explorer while surfing the net, images are stored on the hard drive in a section called the cache. This is useful if you are using a slow dial-up connection as it means the most used images don’t have to be continually downloaded so surfing speeds are increased. If the cache size is too great then Explorer has to check through all the images before it downloads them and this can slow up browsing. The optimum size is a bit, hit or miss, but with ADSL or cable the cache can be set much smaller as the images download quickly. Also when the cache is too large the files get fragmented (this is covered later) and the hard disk thrashes around trying to piece it all together thus slowing everything down.

Adjustment is made by clicking on Internet explorer “tools” and “internet options” then under “temporary internet files” the settings button and use the slider to adjust the amount.


Step Seven: defragment your hard drive regularly De-what, my hard drive? I might hear you say. Sounds a bit severe but it’s something that should be done fairly regularly.

Your computer works efficiently when the data it takes from the hard drive to process in memory is all in one place and doesn’t take very long to fetch.

After using your computer for a while, related files get broken up into fragments and are scattered all over the disc. This happens in normal use and it can significantly increase the time it takes to collect it all up.

A bit like you going to another room to fetch your files from a filing cabinet and if they were all together it would be easy to collect them. If on the other hand they were in different cabinets all dotted around the room then you get the idea.

The thing to do is run the defragmenter that comes with Windows. Double click “My Computer” and then Right Click the icon for drive C: and then click properties. Select defragment and follow the instructions.

This process can take a long time on a large hard drive with badly fragmented files, so it may be advisable to set this running at a quiet time computer wise or even overnight.

There is a another program I highly recommend for defragmenting which is called Diskeeper Lite and is much better than the built-in version that Windows has. It is available as a free download plus some more articles on fragmentation from here.

Defragmenting is best done last after the other steps above as removing files and clutter will leave gaps that can then be put back together for normal use Carrying out the above actions will help keep your PC running faster and more stable and hopefully crashing less causing you less stress and frustration from lost work.

So get started now and clean up your PC and make it a habit to do it regularly and keep your system running at peak performance.

And don’t forget one of the most cost effective upgrades you can do to your PC at the moment is to add some more Memory (RAM).

Carrying out the above actions will help keep your PC running faster and more stable and hopefully crashing less causing you less stress and frustration from lost work.

So get started now and clean up your PC and make it a habit to do it regularly and keep your system running at peak performance.

And don’t forget one of the most cost effective upgrades you can do to your PC at the moment is to add some more Memory (RAM). This file is not intended to be viewed directly using a web browser :BY :Thomas Husnik : http://www.slowcomputerhelp.com/

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