Top 3 PC Maintenance Schedulers
Most people do one of the following when their computer begins to slow down:
1. Buy more memory to improve their computer;
2. Decide to tweak their computer's settings;
3. Buy a new computer;
4. Get angry.
What will you do? All solutions except 4 will boost a computer's performance. However, what's to keep your newly blazing PC from slowing down again after a couple months or years? Here we talk about PC Maintenance.
Create a preventive maintenance plan for your computer
When people notice their computer's performance slowing, the most common reason is the hard disk and the registry. Your computer's hard disk is a non-removable area that holds all the information available from your computer. Over time, hard disks begin to lose their ability to store data efficiently.
1. Clean up the hard disk of temporary files (Weekly)
2. Rearrange (defragment) the hard disk (Monthly)
Whenever a file becomes too large to store in a single location on your hard disk, your computer breaks that file into parts (or fragments). Don't worry, though. Your computer keeps track of all these fragments, piecing them together whenever the file is accessed.
However, as fragmented files accumulate on your hard disk, your computer becomes gradually slower. This is because your computer has to go through all these fragmented files in order to piece the correct parts together again.
While there's nothing you can do to prevent the fragmentation of files, Windows does have a utility (Disk Fragmenter) to help deal with this situation. Disk Fragmenter rearranges fragmented files, resulting in increased free space on your hard disk and quicker performance from your PC.
(Also see, How to defrag Windows Registry?)
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3. Check the hard disk for errors (Weekly)
Whenever some program you're using crashes, your computer may create errors on your hard disk. These errors will eventually slow your computer to a crawl.
The good news is that Windows includes a Check Disk program. Check Disk corrects these types of errors from your hard disk-resulting in better PC performance.
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