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System cleanup —How to ensure a timing and effective system cleanup
Dec 4th
Currently, with the rapid growth of broadband, the need of more available hard disk space arises as a very important problem to be resolved for all PC users. If there is not enough available hard-disk space, some messages will pop up like “unable to create the specified connection” or “cluster configuration cannot proceed”.
So a system cleanup is needed to always optimize PC performance. It’s known that we can use Microsoft’s built-in Disk Cleanup utility to scan the hard disk and then delete some unwanted Internet temporary files and some useless files from recycle bin. But rare people realize that windows Prefetch folder always takes large amount of disk space. From Microsoft website, we know that prefetching boot files and applications can decreases the time needed to start Windows XP and other applications. But when trying to take this action it is necessary to go through all system data, and the data which was accessed will be recorded in the hard disk, which takes up large amount of disk space. As times by, Windows XP will become sluggish because of insufficient available hard-disk space.
So how to effectively clean up these useless files? Here, a simply way will be discussed to ensure an effectively system cleanup, that is, edit a script.
1) Run Notepad, and then edit the below command lines (pretend that Windows XP is installed under C:\Windows)
c:\windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /dc /sageset:1
c:
cd\
cd c:\windows\prefetch
del *.* /q
(Note: the last two lines are used to clean up the windows Prefetch folder)
2) Save the file as “*.bat” and store on that hard disk such as C:\ cleanup.bat.
3) Right click the just created “cleanup.bat” item to open “Disk Cleanup Settings” wizard. Here, you can check the items to be cleaned up.
4) After that, right click the icon of “cleanup.bat” and select “Edit” to change the first line to “c:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /dc /sagerun:1”.Hence, when clicking it, it will automatically run a system cleanup operation but not the wizard of “Disk Cleanup Settings”.
5) If you want to timing run “cleanup.bat” to clean up system, please go to Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks -> Add Scheduled Task –> select “cleanup.bat” and then set the time when to run this system cleanup operation.
With the simple ways above, you can effectively clean up the system junk files at a scheduled time effectively, which releases more available free disk space and saves your time.
But it is greatly recommended that you can run a disk defragmentation after the system cleanup. As we delete or move files from the hard disk, there must be some gaps left behind, which make the hard disk fragmented it can not be defragmented at time. A defragmentation is a process which can rearrange the files on the computer, making them always stay at the same single place and much easier to be accessed to and then optimize PC performance.
In conclusion, we can ensure a timing and effective system cleanup with simple scrip to release hard disk space, but please not that another simple process — disk defragmentation is also needed in order to maintain hard disk and optimize PC performance.
Hard Disk Maintenance—How to Protect Hard Disk by Defragmentation
Nov 26th
Although your PC is still working very well for you, you can not treat it lightly. Computer is like all the other machines that needs careful and regular maintenance. Since there are many ways to optimize PC performance, I would like to introduce one of methods to help you improve computer performance.
As hard disk is storage of computer, you should learn how to do daily maintenance. When using computer, it is unavoidable for you to delete or copy a large number of files. Such operations are the main cause of producing plenty of fragments. And every complete file is restored separately in the disk. If system wants to fetch a file, it has to search the different parts of this file. So the computer has to spend more time in reading the file and increase operating time. Therefore, you should defragment your disks regularly so as to optimize PC performance.
You can use the defragmenting program of Windows to help you. Such tool can rearrange the files continuously so as to speed up disk reading and writing. It includes two functions: one is to clear up fragments and another is to start up optimization of items. Although they are quite practical, it really takes too much time to defragment completely. To be honestly, long-time and frequent defragmentation can do harm to disk and shorten the usage of hard disk as well. In this regard, I recommend you to use appropriative disk defragmenting software, such as “Advanced Defrag”.
Defragmentation is not only a good way to protect hard disk but also can optimize computer performance. It can collect those fragments and arrange orderly in the disks. At the same time, you should also make proper defragmenting schedule for disks. It is no doubt that too much defragmentation can do harm to disk and computer as well.
And, since using computer for a long time, there are certain troubles hidden in the disk. The lost of system files or damaged data are probably caused by bad disk tracks. Physical bad tracks may expand as more and more frequent read-write operations of disk head and result in an increasing number of bad tracks. At last, this disk with such bad tracks all over is unable to use any more. So, it is wise for you to back up important data in the disk as long as you find any bad track in it.
Well, bad hard disks track can divide into two kinds—soft and hard. You can fix the former problem by using certain software and continue to use the disk. But as for the latter one, it may expense certain disk space, even make the whole disk invalid. How to fix the two problems mentioned above? You can solve soft bad tracks by running the disk restoring tool of Windows or operating high level format to the disk, for example, you can right-click the disk drive and choose “Format” or right-click “My Computer”—“Manage”—“Disk Management”. But for hard disk problem, you have to turn to certain tools to help you.
In this regard, if you are not so skillful enough, you had better use special software to solve such problem.
Want to optimize PC performance? Some knowledge about Windows SHS files
Nov 25th
As we all know that we can optimize PC performance in many ways, but have you ever hear about a SHS file? Do you know what it is? And how does it affect the PC performance? If not, please do not miss this article.
First of all, it is necessary for us to know what SHS file is. When using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, it is possible for us to drag and drop selected items like document text, drawing objects, and graphics to the Windows desktop. At this time, there will be a desktop icon creating for the scrap file, along with a file located on the Windows\Desktop with a .shs extension. Hence, we can say that this file is a native program document which contains the information that was selected and dragged.
With a SHS file, we can simply drag it to other documents which meet the shortage of the Windows Clipboard, only retaining the latest copied content.
From the discussion above, it seems that the SHS file will bring us more convenience. But please note that the scrap file is a special OLE object and it is impossible for us to see the shs extension in Windows operating system (except in Dos and Linux). So lots of anti-virus experts warm us to keep strong vigilance when receiving some emails with hidden extensions like shs for they may contain some malicious codes which can destroy all of your data, for example, a virus attachment named with FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG.SHS, when coming to the receiver, what he/she see maybe only FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG. Most of the time, they may select to open the attachment without consideration for .JPG is a very normal file extension, never expecting that it may contain something that will destroy the computer. So please remember not to open some files that come from unknown resources.
So how to prevent the danger that comes from SHS files? Here it what you should go: go to Start -> Run -> type Regedit to open Registry Editor -> locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shs and then delete the default “ShellScrap” value. Hence, when running a shs file, it will pop up a window asking you to select the program to open the files.
With the method above, you can protect your computer data against some unknown malwares or viruses and then optimize PC performance. But to more effectively optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to regularly run a disk defragmenter with the below reasons.
When using the computer, no matter what it is used for, there will be the entries to the hard disk. If the hard disk is fragmented because of the disk fragments, it will overload the movement of the hard disk head, slowing sown the computer and then shortening its lifespan.
So to optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to take some very simple measures like disk defragmentation to always keep everything in the hard disk storing in order coherently. Hence, it will essentially speed up the computer and optimize PC performance.
Optimize PC Performance—How to Improve Computer Performance Manually?
Nov 19th
Do you find your computer can not work efficiently as it is supposed to do? But all the running parts are still working very well and not attacked by any virus. In fact, it is a computer alarm that you should do something to maintain your computer.
No matter you are a computer novice or veteran, it is necessary for you to learn some methods to improve computer performance in order to guarantee computer to work well for you.
If you always visiting the websites or downloading files or videos from Internet, you should know that it is a good habit to clear away a bunch of temporary files which are left by browsing websites. Such files are inevitable but you can get rid of them manually. You can open IE browser and choose “Internet Options”. In the dialog box, click “General” tab and click “Delete Files” in the “Temporary Internet files” column. And in the “Delete Files” dialog box, tick “Delete all offline content” and click “OK”. By doing this, you can free up disk space a lot and optimize PC performance.
You can close down devices that you do not use any more.
In fact, Windows system can install drive programs for all the devices as many as possible. Such behavior is good will but it slows down computer startup speed and takes up a lot of system resource. In order to solve this problem, you can open “Device Manager” by right-clicking “My Computer”—“Properties”—“Hardware” and click “Device Manager” in the column. In the tab, you can double-click the device you want to turn off, such as the function of “Printer Port”. In the “General” tab, you choose “Do not use this device (disable)” and restart the computer. All of these new settings go into effect immediately. If you want to start them up, you can change in the same tab.
If your hard disk is using NTFS file system, you can consider starting up the compressing function of NTFS. Choose the drive you want to compress and in the “General” tab, you can choose to compress disk so as to save disk space. In this way, you can free up twenty percent of disk space more or less. You had better compress C system disk in the “Safe Mode” because it can be more efficient for disks.
And besides, you can clear up the pre-reading files functions. Although pre-reading function of Windows XP can speed up computer, it just can work well for a very short time. Since the files in the prefetch folder are becoming larger and larger, it will cost system a lot of time to search data or files. Therefore, you should delete them regularly.
Among all the methods, here I recommend you to defragment disks. Defragmentation is the easiest way to operate. You can use the defragmenting program of Windows with a few of clicks in more than an hour. Or you can turn to professional defrag named “Advanced Defrag”. By doing this new tool, you just need to wait for few minutes by few clicks.
Since there are many methods to optimize PC performance, you should be patient to try all of them if you really want to improve computer performance.
Optimize PC Performance—How to Speed up Computer Efficiently
Nov 16th
Have you find it takes more and more time to open a file and your disks are crammed with large numbers of files, use or useless? If so, you should be aware that the main cause of slow computer speed must be the excessive files in the folders and invisible fragments in the disks.
Therefore, if you are long for optimizing PC performance, you should spare no efforts in removing the junk files and defragment disk.
Normally, the junk and temporary files are the priority for you to get rid of. In the default condition, they are restored in the C system disk. You can find them in the “c:/Documents and Settings/Username” and “c:/WINDOWS” respectively. Since they are left by browsing on the Internet or backing up files, you feel free to get rid of them. By doing this, you have finished part of the task of speeding up computer. Besides removing such junks, the next step for you is to defragment disk.
In the first place, let us see why disk defragmentation can optimize computer performance.
Disk defragmenting program can unite fragment files and folders and arrange single and continuous disk space for restoring every file or folder so as to improve read-write speed. In this way, the system can visit and restore those files and folders faster and more efficiently. By arranging the files and folders, defragmentation can arrange available space as well and reduce the probability of creating new fragments. You see, when the files and folders reunite again, the system may spend less time restoring or reading them.
And you can defragment disk by using the program of Windows in the “Accessories”—“System Tools” and remember that scan the whole disk before defragmentation. While performing it, you are not allowed to use any application, because any read-write operation can hinder the speed of defragmentation, even cause it to restart again and again without completing the task.
The junk files and fragments are the main hindrance of optimizing computer performance. Every time you encounter low computer speed, you should remove them first. And click here for more information of optimizing computer speed.
If you ask how much it will take to defragment disk, it is rather hard to calculate. Defragmenting disk is based on many factors, including the disk size, the number of folders, fragments and the available local resource and so on. Its steps are mainly divided into three steps:
First, it is to find all the fragmented files and folders ahead of analyzing the disk. Then it will see how these fragments are produces. Finally, it can defragment disks. But if you use the disk defragmenter of Windows, it is really taking a lot of time. An hour or more is quite normal for defragmenting a disk.
So, if you want to speed up defragmentation just like speed up computer, it is wise for you to use a third-party defrag which is faster and more efficient than the one provided by Windows. Beside, it is easier to operate. You are welcome to have a try by clicking here
Daily Computer maintenance — Tips you should know to optimize PC performance
Nov 12th
As we all know that, computers are the same as human beings which need to be taken care of. If so, it will always work at the maximum optimization status and extent the lifespan. On the contrary, firstly, this will some serious problems appearing like some important data lost improvably, computer crashes every two or three days, or unable to complete the scheduled work; secondly, this will significantly shorten the lifespan of the computer. So we can say that daily computer maintenance is necessary in order to optimize PC performance.
Normally, computer maintenance contains two parts: hardware and software maintenance.
Hardware maintenance means that it is needed to do some jobs like cleaning dust. After being used for sometime, the computer may get dusty inside for the fan that pulls hot air outsides are always pulling in air, which laden with tiny particles of dust. When these particles cling to electronics, they act like a blanket to hold in heat. And the dusts always stay at the biggest heat producers like CPU, heatsink, and video card. So a cleaning dust is necessary regularly in order to maintain the PC performance. If possible, please keep the area around your computer as dust-free as possible.
Software maintenance, including protecting the computer from being attached by virus, and regularly deleting the unnecessary system junk files, running a disk defragment is necessary in optimizing PC performance. Here, there is no need to talk about the importance of the anti-virus program to the computer for it is known to all that it is a must in order to protect the computer, but instead, we will particularly discuss the parts that always be neglected by lots of PC users when maintaining the computer: junk files cleanup and disk defragmentation.
When using the computer it is inevitably for us to surf websites and download programs, which always bring some useless temporary file on the computer. They do nothing but harm to the computer. So it is necessary for us to clean up the system junk files in a regular basic. I found that there is an article tells very detailed information on junk files cleanup . If you want more information, you can go here for more detailed information.
Besides, a disk defragmentation is indispensible in daily computer maintenance for it will rearrange the contents on the hard disk in order to making a complete file always stays at the same single place coherently and contiguously, Hence it will be much easier to get access to when trying to input or output it. Therefore, the computer may always run at faster speed and also extent the lifespan of the hard disk and the computer.
It is known to most PC users that they can defragment the computer with windows built-in defragmenter by directly going to Start and then All Programs, Accessories and system tools. But here, in order to greatly optimize PC performance, I recommend you to use Advanced Defrag which is very suitable to solve modern big volume hard disk. It can not only speedily defragment the computer, but also provides you very unique features to maintain your computer like defragment PC registry, real-time defragment and completely web-report. With this defrag tool in hand, I believe you can maintain your computer without any problem.
In a word, there are many details that you can do to maintain the computer, but please do not miss the importance of disk cleanup and disk defragmentation, which will help you greatly optimize PC performance.
Ways to reduce disk fragmentation— skillfully optimize PC performance
Nov 4th
We all know that disk fragmentation is inevitable during the usage of the computer, which will significantly affect the computer speed. So it is necessary for us to run a disk cleanup or fragmentation regularly to speed up the computer. But is there any way to reduce or avoid the fragmentation on the computer so as to always optimize pc computer and protect the data on our computer? Of course, you are at the right place here.
1) Remove temporary swap files.
We know that the more fragments in the partition where system being installed (normally C drive), the slower the computer will be. In Win 95/98 system, when there is not enough physical memory for the running programs, there will be a swap file named WIN386.SWP generated under the directory C：\WINDOWS. Obviously, Virtual Memory Manager will frequently read and write the hard disk, resulting in lot of fragments. So we can change the swap files to other partition to avoid this problem: go to Start, Control Panel, double click System, click Performance \ Virtual Memory, select “Let me specify my own virtual memory settings”, then select the drive (except C drive), click Ok to finish the setting. But the drive you select must be larger than 100MB. Hence, the swap file will be changed to another partition, that is to say, the fragmentation comes along with the swap files will only locate in the drive you design, but not the program drive, greatly optimize pc performance.
2) Remove the Internet temporary files
When surfing the Internet, there will be lots temporary files generated under the path: C：\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files, resulting in the frequent read and write action to the hard disk, disk fragmentation and computer slowdown. So we can change the location of the IE temporary files to another partition to avoid this problem：First, please go to create a new directory in other partition to store the temporary files, for example, D drive, and then go to Start -> Control Panel -> double click Internet Options -> click Settings within Internet Temporary Files -> click “Remove folders” to the directory you just created. So this will reduce the fragments generating in C drive, always optimizing PC performance.
With the two methods above, you can effectively reduce the disk fragmentation and always optimize PC performance. But to always optimize PC performance, it is much better to use a professional defrag program to defragment the computer all the time.
To reduce the disk fragment and optimize PC performance, Advanced Defrag may be a better choice for you for it is a program that can help users effectively defragment the computer by not only defragmenting the hard disk, but also the registry, making the files on the computers always stays close and contiguously. Also, it will defragment the PC registry to remove or delete some useless / invalid entries which will cause computer slow, freezing and crashing, returning you a completely compact registry. In this way, it will greatly optimize the PC performance, making it always run at top speed.
So, if you are very troubled with your slow and wants to reduce the fragmentation on the computer, please go to have a free trial of this advanced program. Believe me, it will bring you a faster computer running like it is new.
Disk cleanup & disk defragmentation —Always optimize PC performance
Nov 2nd
It is known to all PC users that a cleanup of the unnecessary files of the hard disk, followed by a simple defragmentation will significantly optimize pc performances, making it always run at top speed. But have you ever thought of what is the difference between them, which one should be done first? If not, please be kind to read this article for further information.
Essentially, Disk cleanup is a process that delete/remove the unnecessary files from the computer and then release more available space, but on the contrary, disk defragmentation will not delete any file from the computer, what it does is to rearrange the files on the computer, making them always stay at the same directory of the hard disk. Hence, it will shorten the time to access / retrieve the file, optimizing PC performance. So to optimize PC performance, please remember to always run a disk cleanup and defragmentation.
As we all know that when installing programs on the computer, there will be lots of junk files coming along, including some temporary files like *.tmp, *._mp and log files like *.log and the IE temporary files when surfing the internet, etc. These useless file will take lots of available space on the hard disk. So in order to always optimize the computer, please first run a disk cleanup to remove the unnecessary/ useless files from the computer, so as to free up more available space on the hard disk. You can simply follow the steps below to begin the deletion process: go to My Computer -> right click disk to be cleaned up-> Properties -> General -> Disk cleanup -> select the file types to be deleted within the appearing Disk Cleanup wizard -> Press OK and then Yes to automatically remove the junk files from your computer.
Besides, as we all know that when the first available free area to store a file is not large enough to store the whole file, the remaining part is saved on the next available free area, which goes on until the whole file has been written to the partition. Because larger files take more space to save, they probably will be more fragmented. If the fragmented files are used frequently by the system, it will take relatively a lot of time to read them, which will completely slow down the computer. So a defragmentation on the hard disk will defragment those files which can improve the system performance significantly. So it is necessary to proceed a manual defragmentation after the Disk Cleanup by the start menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, sub Disk Defragmenter.
In order to always optimize the computer, please remember to regularly run a Disk cleanup and a disk defragmentation. If you have never done it before, please go to optimize pc performance with the method above.
Optimize PC performance — Defragment it regularly to speed it up
Nov 1st
When talking about how to optimize PC performance, people will naturally think of lots of aspects without noticing that we simply defragment it in order to speed it up. If you are always troubled with a slower computer, please be patient to read this article for some tips to speed it up.
Though many aspects affect the entire PC performance, disk fragments will be the main one. We all know that the hard disk will become fragile with the continuous improvement of the hard disk platter rotation speed and increasing storage density. Besides, as we always delete and remove files from the computer, the files stored on the hard disk will become discontinuous, that is to say, there are some gaps between the among the files. Seriously, sometimes a same file will be cut into several units and then located in different places disorderly. So in order to speed up the computer and optimize the entire PC performance, it is necessary for us to regularly defragment it, making the files always close together and continuously. Therefore, it will be much easier for the hard disk to access the files and reduce its workload, making it faster and optimizing PC performance and extending the spanlife of the hard disk.
To defragment the computer, it is very easy to directly use the windows built- in disk defragmenter by going to Start->All Programs->Accessories and System Tools-> Disk Defragmenter, and then select the volume that you want to defragment, click Defragment to begin the defragmentation. But most of the time, it is necessary for us to first clean up the hard disk to remove some download program files, temporary internet files, and files in the recycle bin, etc. To accomplish it, you can directly go to My Computer -> right click the disk you want to clean up to select Properties -> click Disk Cleanup within General -> select the files to be deleted within the popping- up Disk Cleanup wizard -> Press OK -> click Yes when it asks you “Are you sure you want to perforce these actions”. Thus, it will be more effective in improving both the defragmentation and computer speed, greatly optimizing the PC performance.
It you want to easily optimize your PC performance, please remember to regularly defragment it to ensure that it always runs at top speed. If you have not, go to defragment it immediately.
Disk defragmentation —One thing you can do to make your computer run at top speed
Oct 27th
Though many things can affect the entire performance of the computer, there are still some easy ways that we can do to make the computer always run at top speed. Here, we will discuss a very simple way that you can do in your daily life to make the computer run at the maximum speed, that is, run a disk defragmentation regularly.
We know that the computer will always write the hard disk frequently for relating information, no matter what you are doing. When storing some files/folders on the computer, it will first be saved in the same available space. But if there is not enough space for the next storage, the file/folder will be scattered and then located in different places on the hard disk. Also, as you delete and remove the files/folders from the computer, there will be lots of free space left behind among these. Gradually, the disk fragments on the computer will eventually become the main reason for why the computer is running slower and slower. Even though, you are still able to read/write these files/folders, it will take more time for the hard disk head to move too much to access them, which results in the slowdown of the computer, and the shorter lifespan of the hard disk. What is serious, it will sometimes freeze up or crash the computer, which will greatly affect the smooth usage of the computer.
So it is necessary for you to defragment your hard disk at a period of time for this process will simply rearrange the files/folders locating on the computer, making them only locate on the same place of the computer for quicker sequential access, but not scatter all over the hard disk. To defragment your hard disk, please directly go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenters. Here, you can select the disk that you want to defrag, and then click Analyze to check the hard disk to see whether it is needed to defragment. If so, you can simply click Defragment to begin the defragment process. But if you have never run a disk defrag before, it is recommended that you directly select “Defragment” option to begin the defragment. This will normally optimize the entire PC performance, speed up your computer by as much as 200%.
So in our daily life, several simple clicks on the disk defragmenter will make the computer run much faster than before. If you are feeling that the computer is running slower and slower, it is time for you to run a disk defrag right now.
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