Looking After Your PC
We have an old joke I remember! One woman purchased a computer and she calls up customer service and says that she actually is following instructions but can’t get her computer to power on! On further querying from the customer service guy the woman says that she has inserted a clean and uninfected disk to start up the computer. She says that she also took the trouble of washing the disk with a disinfectant soap before inserting it in the computer!
Obviously this may be going too far, and it is a tale that is eons old in computer years! In all fairness and in keeping up with the times, let’s be gender neutral and say that this might have happened to a man as well!
The fact is that if you need to keep your computer in running shape it’s not a funny business! It’s dead serious just because a PC is definitely an investment not only when it comes to hardware nevertheless, you also stand to lose crucial computer data and files in case you don’t take care of your personal computer.
Let’s take the issue head-on and see what we should do to look after a PC
1. Consider purchasing a legal copy of an anti-virus anti-malware solution in case your PC doesn’t come pre-loaded with one. This will keep your PC running trouble free and make it less prone to crashing. It will likewise make your surfing experience much safer.
2. Defrag Often! Defragmenting your computer’s hard drive is something the same as taking up files, papers, and stuff on your own desk and keeping it neatly organized to enable you to access it easily and quickly! Defragmenting your hard disk drive might help in increasing the computer’s performance. If you think your computer is sluggish during a period of time, then often defragging helps to increase speed.
3. Take care of your registry! The registry is a sort of meta-data about the programs and software installed on your pc. This can and does become corrupted on occasion. There are a number of 3rd party tools that can assist you to maintain your window’s registry in perfect working condition. This is simply not a job for the faint hearted users so do become familiar with the registry and the type of tools which will help keep your registry free from bloating. If in doubt, ask a technician or an educated user.
4. Keep it clean! Maintain your PC inside a clean area that’s not prone to dust! This is especially important in the case of a laptop. Not merely will your laptop feel better when you clean it regularly, you’ll feel better when you use it!
5. Backup! Backup! Backup! Regardless of precisely what we do, accidents do happen and hard disks do crash! To be safe and sound keep a backup of all of your files and save them on to a USB drive or a DVD/CD once in a while!
Following these basic rules may help make your computing experience safe and fun! Happy computing!