Do you keep your computer cleaned out?
By free_man
@free_man (7330)
United States
February 16, 2010 11:15am CST
I consider myself a kind of computer geek. I have been using one for years. I keep the hard drive cleaned of things I don't really use. If I think I might use something at a later date I put that file on cd or 3 1/2 floopy.It is wise to do a system restore point. You should defrag and do a disk clean up every time you install or uninstall a program. If your going to install a program it is wise to set a system restore point before hand. That way if your system don't like the program you installed you can go back to that point and reset your computer. When I uninstall a program I always do a disk defrag and a disk clean up. This will help your machine to run a little faster. So do you clean up your computer? Do you defrag your system and do a disk clean up?
7 responses
@nosferatu07 (404)
• Denmark
17 Feb 10
I clean my PC when I feel, it needs cleaning. Since my PC is what earns me my mone I have to keep it runing, but I don't do things so often as you. For me it takes too much time, to do all those things and some of them are not neccessary to do so often anyway.
@nosferatu07 (404)
• Denmark
17 Feb 10
It wont take so long time to clean and my computer runs just fine. I don't see the point of doing it so often. I have my PC set up like that, it wont generate junk so much and i keep it maintained.
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@sknsknskn (393)
• India
22 Feb 10
take it easy man, when u clean out ur cpu....but remind it, when u clean ur computer ur pc must be switch off, n open the cover of the cpu(any side)..n then clean it carefully......
if u face any problem then ...plzzz talk with me..
thanks dear
@MrKennedy (1978)
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18 Feb 10
A while back, I bought this really cool gooey stuff from the Gadget Shop online. It's this flourescent yellowish slime that sinks into gaps and grooves and attracts any dust and dirt within them. Once finished just pull the slime out, give it a wash and re-use it
It is brilliant because it fits into any possible gap and leaves behind no mess or grease
It is brilliant because it fits into any possible gap and leaves behind no mess or grease1 person likes this
@knuckles_adj (1)
• India
21 Feb 10
I do not defrag but i do use ccleaner to clean the registry and temp files . its a good practice to do so and ccleaner is free software with lots of utilities.
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@shan0822 (433)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Seems I just opposite of you, I just left date in my hard drive until the hard drive kind full, I must clean it for new datas. Because, I have that experience that after one year later I need to check my old staff on hard drive, and it still there, and really help me a lot. For me, there are some many files on my computer that I haven't open for years, but I just left them there, If I need more space to save new datas, I will clean it!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Hi Shan. Not a good thing to leave data piling up like that. It would be best if you think your going to use it at a later date to put it on a removable thing. Like a USB flash drive or a cd or a floppy. Back up your computer if your going to delete things so if it is something you need you can always go to that system restore point. I like working on computers and finding out how to do different things. That way I enhance my brain power.
