Cleaning and Organizing your Computers
It is one of the best ideas to think your PC as your personal actual office. No one ever likes to get the work done effectively if it is disorganized and cluttered. One should remember that the organization and the arrangement of the article presented in the PC reflect what kind of personality the owner has. Think of an office with a slow and inefficient workplace. What can you imagine? Is it not clouded and congested? Is it conducive for working? Of course, a jumbled area begets dissatisfaction to the workforce. Here are few things you can do to clean up the mess on your computers.
Disk Cleanup
An office can accumulate a lot of unnecessary files, machines, and decorations. This is the same with your computer. One of the best ways to keep this clutter under control is to perform a cleaning utility periodically. In Windows,this cleaning utility will be called a “disk cleanup.” It removes a variety of unnecessary files depending on the options you have selected.
To perform a disk cleanup on Windows XP you can simply click on “my computer” under the start menu. Than right click on your “c drive” or “hard disk” and choose properties. Than click “disk cleanup” and follow the prompts. When selecting files to clean up, or delete, Windows will give you information to help you decide. When looking over the list of file types, you would simple click on the name of the file type and read the description placed below in the description area. This will let you know if the files can be safely deleted. To select the file group just check the box next to the group name. When finished selecting press “OK” to finish.
Disk clean up is not time consuming; it may need not to be done regularly should it be periodically. You need to set a scheduled task for cleaning so it shall be monitored thoroughly. This will allow your computer to run it automatically with intervals and time of day determined by you. Yet, will enable your computer to run automatically even without crating a scheduled task.
Add or Remove Programs
The “add or remove programs” utility in Windows, allows you to remove some unnecessary files documents and data in your computer. It also allows you to add programs you think necessary and relevant to the development and progress of your computer response activity. This is located in the control panel and lists all of your currently installed programs along with an option to uninstall them.
What happen if you store unused programs in your computer? A scenario likened to that of the clogged nose is more likely to be the best example for unused programs. It will affect the running operation of your PC.
Defragment
In the context of administering computer systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file close together and contiguously. It also attempts to create larger regions of free space using compaction to impede the return of fragmentation.
If you need to defragment your computer, simply hit the defragment button. It may take your computer a while to finish this task depending on the speed of your computer and the amount of defragmented files. It could take from about 15-30 minutes or more. However, you can still use the computer while the disk defragmenter is working.
