How to Backup Drivers

How to Backup Drivers

Backing up System Drivers

Let me tell you how to backup drivers. There is a good utility that helps you backup all the drivers installed on your windows computer. when needed you will be able to reinstall all your drivers or just the ones you choose in a single step that takes less then a minute; a very handy tool especially after reinstalling windows or when the driver Cd is not available. Driver max helps you check if you have the latest version of drivers and displays detailed information about all drivers. No more searching for rare drivers. on disks or having to track them down on the Internet or inserting one installation CD after the other. Simply export all your current drivers to a fielder or a compressed file. After reinstalling windows you will have everything in one place.

File size : 2.57 MB
License : Free ware

Click here to download this utility for FREE

How to make a strong password

Free Computer Tip for Password

Passwords are a pain and while many organizations require then, they have very simple , even lax rules for implementing a password strategy. Besides requiring your user s to use passwords, there are two other things you should require of them- password ageing - strong password, password aging is essential to minimize the chances of someone else discovering and using a password that may be shared, for example to help co-worker access the corporate network. a strong password (requiring a mix of letters, numbers and characters) minimizes the chance of someone obtaining a password through a social enineering exercise.
Another technique is to make a case sensitive password and use space (if allowed) and a mix of symbols like star or hash etc.

Free Sound Recorder

Free sound recorder

It does exactly as it sounds. Its an easy to use software that lets you record any sounds from your sound card and save the recording directly into mp3, WMA or WAV files. Free sound recorder is a perfect audio recorder to record your own voice, music or any other sound by working directly with your sound card. It supports the record input/source from a microphone, streaming audio from the Internet,

external input device

(phone line, music casset, LP) as well as other application like winamp, media player. With built-in advanced audio record engine, the recorder produces

high quality recording.

click here to download this software for FREE
File size : 12.8 Mb

Licence : FREE

Duplicate music files finder

Today at Free Computer Tips I have another gift for you which will help you to find duplicate music files on your system. Duplicate files not only consume extra hard disk space but also creates problem in finding a particular file. If your system has

duplicate music files finder

That means you will have to play every track, remember what you played, and then delete them. sometimes duplicate files have totally different name and locations then its hard to find them.

This free sample program finds duplicates for you, fast and lets you delete them. It also compare file size does CRC checks and even look for MP3 mata data.
you can download it from the following link

click here to download this software for FREE

How to remove autorun.inf virus

What is autorun.inf virus?

Autorun.inf is a virus that copy itself from USB drive to your local drives. Normally it exist in USB drive and it can infect your system in many ways. when you will open the drive it automatically hide itself so it cannot be deleted manually.

How to remove autorun.inf virus?

The solution is very simple. Download "Autorun Eater" and you will get rid of all problems caused by autorun.inf

Secondly it can also fix task manager problem, fix registry problems and also can enable folder options.

Click her to download "Autorun Eater" Software FREE.

Print all files in a folder with a single command?

Free computer tips for printing files in a folder with a single command

Printing a single file very easy. but if we have more then one file then its not easy to open each file saperately and print it.
Let me tell you a simple way to print all files in a folder with a single command.
For this you need to open notepad and copy the following data in it.


@echo off

dir%1/-p/o: gin>

“%temp%\listing”

Start/wnotepad/p”%temp%\listing”

Del”%temp%%\listing”

exit


Save the file as printdir.bat, then save it in c:\windows folder. you can also save this file with any name but you must give the extension as .bat.

Now open my documents and then go to tool menu and then folder options, there Click File types tab, it will be in the upper side of the screen you will find a file type below” Registered file types” Select it and click Advanced Tab, This will open Edit File Type. Here you can see a button “New” click it and then Type print directory in action tab. Browse for c:\windows\printdir.bat through browse button at application used to perform action and then click OK.
If you want to print all lot of files then place them in a folder and then right click the folder and then select print directory option in it.

How to Increase RAM

Today at free computer tips I am going to tell you how to increase your ram without replacement or changing it. Don't go to buy a new ram while you can increase your ram virtual memory manually.

How to Increase RAM ?

First of all open any application say MS word file then go to Task manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del. you will see the Word.exe at the near about top of the list in the process tap.
Now close it and minimize the world file, don't minimize other application. Now check the memory from task manager process tab which word.exe is using. Surprised? Now it is using less RAM.
So if you will minimize the application it will consume less RAM.

When you see a file whose icon is just like an envelop and it is created in almost every folder. you should make sure that your system is infected with virus. Today I will tell you the whole manual process how to remove it.

how to remove readme.eml virus?

• 1- Restart your computer in safe mood
• 2- Search the files with the extention .eml click start and then click at search type .eml only in the search box and select all drives for it then search and delete all the files.
• 3- Type regedit in RUN and then OK.Press Ctrl + F and type runouse then find it and delete all the entries which showed up.
• 4- Restart your computer and it's been removed.

If you want to share your experience regarding readme.eml virus. You can post in comments.

 
I would suggest you to use Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 which can detect and remove readme.eml Virus
 


Another great antivirus which can handle readme.eml virus is Webroot Antivirus (Window Washer Bundle) (Highly Recommended)



How ever You can also try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Lifetime which is another great product for removing virus.

Increase disk performance

Free Computer Tip for Disk performance

Perhaps you may not be knowing that disk defragment can enhance your disk performance and speed. But windows built-in defragment system is very lazy and time consuming.

How to increase disk performance

can increase your disk performance by using Smart defrag. It is an automatic disk defragmenter that keeps your hard drive space from becoming overly defragemented which can cause slower disk performance. it work continuously in the back ground which your computer is idle and does not require further user intervention for basic maintenance. the program also include a manual defrag and with optional file system optimization.

Software name : Smart defrag

file size : 2.48 MB
licence : Free
Supported OS : windows 2000, 2003, XP , Vista


Click here to download FREE

Stop unwanted windows processes

Free Computer Tips for Windows

Your system may be slower because of unwanted system process running. it not only consume RAM but also slow down the processing speed.

I am going to introduce a software which can kill, control and debug the windows process. application name is "Daphne" which is a small try utility. you can kill a process by dragging the mouse over the windows by right clicking the process in the main process list, or by typing the name with "kill" all by "name" contained. you can set any window to be always on top, to be transparent, to be enable.it also speed up windows and comes with lot of functions, you can even restore the application from daphne menu.

Pre-process detail includes: windows tree, trend list, modules and environment variables

Software name : daphne

File size: 1.36 MB
Licence : Free
Supported OS : Windows 2000, XP, Vista, windows 2003

Click here to download FREE

Wise disk cleaner software

Most of the time your disk get full with unwanted files, which are normally hidden and unknown to user. To delete them permanently is not an easy task.even disk cleanup utility cannot fully clean the disk properly.

Best disk cleaner software

Today at free computer tips I am going to introduce a software that is known as wise disk cleaner as the name says its really wise enough to find out which file is not necessary for system and how to delete it permanently. Wise disk cleaner is a free disk utility designed to help you keep your disk clean. Usually these are junk files, incomplete uninstalls or temporary internet files. Using the software is really easy. It automatically scans the disk and ask you before deleting files and work very fast.

Wise Disk Cleaner

File Size : 2.7 MB
Licence : Free
Supported OS : all windows


Click here to download Wise disk cleaner FREE

Mozilla Firefox short keys

Free Computer Tips for Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is taking the place of IE. It is getting popularity because of its functionality and user friendly options. Most of us are using Mozilla firefox for specific purpose and they waste so much time while browsing because they don't know the short keys for Mozilla firefox. You can save time by using these short keys.

Here is a shortlist of Mozilla Firefox short keys

• CTRL+A Selects the all items on active page
• CTRL+B Display the "Organize Bookmarks" dialog box
• F5 Refresh the active web page
• F7 activate the cursor to move with keyboard
• ALT+Home Use to open the home page of Internet explorer
• ALT+Left Arrow Go to previous page of active page
• ALT+Right Arrow Go to next page of active page
• ALT+B Go to Mozilla Firefox Favorites Menu
• ALT+D Go to address bar of current Firefox page
• ALT+E Go to Mozilla Firefox Edit Menu
• ALT+F Go to Mozilla Firefox File Menu
• ALT+S Go to Mozilla Firefox History Menu
• ALT+T Go to Mozilla Firefox Tools Menu
• ALT+V Go to Mozilla Firefox View Menu
• CTRL+SHIFT+DEL Use to clear all Private Data history
• CTRL+SHIFT+D Use to Bookmarks all Firefox Tabs
• CTRL+Tab Move to next Tab in Mozilla Firefox
• CTRL+ - decrease the font size
• CTRL++ increase the font size
• CTRL+R Use to reload the active web page
• CTRL+T Display a new Tab
• CTRL+U View the source code
• CTRL+W Closes the Mozilla Firefox window
• CTRL+I Display the Bookmarks pane
• CTRL+H Display the History sidebar
• CTRL+N Use to open new Mozilla Firefox page
• CTRL+P Use to print the active web page

What is Scheduled Tasks?

Tips for Scheduled Tasks

Scheduled Tasks are very helpful for a busy user. With scheduled tasks, you can schedule any script, program, or document to open/run at any time that is most suitable for you. Scheduled Tasks starts each time your system starts and runs in the background.

With Scheduled Tasks, you can also:

• Schedule a task to run daily, weekly, monthly, or at certain times (such as system startup).
• Change the schedule for a task.
• Stop a scheduled task.
• cancel a scheduled task
• Customize how a task will run at a scheduled time.

Select default operating system for startup

Free Computer tip on how to select default OS for system startup

If you have more then one OS installed on your system, you might be facing this problem
Right click at my computer and click at properties
On the Advanced tab, under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
Under System startup, there is Default operating system option, you can select the operating system you want to start when you starts.
Select the Display list of operating systems for check box, and then type the number of seconds you want the list displayed before the default operating system starts .

Automatically put your computer on standby

Free computer tip for system standby

You might not know that you can automatically put your computer on standby. But remember when you computer is on standby your data is not saved to your hard drive so in this case if there is interruption in power supply your data will be lost.
If you are using a laptop, you can specify one setting for battery power and a other for AC power. You can adjust any power management option that your computer's hardware configuration supports. Normally power options automatically detects the available hardware on your computer and shows you only the options that you can control.

How to do it?

Open Control Panel and then select Power Option.
In Power Schemes, there is a drop down menu click the down arrow, and then select a power scheme. The time settings for the power scheme are displayed in System standby, Turn off monitor, and Turn off hard disks. You can select your suitable timing by selecting a time in Turn off monitor if you want to turn off your monitor before your computer goes on standby.
select a time in Turn off hard disks if you want to turn off your hard disk before your computer goes on standby.

Monitor flickers too much

Free Computer Tip, If your monitor flicker too much

Reason for flickering :

Sometimes your monitor is not fully compatible with your VGA, in this case your monitor flickers too much.



Solution :


To resolve this issue simply right click at you desktop then click properties in the setting tap click advance. A new window will pop up then click at monitor tab.

• From here you can change the monitor refreshing rate. 
• Setting the right refreshing rate which your monitor support will fix the problem.

Delete data from a CD

Free Computer tip on how to delete data from CD

First of all make it sure that you have Cd-rw connected with PC and installed.
Secondly all CDs are not erasable so if the CD you are using is not erasable, then you are unable to delete data from CD.
Now to erase files from a CD, double click the Cd-rw drive in my computer.
It will show the contents of CD.Under CD writing tasks, click at "Erase this CD-RW". It will displays the CD Writing Wizard. click next and then follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files from a CD.

How to fix task manager problem

In this post on Free computer tips, I will tell you how to fix task manager problem.
because of huge variety of virus task manager sometimes stop working, appear and disappear or some times it shows a message like "

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

". So If you are facing a problem with task manager then you can fix it just by downloading a light software which will automatically fix the task manager problem.

Repair Task Manager Errors by downloading this software FREE

click here to download

Windows 7 Shortcuts

Free computer tips for windows 7 shortcuts

Most of us are using windows 7 but few of them know  windows 7 shortcut keys, so its good to know some short keys.

 

Windows 7 shortcuts keys

WIN +UP arrow Maximize Window
WIN +DOWN arrow Restore or Minimize Windows
WIN +LEFT arrow Snap window to left
WIN +RIGHT arrow Snap window to right

WIN +SHIFT+LEFT arrow Move current window to left monitor
WIN +SHIFT+RIGHT arrow Move current window to right monitor

WIN +HOME key Minimize all windows

WIN +X Shows windows mobility centre
Win+Shift+left arrow Move current window to the left monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Shift+right arrow Move current window to the right monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Home Minimize all but the current window
Win+Space Peek at the desktop
Win+[Plus sign] Zoom in
Win+[Minus sign] Zoom out
Win+P Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors)
Alt+P In Explorer, show/hide the preview pane

Taskbar Modifiers

Alt+F4 Close the active window
Alt+Tab Switch to previous active window
Alt+Esc Cycle through all open windows
Win+Tab Flip 3D [more info]

Ctrl+Win+Tab Persistent Flip 3D
Win+T Cycle through applications on taskbar (showing its live preview)
Win+M Minimize all open windows
Win+Shift+M Undo all window minimization
Win+D Toggle showing the desktop

Win+up arrow Maximize the current window
Win+down arrow If the current window is maximized, restore it; if the current
Win+Shift+left arrow Move current window to the left monitor (with dual monitors)
Win+Shift+right arrow Move current window to the right monitor (with dual monitors)

Win+Home Minimize all but the current window
Win+Space Peek at the desktop
Win+[Plus sign] Zoom in
Win+[Minus sign] Zoom out

Starting Programs

Shift+Click Open a new instance of the program
Ctrl+Click Cycle between windows in a group
Middle Click Open a new instance of the program
Ctrl+Shift+Click Open a new instance of the program as Administrator
Shift+Right-Click Show window menu Managing Windows

Win+1 Open the first program on your Quick Launch bar
Win+2 Open the second program on your Quick Launch bar
Win+n Open the nth program on your Quick Launch bar
Win+U Open the ease of access center
Win+F Open the search window
Win+X Open the Mobility Center
Win+E Open Explorer
Win+R Open the Run window [more info]
Win+B Move focus to notification tray (the right-most portion of the task bar)
Win+P Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors)

Win+Pause Open the System Properties portion from the Control Panel
Ctrl+Shift+Esc Open Windows Task Manager

Win+ right arrow +Enter Shutdown
Win+right arrow + R Restart
Win+ right arrow + S Sleep
Win+ right arrow + W Switch Users
Win+L Locks computer

Viewing Folders With Explorer

Alt+right arrow Go back
Alt+ right arrow Go forward
Alt+up arrow Go up a directory

Alt+D Move focus to address bar
Alt+D, Tab Move focus to search bar

Alt+Enter Open the Properties window of the current selection
Ctrl +Mouse wheel Change the view type (extra large, small, list view, detail, etc.)
Alt+P Show/hide the preview pane

You can also check  Short Keys For Windows

Why USB device not recognized?

Free computer tip for USB

Sometimes it happens that you connect a USB device to your system and it shows "Unknown device". There may be several reasons for showing this.

Virus Infection:
First of all check that you system may not be infected with virus/spy ware/malware/adware because sometimes they also create problem for USB connectivity.

check USB connecting wires:
the front USB ports on your PC case may be misconnected. It's good to check the wire connections of USB port. The correct order of connection is Red, White, Green, and Black. only four wires are required per USB.

Device driver:
If windows is unable to recognize the device, try installing the driver yourself by inserting driver CD or windows CD. sometimes required drivers are not automatically installed on your system.

Power for device:
few devices require extra power to work properly, In this case if the USB is shared then it cannot provide required amount of power and device may not work.

Defective device:
You USB device may be defective. try using it on some other system.

How to clean a scanner

Free computer tip on how to clean a scanner

Scanner is a well known device used to scan documents but some times the scanned documents are visible enough or rough image is scanned. This is because your scanner is dusty and need to be cleaned.Fortunately you can clean your scanner yourself very easily.

Cleaning a scanner :

• unplug the power cables and data cables attached with scanner
• remove the external dust from body
• clean the glass of your scanner with any optical cleaner fluid
• Use tissue paper or soft cloth to clean the sensitive part of the scanner.
• don't try to open the screw because you cannot fix it as before
• for better result repeat this cleaning process after every two months

Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs

Free computer tip for resolving inability to add or remove programs

If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit need.

click at start button then select RUN and type Regedit

Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Uninstall
Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it.

Increasing File System Caching

Free computer tip for Increasing File System Caching

To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:

click start and then click RUN then type Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
Edit the key IoPageLockLimit

This will improve you system speed and performance

Increasing System Performance

Free computer tip for Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
It will disable the memory used by paging execution and eventually your memory will rise.

click at start button then select RUN and type Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive

Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer

how to Increasing Graphics Performance

Free computer tip for Increasing Graphics Performance

By default, Windows XP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.
Most simply slow down their display.

To turn these off selectively:

Follow these steps to Increasing Graphics Performance

• Right click on the My Computer icon
• Select Properties
• Click on the Advanced tab
• Under Performance, click on the Settings button
• To turn them all off, select Adjust for best performance
• For best performance leave them all off except for "show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging"

Increase your system speed

Free computer tips for Increase your system speed

First of all make it sure that your system is not infected with virus, spyware, adware or any other malicious software. If yes then first of all remove it because they are main factor that decrease your system speed. Here are few thing on which you system speed depends.

1. disk defragment
2. temp files
3. registry files
4. virus/spyware
5. adware
6. milieus softwares
7. cache memory

Follow this Steps to increase your CPU speed:

Scan your system on regular basis:
If you are using a system which is connected to Internet or new USB are usually connected to your system then it is recommended that you scan your system on daily bases and conclude that which virus is mostly attacking on your files. try different antivirus if you are facing problem.

Delete all temporary file

When you use Internet your browser will cache the page and save the image,video,text every thing present on the web pages.Some times they also contain virus and these are unwanted for operating system,will decrease your processor speed.Some time some malware will also present in this.Ad-ware will spy your behaviour using your cookies ,So clean this unwanted Temp files.

Cleanup your disk

Do Disk Cleanup daily .This is a tool provide by windows ,which is inbuilt in your windows .Disk CleanUp will delete all the Active X like files or application installed while browsing on Internet.To clean this go to system tools and click Disk Cleanup select the drive and click OK Delete all the unwanted files and application

Defragment your disk

when files are stored on the disk they are not well organized, disk Defragmenter will rearrange them in a good way that will increase your system speed Weekly do Disk Defragmenter ,this will arrange your files in disk .It will also provide by Windows and administrator can only use this .This will take more than 15-45min.

Block Any Site In Your Computer

Free computer tip on how to Block Any Site In Your Computer

you can block any site in your computer without using any software. This is very useful technique and with this technique you can block almost all type of adult site and you can save your children and other family members from viewing adult material.

How To Block Websites Without Software

• click on start , go to run and type C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
• Here search and Find the file named "HOSTS"
• double click on it and OPEN with the notepad
• You will see in the end of the notepad something like this "127.0.0.1 localhost"
• Now write below the "127.0.0.1 localhost" 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com ,

IT SHOULD BE LOOK LIKE THIS
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal IP (127.0.0.2) IE: 127.0.0.3 www.something.com 127.0.0.4 www.something.com

How to make your own screensaver

Free computer tip on how to make your own screensaver

You can put your own digital photos as a screensaver, First of all you need to create a slide show presentation for use as a screen saver.

How to make a slide show

- Right-click an empty spot on your desktop and then click Properties.

- Click the Screensaver tab.

- In the Screen saver list, click My Pictures Slide show.

- click on the settings button and click on browse to locate your pictures

- In the settings you can make Settings to make any adjustments, such as how often the pictures should change, what size they should be, and whether you'll use transition effects between pictures, and then click OK.


Now your screen saver is a random display of the pictures taken from your located folder.

How to open and clean CD-ROM

Free computer tip for CD-ROM cleaning

Computer CD-ROM is a sensitive device and it need great care to open and clean it. Normally they work good even having fair amount of dust on their lens but it can stop working when dust on the lens is more then enough. It can create two problems.

- Skipping/ Repeating CDs
- Stop reading
- Taking time in reading CDs

in this case you should make it sure that your CD-ROM need to be cleaned.

Take following steps to open the CD-ROM:

• Take the CD-ROM out of CPU box
• Open the try of the CD-ROM and remove the front cover of the try.
• When try cover is removed you can removed the other cover on which play and eject button are situated.
• Now open the screw

Almost in the middle of the machine there is a lens you can see it from the bottom of the CD-ROM. There is a small screw which holds the lens you can adjust it to fix the lens. some times this screw is lose and lens cannot perform better. now take tissue paper and very softly clean the lens. Always use blower to clean other parts of CD-ROM. After finishing this job tight the screw and place the cover as it was removed. You will definitely see difference in CD reading

Minimize And Maximize Windows Using Keyboard

                    Minimize And Maximize Windows Using Keyboard

Some time "show desktop" button may be deleted, disabled or not functioning so in this case you may be facing problem how to minimize and maximize all your active windows programs.

You can do all using your mouse, but if you want to do this with keyboard then simply press Windows key+M to minimize all active programs and later maximize it using Windows key+Shift+M.

If you want to minimize the all active windows programs one by one then use the shortcut by pressing Alt+Space+N keys and sequentially maximize the active windows programs using shortcut Alt+Space+X keys.

Disable or Enable Auto run CD

            How to disable or enable auto run CD

Some times you may be irritating when suddenly a CD window pop up or a video begins to run as the CD is inserted. You can enable or disable auto run CD depending on your nature of work by making a simple change in registry. In user interface mode there is no option to disable or enable this feature and you must edit the registry of windows and be careful to work registry.
 
procedure

Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

Here you can disable or enable automatically running your CD.

Change the value of Autorun to 0 for disable and change the value to 1 for enable.

After finishing editing you must restart your computer to see the effect of changes.

How to backup registry files

                                      How To backup registry files

First of all you need to backup all your registry file before modifying them because if you made a wrong editing it will help you restore original files. Secondly you must have basic knowledge about editing and modifying registry. You can backup the whole Registry and only Registry sub-keys.

                                     Procedure for editing registry

Click Start Button then click run, type regedit in Run dialog box and click OK button. Here you can backup the whole Registry or you can locate the required sub-keys that contain the information that you want to edit.

Go to File menu option then click on Export option for backup and save it with on any your system drive with . Reg extension and you can restore this backup going File menu using import option.

How to fix hard drive problems

  Hard Disk

If your computer is creating problems to read/write on the hard disk or may become unstable then it is possible that some lost clusters and bad sectors are on your hard disk. To check your computer hard drive for any errors, you can use scan disk utility. You should scan your hard disk on regular basis to maintain the status of missing cluster and bad sectors. In windows 2000 and XP, you can use the error-checking tools to check the health of your hard drive. 

Follow the given steps to run the error- checking tools:

• 
  
  First open the My Computer then right click on any drive that you want to check.
• 
  
  On the right click menu select the Properties option.
• 
  
  Here select the Tool tab then run Check Now in the Error-checking dialog area.
• 
  
  Under check disk options you can select both check box ”Automatically fix file system errors” and “scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” then press Start button.
• 
  
  This test will prompt you, if there is any problem on your hard disk and automatically fix it now.
  
  
  Your hard drive may be running slow because there are useless garbage of files that you need to clean. There is a free utility that is called best disk cleaner software. It is wise enough to clean all the unnecessary files while saving necessary files. 
  In case your important files are deleted or if you want to recover previously deleted files which were also removed from recycle bin you can also recover them by How to recover deleted files.
  Show disk performance can be caused if you did not defragement your hard drive, There is a built-in defragementer tool in Windows but that is very slow. you need to lean How to increase disk performance.
  Hopefully these tips will help you speedup your system and will fix the hard drive problem.

Computer buying tips

Computer buying tips

Here are few tips which will help you in buying a new computer

Step 1 : Evaluate your need

First of all make a rough idea what kind of PC you are looking to buy.

• Are you looking to buy a mini PC, desk tip or lap top ?
• What should be its configuration?
• Do you have any brand preference?
• What should be the quality of hardware?
• What should be the size of hard disk and ram?

Step 2 : Market Survey

After making this rough idea, try to find out prices of the PC you are looking for. For this purpose you can search from the Internet or go to the market for price survey. when you have done this job, next step is to check the PC that is that the one you are looking for?

Step 3 : Checking your PC

Initially there are certain checks you need to do. First of all check the hard drive size , ram size, cache memory, Processor size, key board quality or brand, mouse , Power supply. power cables

checking the monitor:

For new monitor there are always warranties so you don't need to worry when you are buying a new monitor.
If you are buying a branded computer then first of all check the screen. Is there any kind of bold on the screen or a minor dim in the screen, If so then ask the shop keeper.

Step 4 : Ask for warranties

Before paying the price for the PC, you need to ask to the shopkeeper that how the company will compensate in case the device is not functioning or is not compatible with your computer. what would be the procedure.