Computer is dead

[clivvy]

[96terrano]

AND, i like how you can customize themes, btw, dad and i both use the same user on this computer, so it saves faffing around, i just can't believe how quick it is

[clivvy]

yeah it is a lot better than IE, although I still like IE - the latest version IS good and much better, but still not as good as Chrome or Firefox to be fair. Uses a bit less memory too.

[supergnome]

Now you've got it going better why don't you sort it by clearing old the redundent files, sort the hives,file system and defrag it it'll run like new. David.

[clivvy]

yeah, try good old JK defrag

http://www.kessels.com/jkdefrag/

[supergnome]

Looks good, GPL software. I mostly use Ccleaner with microshite. David.

[96terrano]

Originally Posted by supergnome

Now you've got it going better why don't you sort it by clearing old the redundent files, sort the hives,file system and defrag it it'll run like new. David.

i know how to de frag, but how do i sort redundent files, hives, and file system

[supergnome]

As said I use Ccleaner, others will recommend different progs to do this.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
It does most of the above, but back the registry when asked in the prog.
File system check, I think, can but found by Start-my computer-right click drive C- choose tools-file system check, tick the two boes to repair then proceed. It won't as you need to restart and it will check and try to repair. let it proceed. Might take 30 mins to complete.

Sorry for sketchy instructions but I havent used ms stuff for a while. David

[96terrano]

Originally Posted by supergnome

As said I use Ccleaner, others will recommend different progs to do this.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
It does most of the above, but back the registry when asked in the prog.
File system check, I think, can but found by Start-my computer-right click drive C- choose tools-file system check, tick the two boes to repair then proceed. It won't as you need to restart and it will check and try to repair. let it proceed. Might take 30 mins to complete.

Sorry for sketchy instructions but I havent used ms stuff for a while. David

cheers, i'll do that, I've all ready de-fragged it

[arcascomp]

Been busy all weekend, so missed this. You've already had all the right advice. One other thing worth doing - I'm assuming as you're on XP that the machine is a few years old.

Back up anything important as the hard drive may be likely to fail on you - Windows can deal with bad sectors as they crop up a bit, but you may find that the freezing was down to the odd corrupted file. Should the Bootloader section go, it'll be goodnight Vienna for your PC and those photos/videos etc will be harder to recover. Is it a desktop or a laptop? email me the spec of what you've got - if I have better loafing about spare, I'll send something over to you.

[96terrano]

Cheers I'll get you the spec

[96terrano]

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