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Anupam · 21. Nov 2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AST

Yes i agree i need to get another 512gig of ram to increase to 1 gig.(i have two slots). I use Ccleaner daily and then some! I alway use the registry cleaner.You don't recommend that? I always defrag with the windows defrag and Auslogics defrag almost daily. I never trusted the regular add/remove from windows,but maybe i'll do that.I thought once you did that ,Revo couldn't find the software that was removed to use the advanced option.One thing i don't know how to do is to make an image back up.I've seen the software,but it looks too heavy for me to use. I always back up my Favorites,the programs i use,music,etc,so if i have to do a fresh install it's not a big deal to just upload those things. How do you go about the image back up? I have a Vista machine too and i also have the disk to reinstall,but i don't play much with that machine. Thanks.

Yep, getting another RAM stick will surely improve performance. Just make you get another stick of same frequency as the previous one. If you can manage, then better get two 1 GB sticks... to increase RAM to 2 GB.

I do not recommend registry cleaner, as they can cause more problems than they will actually solve. A few registry entries in the registry won't take up much space. IMO, unless you are a computer expert, and you understand what you are doing... you should not handle registry, and use registry cleaners. Even experts advise against them. Although, registry cleaner of CCleaner is considered to be a very safe one... but still, I would not recommend registry cleaners at all. Maybe that's what caused the problems.

Once MC had shared some article, or he shared information that said that defragging daily can actually affect performance. So, it would be better to defrag once in two weeks, or one week.

To be honest, I also have not used disk image anytime. So, I really do not have any idea how they work. But, for purpose such as yours, where you experiment with new softwares, disk imaging would be a good thing. I intend to use disk image sometime, and see how it works... because it can be really useful, efficient, and fast way of having a backup, and also getting a system up and running. For now, I also take backups of my documents, pics, softwares, music, etc. manually to another hard disk, or pen drive

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J_L · 21. Nov 2009, 04:40 PM

@AST: First of all, I'd agree with Anupam on the registry cleaning and disk defragging. Also, don't bother using 2 defraggers, it's an overkill and they defrag in different ways.

As for the disk imaging: please read this article:http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-program.htm
Unless you're the type that doesn't care about backups (which doesn't seem to be the case), you will find that drive imaging is an indispensable tool. Don't rely on one image too much though and always verify, because there can be corruption.

stephanb2hv · 29. Jul 2011, 03:22 PM

nice discussion...computers require regular maintenance , and need to tune up. when it started to turn to slowly .

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21. Nov 2009, 04:40 PM	#12 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,483	@AST: First of all, I'd agree with Anupam on the registry cleaning and disk defragging. Also, don't bother using 2 defraggers, it's an overkill and they defrag in different ways. As for the disk imaging: please read this article:http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-program.htm Unless you're the type that doesn't care about backups (which doesn't seem to be the case), you will find that drive imaging is an indispensable tool. Don't rely on one image too much though and always verify, because there can be corruption.

29. Jul 2011, 03:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
stephanb2hv Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1	nice discussion...computers require regular maintenance , and need to tune up. when it started to turn to slowly .