general maintenance?

i just would like to see what everyone does for general maintenace for their computers, ie diskcleaner, defrag, etc. thanks

 

Run a cleaner like CC Cleaner
Run a Spyware check
Run a virus check
Check disk for errors
Defrag
In that order.

I also do some physical cleaning and maintainance. Like Cleaning out the keyboard, disk drives, fans and inside the case with canned air.

Also every now and then I check for driver updates etc.

By the time I've done all that a new processor or socket usually comes out and I buy a new computer.....

 

is that basically the same thing as norton ghost?

 

Other than the normal weekly ones that have been aired I religously do the following when I retire at night .. I run Spybot/iClean/ ....Power off and pull plug from mains and disconnect BB connecting wire, you never know if a big storm will blow up whilst a sleep, heard of a guy who had his external BB modem fried during storm. Incidentally I have set diskeeper to auto when screensaver kicks in which helps to keep HD's in order then a complete 0 & 0 defrag about every 6 months. Total defluff which includes taking out all fans including heat sink every 5/6 weeks. I dont use a can of air as I'm always a bit concerened if any moisture is present in can. A good soft paint brush and a good set of lungs and a vacuum cleaner nozzle to suck up the dust.

 

I must admit I haven't defraged all year so far..........
Is it THAT important????

Also a friend of mine just got a new comp andshe was told by the "expert" who built it for her that she should defrag once per week........

Huh??????????

That can't be right............

 

Thanks Halo
You have been very helpful...

And yep it's NTFS....
I shall run it and see how it goes...
Also I read somewhere (possibly in this forum) that defrag runs quicker if you close down all processors except explorer.exe and systray

What are your views of this???

Cheers

 

when i ran XP, each night before bed i ran System Mechanic, an AV scan, disk cleanup, Crap Cleaner and disk defrag. and i never suffered any problems

 

Virus scans, Spyware scans amost everyday,disk cleanup once a couple of weeks, chkdsk and disk defrag- i've set an automatic thrid party tool on the job, it runs daily, keeps the disk defragged. i like it that way, feel it lends that smoothness to file acess, boot, shut down etc, whenever i have not cleaned out the system have felt that wee bit delay in stuff. So am religious with maintenance. Forgot to mention registry cleaner as well.

 

what would that third party tool be?

 

Cron has set secheduled scripts to run to keep my machine pristine. If my machine isn't on during those times, I can use Onyx to run them whenever I choose.

I user Preferential Treatment to check my preferences periodically.

I repair permissions about once a week.

I dont get spyware or viruses, so I dont have programs for those installed.

 

Myth.

However, if you are using a defragger that says, screws up its job, then you will see problems.

That goes without saying, though.

 

I use Diskeeper. you cud google for more info..
Here's a link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;130539