Your PC is old, congested and slow. At any time your hard drive may crash. You are about to hit your deadline and realize you're stuck. A few tricks will help you fix computer problems and give you a basic idea of PC crash repair and computer troubleshooting. |
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First things first. What should you look for to fix a computer problem? We can sit down and list all the components of a computer for you, but in reality 90% of the problems you run into are software-based. |
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Fixing a computer problem usually does not involve rectifying a physical device, but optimizing, customizing and/or keeping the operating system files in the right places. Let's look into PC crash repair. |
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A hard drive 'crash' is a rare phenomenon. Mechanical or physical damages to drives can be due to improper power flow or manufacturing damage. Logical drives error in most cases due to improper partition and operating system installation. You can also check corrupt system files and unnecessary registry entries. Sometimes adware, malware or spyware may also damage your hard drive and make your pc crash. |
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Check the following:
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1. Know Your Computer: Before seeking any external help and while you are faring well, keep a copy of your system configuration information. Just run SYSEDIT and put the resultant text data in a file. Better print it and a keep a hard copy with you, which you may require at times. |
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2. Keep a bootable disk: Better a make a bootable CD (floppy is unreliable). It will help you greatly in data recovery and OS re-installation if your PC crashes. You can make a boot disk from Add/Remove Programs of your Windows control panel. |
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3. Keep the hard drives tuned: Restore the lost files and lock the bad clusters while you can. File system in Windows requires defragmentation. Run defragmentation, at least once in a month. Linux OS does not require defrag. |
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4. Try to keep your files neat and organized: Besides organizing your folders/files, don't stack excess bulky data in the hard drive. You can keep a dump of your OS and some documents and/or programs. Clean sweep the disks and drives of unnecessary files by a utility. |
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5. Keep back up: Keep back up of the important data. |
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6. Ward off viruses: Through out the net viruses intrude via emails. Setup a virus-proof mail application. |
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7. Don't tamper with the OS and Program Files: Renaming the system files, adding components when you don't know well about those is harmful. Don't install too many utilities or programs. |
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8. Use advanced/up-to-date drivers: Use up-to-date drivers for your devices.
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9. Compare PC hardware and software resources: Be sure that your computer meets all the requirements of your software. |
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10. Shutdown properly: Don't switch off your PC like you do with other gadgets. Let your PC close the applications and restore the settings before your switch it off. |
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When you find the condition critical enough, then please don't go further, make a call to ServerPlex Onsite to restore your PC resources and the network.
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