help in computer clean up

[justice_payne]

does anyone have any suggestions on how to make my computer faster in cleaning wise other then defrag,disk clean up,scandisk

[Computer Hope Admin]

Justice_payne,

In addition to running defrag, scandisk, etc. we have listed various other basic steps you can run to help the computers run faster and/or more efficiently.  We highly recommend you review the basic troubleshooting steps for your operating system on the below link.

http://www.computerhope.com/basic.htm

If anyone else has additional recommendations or tips definitely feel free to post them.

[d.champion]

As a novice with one computer course, please advise how to make the virus scan, disk clean up etc. run on Windows XP.  I have gone threw all the steps in the Start/Acessories/System Tools/Scheule Tasks numerous times without success.  It worked with Windows Me but will not since installing Windows XP.  I have sent message for help to Microsoft and their web site can not be displayed!!  I am very frustrated.

[MetalMilitia]

Go into my computer then right click on the hard drive you wish to scan or defrag, then go to properties. You should then see a tools tab and in this are the tools.

[Joleen]

I recommend a good format every couple of months if you're into file sharing or testing new software.  I also have my main drive partitioned with about 25G reserved for installs saving the rest for images, music, general files.  That way my C: isn't constantly being disorganized.  Without the use of something like PartitionMagic, you'll have to format first so I recommend saving all your desired files.