Back in the dark ages of Windows XP, defraging your hard drive seemed more important than it is today. Even though I recommend defraging at least every month as part of a montly maintenance program, it still seems to be more of a suggestion than it is a must especially with more modern OS like Vista and Windows 7.
Like a lot of people this Christmas, I got a new laptop. As usual, it had several useless pre-installed software on it taking up resources and space. The only way to regain the wasted space and to make sure I had a clean, working system was to do a complete overhaul.
In previous post, I wrote about ways to protect your data using regular backups and online backups. These tasks are easy to setup and run on a regular basis and should be part of everyone’s regular monthly tasks. However these types of “backup” can’t backup your software, data, and operating system all in one shot.
The end of the month is the time I run my Monthly PC Tune-up to make sure things are running smoothly. Its a simple list of six tasks or tune-up steps that I run on my PC at the end of every month.
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