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Welcome To
The Better Systems Podcast!
 
February 6, 2010 Show Notes (PodcastIT002):
"Are running System Maintenance programs
really necessary?" Absolutely! Let's discuss each of the highly
recommended basic maintenance programs that are recommended by
Microsoft.
Disk Clean: Disk Clean looks for files that can be safely removed
from your hard drive. Things such as temporary files during software
setup, trash can files, and the myriads of internet files, clog up
your hard drive with files that you no longer need. Disk Clean
removes these files and helps in the optimization of your hard
drive. This only take a minute at most to run. This should be run
daily.
Disk Defragment: Let's face it. Files get fragmented and one file
can be stored in several areas on your hard drive. Disk Defragment
will rearrange the files so that they are closer together and allows
your hard drive not to work so hard in finding each part of the
file. This makes your hard drive work faster. The first time you run
this program, it will take a very long time. I've seen systems run
for days! However, subsequent running of this program will be less
and less. How often should this be run? That depends on how often
you are creating and deleting files. Minimum is probably once a week
for best optimization for most systems.
Disk Indexing: This program checks your physical hard drive for
errors and repairs them. On some newer operating systems, this is an
automatic function that is on all the time. However, you will notice
a significant slow down of your system for awhile on start up. The
better way is to turn this off and run it when you want to
(preferably as part of an automated maintenance routine). This
should be done daily as well.
Each of these three programs are suggested by Microsoft for an
optimal system. If you have your system running these programs,
preferably automated, you will find that your computer runs as fast
as when you first purchased it, or similarly right after a "clean"
install of a new operating system.
Better Systems Tech Tip:
MaintainIT
Free is now
available to you so that you can run the most common maintenance
routines just mentioned on your own computer all at once, back to
back. This means no more waiting to run one, then the other, then
the last. This is completely free program for you from Houston
Outsource! Just go to www.houstonoutsource.com/podcastit and go to
the link on the show notes to download and install.
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