Remove Useless Junk From Your PC

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If you’re planning on upgrading to Vista at the end of the month then you won’t need this tip. Over time your PC can accumulate a lot of useless junk, particularly if you are not choosy about what apps, toolbars, widgets, drivers etc you install. I have to admit that I’ve fallen into this trap recently and my machine is crashing a couple of times a day. I can’t be bothered to fix it though as my copy of Vista arrives next week I think. At least then I can blame Mircosoft for my woes!

SunbeltBlog have put together a good checklist of things you can do to clean up your PC. Even though the list is quite long most of these are quite easy to implement, so I’ve decided to feature them. Three in particular are noteworthy:

• Separate your data from everything else: Either partition your drive or get an external drive to hold your data, and keep your primary drive for the operating system and your applications.
• Ditch utilities: Do you really need one of these “utility suites” you see that seem to promise so much? I don’t think so. Or how about a registry cleaner? They may be spiffy, but I doubt you really need them.
• Kill toolbars: A toolbar has its use, but you only need one: Google’s or Yahoo’s. Choose one. Ashcan the rest.

I always put my OS and data on seperate drives or partitiions, so that if I need to reinstall the OS I don’t have to worry about my data.

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