So your computer has been used for a while? Your folders are a mess, you cant stand the clutter, and not to mention everything is going slow. Well im going to teach you how you can stop all this clutter with my Windows RE-DO Guide which is a guide that has several instructions that teach you how to make your PC a cleaner and better working area. This is an all around guide which is new to the world, so read it and enjoy it, then delve into the areas of a faster, more organized computer.
STEP 1:Back it upSeveral things may go wrong while you are trying to clean and organize your pc for the better, so what you need to do is back up your data. You can do this by going to start>all programs>accessories>system tools>system restore, then press create a restore point, which means if anything goes wrong you can simply revert it back to the way it was before you read this tutorial.
STEP 2:Find the unwanted thingsEvery persons PC is commpletely cluttered with things they dont want, so what do you need to do? DELETE the things you dont want. I know i know, "but what if i want them later?" Trust me, if you dont want them now, you WONT want them later. So go to the control panel and press Add/Remove programs, and go through the list of programs that you dont want and uninstall them all, Once your done with that you just simply need to restart your computer and it should be running a little faster already.
STEP 3:Find the space hogsYou already know that everything takes up space, but what you dont know is how much space it takes up compared to the computers total space, and this is where a tool, WinDirStat comes into place. Download it
here. Now what it does is it takes all the files on your computer and puts it into visual blocks, the bigger blocks taking up more space. Now what you simply need to do is click on the biggest blocks you see and wonder, what the heck could be taking up THIS much space, then look above at the lists and see that YES! the program you use the least is taking up that much space, so what do you do? delete it. You can do this by right clicking on the item in the list and pressing delete.
STEP 4:The DocsOkay if you really want to be cleaning out your pc to make it an overall better experience, you probably have cluttered documents too. So what do you need to do? Create three main folders, "Junk drawer","Useful",and "Media", and seperate all your files in your current My Documents into these three folders : Junk Drawer is for stuff you use rarely, but you still need them. Useful is for stuff you use almost every day, and Media is for songs,pictures,videos, and all that good stuff.
STEP 5:The BuildupNow that your computer should be running relatively fast, you can now perform a system scan for unwanted files. You can do this with CCleaner(crap cleaner) visit their page
here.Now what your going to want to do is download their product, and then run a scan, but do not adjust any settings, just click on Cleaner, then press Analyze, once it is done analyzing just press Run Cleaner, then it will delete all unneeded files taking up space. Next click on the registry tab. and then press scan, once it is done scanning press fix selected errors. It will prompt you to back up your registry, select yes, and back it up to a new My Documents folder called "Backup". Then just fix all the errors. Now your computer should be running really good.
STEP 6:The New AppsNow i bet since now you have a faster computer, you want a couple of faster apps to go along with it, and you dont want to spend any money on them, well here are some apps you can download.
Mozilla Firefox - Fast webbrowser that is theme and addon compatible
Thats it, if you have any more suggestions or reviews about this tutorial, just leave it in the comments. Thanks, and hope this helps!
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