Computer Performance and Maintenance, Tutorials Options

[Jghelfi]

This Thread is designed for posting tutorials designed for Computer Maintenance and Performance, so in order to post in this thread, you can ONLY post your own tutorial that will help the user guide their way through their computer.
*You may post tutorials regarding the following..
-Overclocking
-Restoration of files
-Battery Conservation
-Troubleshooting
-Constructing^NEW!

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Table of Contents^Updated!
- Recovering your documents after you do a System Restore
- Speeding up your Computer [1 | 2]
- Phenom II X3 - Turn it into a quad core
- Make menu's open instantly
- Automate HDD Defragmentation on Idle
- Build a Computer
- How to Create/Do a System Restore^NEW!
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[b]Time needed:[/b] "Length of tutorial (Approx. are acceptable)"

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"Recovering your documents after you do a System Restore"
Operating System: Windows XP
Difficulty: Intermediate
Time needed: 25 min. or less


So, you did a System Restore and only found some files that the computer had restored itself, and now you are saying: "Where did all my Documents (Music, Videos and Photos) Go!?." Now you are thinking that they have been wiped off your computer permanently right? Well thats a no. They are still on your computer! The Way you can recover your missing documents is by following this tutorial that will be easy if you follow the instructions correctly.

Step 1) Go to your Start menu
Step 2) Next go to My Computer.
Step 3) Go under the Hard Disk Drives section and double click PC_PAVILLION (C:).
Step 4) Now go into Documents and Settings.
Step 5) Choose the name of your computer that you had before. My computer's name was "HP_Owner.YOUR-86339EB2BF"
Step 6) Go to "HP Owner's Documents".
Step 7) And now you can see all the documents that you had before the restore.

Just Copy, Cut, or Drag the Folder or Documents that you have in there to the destined place. I hope this helps you later on when you have problems with your computer.

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If you have any problems regarding this tutorial, please PM me.

This post has been edited by -Jon-: May 1 2010, 03:18 PM

[Maccabee]

Addition to Speeding up your Computer.

Services and startup services. Startup services are basically programs that start when you turn on your computer. Very few are really needed. Just use common sense to choose which ones to disable, read the location to see if it is a program and also if you dont know what it is, you can just google it and it will show up.

To turn some off, press the windows key and r and type msconfig and hit enter. Then go to the startup tab.
Then uncheck the ones you dont want, and click okay. You will have to restart your computer. And when it opens again you will get a pop up telling you things have been changed so just check the box telling it to not open again.



Services are processes that run in the background and use system memory. To disable the unnecessary ones go to control panel, admin tools, services, and then look through them and read what they do. If you dont need one then, right click it, click properties and set the startup type to disabled. If you use a personal computer and you dont use a network to view other computers or printers or use remote desktop or automatic updates or system restore then you can disable all of these.

Computer Browser
Help and Support
Remote Desktop Help
Messenger
NetMeeting Remote desktop
Terminal Services
Automatic Updates
System Restore Service



Also visual appearance can slow down your computer. If you don't mind your computer looking like it is running windows 98 then go to control panel, system, in vista you will have to click advanced settings but in xp just go to the advanced tab and then go to performane, settings and set it to adjust for best performance and hit ok. If you really hate the new look, then in xp you can just check the very bottom one. If you are using vista and dont want to make your computer look like windows 98 it may be a good idea to right click the desktop, click personalize, appearance and click the link at the bottom and changing the style to vista basic. It will make your computer run faster.

Also a good program to use to speed up your computer is called ccleaner. Check it out. It is totally virus free and really helps speed things up.