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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Please post your tutorial in this style that i am displaying:

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[b]Operating System:[/b] "Name of OS"
[b]DIfficulty:[/b] "Dif. here"
[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

[heyo-captain-jac...]

"Phenom II X3 - Turn it into a quad core"
Operating System: Any
DIfficulty: Advanced (not because it's difficult, but because it's somewhat dangerous, but no more dangerous than overclocking.)
Time needed: Few minutes

Note: You have about a 30% chance of this working right. I've heard reports from completely stable quad core system to failed POST. If your system ends up unstable from this, simply go back into BIOS and put it back on it's default settings.

You can unlock the Phenom II X3 codename Heka on any motherboard that has ACC and a SB750 south bridge, and 790fx north, assuming your processor doesn't have a damaged or destroyed core.

For this tutorial, I used a Phenom II X3 720 paired with a Biostar TA790GX 128M motherboard.

Set the appropriate BIOS setting for the Advanced Clock Calibration feature to "Auto", save settings, and restart.
The system should be able to deal with the disabled core, and off load some work to it.


For those interested, here is a the full build I used:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...Number=14453528