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

[Uronacid]

Automate HDD Defragmentation on Idle:
Difficulty: Medium
Time Needed: 15 Min

You will need the following:
JKDefrag: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip

Step By Step for Vista:

1. Unzip JkDefrag-3.36.zip to a Folder on your computer. I placed mine in a folder I created called C:\Scripts\Defrag.
2. Launch the "Task Scheduler" by clicking the Windows Button and type "Task Scheduler"
3. From within the Test Scheduler application window: open the Action menu and select Create Task.
4. From within the Create Task window on the General tab: name your task "Automated Defrag"
5. From within the Create Task window on the General tab: click the "Change User or Group" button.
6. From the Select User or Group window: click the Advanced button
7. From the Advanced Select User or Group window click the Find Now button to display a list of the users on the computer.
8. From that the List: double click the Administratoruser account. The Advanced Select User or Group window will close.
9. From the Select User or Group window: click the OK button.
10. From within the Create Task window: select the Triggers tab.
11. From within the Create Task window and on the Triggers tab: click the New button.
12. From within the New Trigger window: Select the On idle event from the Begin the task drop down menu. Make sure the task is Enabled and click the OK button.
13. From within the Create Task window select the Actions tab.
14. From within the Create Task window and on the Triggers tab: click the New button.
15. From within the New Action window: click the Browse button, browse to the location where you unzipped the JkDefrag-3.36.zip file, select JkDefragCmd.exe, click the Open button, and click the OK button to exit the New Action window.
16. From within the Create Task window and on the Triggers tab: click the OK button.

From now on your computer will immidiately defrag itself when it is left idle.