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How to perform Disk Cleanup and Defragment

1. Ace1875Salvaged from archive11 Apr 2006, 18:12
   DISK CLEANUP OK some of you that don't know this might be wondering whats Disk Cleanup and what does it do. well Microsoft has a bad habit of leaving tracks behind of the programs, website, etc. you used and/or visited. In time this information will buildup use up your hard drive space and slow the performance of your computer. Visiting web sites like FileCabi leaves backup of big movie files in your hard drive. (this is not FileCabi's Fault, its Microsoft). But the cool thing is since Windows 98 Microsoft started to provide a program called "Disk Cleanup" which cleanup unwanted files for you. So let start. Go to the start button and click it. On the top right side you will see My Computer click it. http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7744/cl11bp.jpg A window that looks somewhat similar to the one on the bottom will open up. Right click on your "C:" drive, which is usually labeled "Local Disk" and then scroll down to properties. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3217/cl22sl.jpg The Local Disk C: Properties will pop open. in the first tab you will see a button called Disk Cleanup, its circled in the image. click it. http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9107/cl31qn.jpg When you click that button sometimes it will look like nothing is happening or sometimes this lower image pops open. This will take sometime to calculate depending on how much unwanted info your hard drive had saved. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3168/cl49xt.jpg When after sometimes its done calculating, it will display this bottom image. Check mark ALL the boxes, you might have to scroll down to check some other ones. Then click OK. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5782/cl58jt.jpg WE ARE DONE!!!! Do this twice a week or every night its up to you. Next is DISK DEGRAGMENT Follow the first 2 steps from the "Disk Cleanup" to get you to "Local Disk C: Properties". on the top most tab click "Tools" When Tools is clicked it should look like the bottom image. click on "Disk Defragment" which is illustrated by a red circle. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6331/cl60ye.jpg When you click Disk Defragment button this window should pop up. make sure that the C: is highlighted looking somewhat like the picture below. Then click the "Defragment" button on the bottom http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1384/cl70na.jpg You should see a colorful display like so. It is wise to have your Screen Saver turned off, during this process. http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3089/cl80ik.jpg If you have any questions, if you want anything, if you want any more instructions, don't ask me. :twisted: j/p :P Check out my tutorial on Video Viewing problems (http://www.filecabi.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8259)
2. Ace1875Salvaged from archive11 Apr 2006, 18:15
   Im' not a writer so if i made any mistakes typing, or confused you even more sry. Check out my tutorial on Video Viewing problems (http://filecabi.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2573)
3. OverlordSalvaged from archive11 Apr 2006, 23:54
   option #2 go buy a Mac. Works for me!
4. tgd_02Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 04:17
   hey ace, i got some bad ass video lag when im playing my games (hf2, fear) and thus i had to turn my shadowing, detail down etc and now i look like some tool with a 64 mg vid card :(...got any suggestions?
5. Ace1875Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 06:34
   hey ace, i got some bad ass video lag when im playing my games (hf2, fear) and thus i had to turn my shadowing, detail down etc and now i look like some tool with a 64 mg vid card :(...got any suggestions? what video card do you have? Is your Video card build on to your motherboard? how much video RAM does your Video Card have? How much RAM do you have? What operating system do you have? Do you know what system tray is? & How many icons are there? Are you using the CDROM version or hard drive version? :Throw Me a freaking bone here: ;)
6. tgd_02Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 09:54
   hehe sry i gave u no info on my laptop... :oops: well my video card is a radeon x600 its a laptop so im guessing its not built in to the MoBo...(maybe) My ram is 512GB....wtf i thought i had a 1 GIG!!! pentium 4 cpu 3.4ghz OS: Windows XP SP2 yes i think i may know wat a system tray is and if im right theres 8 icons and im running the hard drive version of the game for half life 2 But for f.e.a.r it needs a cd to run any more info needed?
7. Ace1875Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 12:27
   hehe sry i gave u no info on my laptop... :oops: well my video card is a radeon x600 its a laptop so im guessing its not built in to the MoBo...(maybe) Specs for your video card (http://www.ati.com/products/mobilityradeonx600/specs.html) Mobility™ Radeon® X600 series is ATI’s ninth generation of mobile graphics with integrated onchip memory delivering true flexibility for numerous mobile form factors, from full size to “thin-and-light”. Discrete On-chip 64MB DDR (128-bit) On-chip 128MB DDR (128-bit) According to ATI there are 2 different RAMs for that particular video card. make sure you download all the right updated drivers for your video card. My ram is 512GB....wtf i thought i had a 1 GIG!!! pentium 4 cpu 3.4ghz OS: Windows XP SP2 yes i think i may know wat a system tray is and if im right theres 8 icons and im running the hard drive version of the game for half life 2 But for f.e.a.r it needs a cd to run any more info needed? Make sure you are not runing a download agent (Download manager, Limewire, Kazaa, or anything) in the background. right click the icons and "exit" or "Quit" out of them. If its still slow unplug your net connection, follow the "Disk Cleanup" and "Disk Defragment" then restart. after full restart again close the icons in the system tray and then run Hafe life and see. make sure you're disconnected from the net. If you are using a hard drive Hafe life if uses more resources than anything. and having stuff run in the background is not helping any.
8. hiSalvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 14:51
   There is no way you are going to get good frame rates on FEAR with that card. It is just not powerfull enough. On a 2.8 GHz AMD FX rig with 2 GB ram, your gfx card got 6 fps @ 1024x768. It goes without saying that P4s can't touch AMD 64s in games, let alone a fx 57. With hl2 things are a little better, on other benchmarks I looked at (duno what hardware they used) a x600 got from 9-30 fps on differnt tests, so you should be able to get 40+ on low res and low detail. Basicly the x600 is a low end budget card, you can't expect miracles from it unfortunatley. :( option #2 go buy a Mac. Works for me! http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=159812 :wink: Btw for windows I recomend trying Perfect Disk. It does a much better job than the windows defragger, and requires much less free space (as little as 5%, windows needs about 25% to work) http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ Grab the 30 day free trial.
9. Ace1875Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 17:00
   ^^^ So true. what i also forgot to mention was if your resolution is set at 1024xwhatever or more you are trying to use up more memory try to drop the resolution down and the bit rate, the refresh rate will be alot faster. I don't mean the resolution from the windows itself but from the game option menu. (as little as 5%, windows needs about 25% to work) BTW Windows require 15%. but who cares 3rd party is always better. If anyone needs full version softwares hit me for free. I don't need money from fellow members. You must be a participating member. PM me your software requirement & email. As you see i use Ashampoo http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3217/cl22sl.jpg
10. tgd_02Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 21:09
    sigh im gonna go cry now since this is a laptop and cant really upgrade it...:( eh well i guess ill save up some money to buy a new desktop over the summer hmm maybe buy that Quad SLI from Nvidia.....oh man or maybe that 7800gt eh lol can u guys help out with specs for a gamers dream pc? please?? sry for the bothering and thanks for the tips above
11. Ace1875Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 21:32
    http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8036/dellxps600renegad…
12. Ace1875Salvaged from archive12 Apr 2006, 22:01
    Try to get a system with minimum of 1GB RAM (recommend 2GB), 512MB Video Card thats not buit in to the mother board like an AGP slot and not shared with the on board system RAM(will be expensive for AGP, PCI is cheaper), at least 100gb HD. PentiumD Processor with Dual Core Technology.
13. hiSalvaged from archive13 Apr 2006, 01:08
    If you suddenly find a whole load of cash, head over to http://www.falcon-nw.com/flash/ Hand airbrused case: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5554/atc110usflaghi5ev… Ok, if you want an uber pc, I would get this: Latest AMD FX duel core cpu (get one of the new socket AM2 which supports DDR-2 RAM) DFI Lanparty motherboard :) 2 GB duel channel RAM kit (or more, I think there will be 4 GB duel channel kits soon O_o) You could go for quad SLI, but it is basicly a waste of money. Games will be cpu limited instead of GPU limited, I would go for normal 2 card SLI or 2 card Crossfire (ATI) Personaly I would go for crossfire. Get a Razer mouse: http://www.razerzone.com/ (great mice, using one now) Get a Logitec G15 Keyboard (great keyboard, using one now) Get the 30" Dell widescreen monitor! :O http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/monitors/0,39023940,3… Oh and a PhysX card for sure!: http://physx.ageia.com/footage.html
14. tgd_02Salvaged from archive13 Apr 2006, 04:18
    thanks a lot for the tips guys, for the falcon computers holy crap >.< i wish i could go and throw 6-7k on a pc im going to try ibuypower or something....and since dell bought out alienware might the prices lower (?) idk well this summer its either a new gaming pc, start paying student loans, or a used car....must choose wisely
15. OverlordSalvaged from archive13 Apr 2006, 17:31
    btw: new intel powerbooks run XP read about "boot camp" on apple.com. Basically you run all your work, graphics etc on bulletproof UNIX based OS X. Then when you want to play every game on the market, restart into XP professional. The powerbook series with 2 gigs of ram let me edit video, realtime. plus they use the new hi-def LCDs and video outputs, bluetooth is standard, and all the hardware is top of the line. Initially they look expensive but when you upgrade the gateways or dells to top of the line equip you wind up spending the same money.
16. Ace1875Salvaged from archive13 Apr 2006, 17:41
    Your Half Life http://www.falcon-nw.com/flash/images/ATC110_HL2white_lef… http://www.falcon-nw.com/flash/images/ATC110_HL2white_rig… OK took them off And yes i can get higher Resolution :wink:
17. OverlordSalvaged from archive13 Apr 2006, 22:05
    LMAO could you get a higher res?
18. tgd_02Salvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 01:36
    omfg...beautiful...*tear drops
19. ChebSalvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 04:38
    I must say that I love this thread. Good job ace. Well I have a question regarding a new desktop pc I wanna get. These are the specs I am interested in: AMD Athalon 64 Dual Core 4800 Asus blah blah motherboard 7900 GTX 512 mb graphics card 2 gb ram 300 gb hard drive Now my questions if you don’t mind. What would be the best type of each spec that would suit the pc best? I mean I know nothing about DDR 400 and DDR2 for example. Also what motherboard would be best with this? Which graphics card do you think would be most suitable? What type of hard drive? I know they are quite a few questions but this is not going to be a cheap pc so I want to make sure that i have got pretty much the 'almost' best combination.
20. ChebSalvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 04:41
    Oh yeah one more thing...What do you think about water cooling? Peace.
21. ChebSalvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 04:55
    If you suddenly find a whole load of cash, head over to http://www.falcon-nw.com/flash/ Hand airbrused case: http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5554/atc110usflaghi5ev… Ok, if you want an uber pc, I would get this: Latest AMD FX duel core cpu (get one of the new socket AM2 which supports DDR-2 RAM) DFI Lanparty motherboard :) 2 GB duel channel RAM kit (or more, I think there will be 4 GB duel channel kits soon O_o) You could go for quad SLI, but it is basicly a waste of money. Games will be cpu limited instead of GPU limited, I would go for normal 2 card SLI or 2 card Crossfire (ATI) Personaly I would go for crossfire. Get a Razer mouse: http://www.razerzone.com/ (great mice, using one now) Get a Logitec G15 Keyboard (great keyboard, using one now) Get the 30" Dell widescreen monitor! :O http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/monitors/0,39023940,3… Oh and a PhysX card for sure!: http://physx.ageia.com/footage.html Ok just saw this post. Leaves just a few unanswered questions. Anyway I realized the PC's here are a considerable amount cheaper than on the site you provided. Lucky me :) Well I would actually go for SLI. The reviews all point out to the 2 being very close, but SLI being the better in most cases. Though only by a little bit.
22. Ace1875Salvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 07:56
    Names ............................... Base FSB Speed ......DDR RAM Speed PC-1600 or DDR-200 .............. 100MHz .............. 200 MHz PC-2100 or DDR-266 .............. 133MHz .............. 266 MHz PC-2400 or DDR-300 ...............150MHz............... 300 MHz PC-2700 or DDR-333 .............. 166MHz .............. 333 MHz PC-3200 or DDR-400 .............. 200MHz .............. 400 MHz If the processor has a maximum speed (frequency) of... lets say 2GHz (2000MHz), the effective data transfer rate of the processor is limited to the speed (frequency) of the motherboard's FSB (front side bus), which in this case, doubled by DDR technology, is only 200MHz. The FSB speed is the speed with which the processor is able to communicate with the rest of the system. It can do its own calculations at 2GHz, but, in this case, can only communicate with the rest of the system at 200MHz. This is going to limit the effective speed of the DDR RAM, because the RAM can but won't tranfer data faster than the processor. if you wanted the RAM speed to match the processor speed, you would install PC1600 DDR RAM. However, you could purchase the highest type of DDR RAM supported by the motherboard. If you decided to upgrade the processor to the highest AMD Athlon processor that it supports, that processor will run on a base FSB of 133MHz, providing an effective data transfer speed of 266MHz. The ECS motherboard supports PC2700 DDR RAM, so if that is installed with the new processor, the effective data transfer rate would be increased from 200MHz to 266MHz, and the bottleneck between the RAM and processor would be reduced from 133Mhz to 66MHz. Did this make any sense? AMD Vs Intel (http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-1.html)
23. Ace1875Salvaged from archive14 Apr 2006, 09:00
    Water cooling has been around a very long time. Way back when, water cooling was mostly used in large servers to keep the heat down. However, water cooling your desktop computer hasn't been around very long. Over the past several years, water cooling has sparked a huge interest with overclockers (generate a lot of heat because they push the limits of the hardware to the max to get every bit of performance from it)). Overclockers aren't the only ones that will find interest in water cooling. If your computer is in a hot environment or if you're just looking for a much quieter way to cool your computer, you'll probably have a particular interest in water cooling. Since water cooling uses water to cool your CPU and not air, it makes it a very quiet cooling solution. Submergible vs. Inline Pumps When buying or building a water cooling system you will find that there are two types of water pumps you can buy, a submergible and an Inline pump. A submergible pump, simply sits submerged in water (a reservoir) and draws water in to the pump while under water. It then pumps the water out of the reservoir and thru your radiator, waterblock(s), and other water cooling devices. Once the water has passed thru your water blocks and radiator it will be dumped back in to the reservoir. The big advantage of submergible pumps is that the pump is almost completely silent because of the water surrounding the pump. The disadvantage of submergible pumps is the heat the pump makes is released in to the water, which isn't a very good thing. We are trying to keep the water cool as possible, and the heat from the pump doesn't help. Then there is always the problem with finding a reservoir big enough for your pump to sit down in. Personally I like Inline pumps better because they don't release the heat in to the water like the submergible pumps do. Inline pumps are easier to install, more accessible, and don't release heat in to the water. The biggest disadvantage of inline pumps, is the noise factor. They aren't loud, but they do make a soft hum just like aquarium pumps. Another downside of inline pumps, is the heat they produce. If your going to mount the pump in your computer case, you should make sure you have plenty of air circulation to vent out the heat made by the pump.
24. Ace1875Salvaged from archive15 Apr 2006, 00:33
    By the way just wait till DDR3 comes out
25. ChebSalvaged from archive15 Apr 2006, 02:56
    Thanks ace that was extremely helpful. So when will DDR 3 come out? I am looking to buy this pc as soon as possible but I am willign to wait for better parts. The problem with pcs is that I can buy one now and 2 months later there will be a better one available. That really sucks.
26. Ace1875Salvaged from archive15 Apr 2006, 03:07
    Well DDR3 is in the testing stages, I am hoping it will be out soon. but yeah it sucks that they come out with something better every 4 months. But for the first year its a "Hip i got the cool shit" trend because for the first year programers are trying to write programes/games to make the GUI look cool on that hardware.
27. ChebSalvaged from archive19 Apr 2006, 17:17
    Man I just checked on the availability of the 7900 GTX and it has been sold out everywhere. Now I am either going to have to wait for them to get some more, or settle for the 7800 GTX 512. hmmmm You guys think ebay is a good solution?
28. Ace1875Salvaged from archive10 Sept 2006, 07:17
    Bump *Hits the Funny Bone* OUCH
29. tgd_02Salvaged from archive10 Sept 2006, 16:24
    i miss this thread...
30. Ace1875Salvaged from archive10 Sept 2006, 16:26
    weirdo
31. tgd_02Salvaged from archive10 Sept 2006, 16:37
    gonna need ur help..soon ace and cheb and where the fuck is hi? damit ima be buying a new beast soon and i need specs and help....:(

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