How to “clean-up” a work computer?

July 16, 2009

I know I should not have, but went on the web at work…what can I do to really clean it up and rid as much as possible the history that I now know is on the hard drive so if the computer folks check I don’t get zinged?? program, download, etc??

what software is better than chkdsk for repairing hard drive?

July 15, 2009

My D: drive keeps having errors. Files become corrupted, and for some reason it often finds problems with "File 25." I have run chkdsk on it in repair mode, but it hasn’t had any effect. Is there any other software that can go through a hard drive and find any problems and fix them more effectively than chkdsk?

This wasn’t happening until I "upgraded" to Windows Vista, so I don’t know for sure this is a hard drive issue and not some weirdness of Vista.

How do i clean up my computer and free more space?

July 14, 2009

I have a 224 gig hard drive on my computer, and i only have 85 gigs left on it! I have two accounts, on i use, and the other just incase i screw up badly… I have restored my computer like 4 times (im not very wise when it comes to adding crap to my computer).. but anyway, how do i free up some space, my computer is fast, but i would like to have some more room. Please help!

Getting files and operating system from dead laptop?

July 14, 2009

My first Toshiba Satellite laptop won’t boot. The power light & fan switch on but the screen stays blank. It was my only computer & I didn’t have time to wait for it to be serviced & I thought it might be the motherboard, so I bought another. They don’t make that model anymore, so I bought a low-end new Satellite, but it has Windows Vista. Can I get the XP from the old laptop? If I can do that, can I put the old hard drive in the new comp to retrieve the programs that were installed? Both computers have 2 512m ram, so how do I accomplish getting the info from the old computer? It seems to make sense to me that I can do this, but I’m afraid of frying the new laptop so I need the advice of people who really know what they’re doing. Plus, do you have any idea what might be wrong with the original laptop? Are there any simple ways for me to try to diagnose the problem myself? Is there diagnostic software available so that I could connect the new to the old & use it to diagnose the problem?

I need to clean up my computer?

July 12, 2009

My computer is acting so weird lately and is very slow. I’m afraid it is being infected by some kind of a virus and I think it needs a total computer clean up. Is there a software that can clean up my hard drive and permanently remove all data in it?