Whats the best way of doing this?
I need to reformat really but can't cus its not my pc really so has some administrator things on there - but i am free to put on software, which has piled up a bit now and i want to clean right back to a stripped machine?
Any ideas?
Also are PCMIA firewire cards a good idea? for my laptop i have a firewire card which hopefully i wanna use with an external Firewire HD for audio, but ive heard some people say that the PCMIA cards can be funny??
Cleaning up PC without Formatting?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Uninstall what you dont need or want, delete anything else thats data, run a registry cleaner, and do a defrag.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRist
- 444 posts since 16 Dec, 2003 from here and now
The golden rule indeed is : IF YOU SEE ONE SINGLE ERROR MESSAGE BOX, REFORMAT!!!
lmao!
Why don't you just uninstall simply what's got to be removed and clean the registry gently with any tool able to do so?
But even if you can't clean the registry, till the application that really matters to you work solid, what's the problem? A dirty system can slow down the explorer a bit, menus take a little more time to display, EVENTUALLY, and windows can take a little more time to load too at startup, but no serious affair, it won't influence the way your cpu and ram work once you've loaded your sequencer. If someone tells you the other way, most probably he's unable to figure out how it works and how problems can be solved without the use of the caterpillar again and again.
I suspect the above *golden rule* and similar is only painted iron of a kind of sect : the sect of ppl believing "From Scratch" is a god seeking for respect
muwahahahaha!
lmao!
Why don't you just uninstall simply what's got to be removed and clean the registry gently with any tool able to do so?
But even if you can't clean the registry, till the application that really matters to you work solid, what's the problem? A dirty system can slow down the explorer a bit, menus take a little more time to display, EVENTUALLY, and windows can take a little more time to load too at startup, but no serious affair, it won't influence the way your cpu and ram work once you've loaded your sequencer. If someone tells you the other way, most probably he's unable to figure out how it works and how problems can be solved without the use of the caterpillar again and again.
I suspect the above *golden rule* and similar is only painted iron of a kind of sect : the sect of ppl believing "From Scratch" is a god seeking for respect
muwahahahaha!
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- KVRAF
- 3723 posts since 17 Apr, 2002 from Scotland
I need to clean my registry too.
Are there any freebies out there that you reckon are up to the job? Or is this task one that's best left to commercial software?
Are there any freebies out there that you reckon are up to the job? Or is this task one that's best left to commercial software?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Im pretty sure there's a fair few free ones out there;
Google : registry cleaner free
couldnt rate them for you though, Im afraid.
Google : registry cleaner free
couldnt rate them for you though, Im afraid.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRian
- 1103 posts since 19 Apr, 2004 from Trent Severn WaterWay
Before you uninstall something check driver names ,company names ,use properties to check file info,,then uninstall and go to registry and use that info to do a registry search,,delete the entries,,keep hitting f3 till the entries run out..You won't believe the shit thats left behind.
You can use spyware and reg cleaners, but do the same search after.
I tried a free reg cleaner and used its search ,but some of the search area's were left unticked.When I told it to search every hive,,it found another 50 things.
Freebie vst's are famous for leaving company info in the registry even though the dll is gone.
My audio pc's not on the net but I've worked on some and little start-up progs that get picked up are the worst,,you have to do that full reg search or they will be back once you reboot.
And last,,ya defrag,,but do a boot defrag of your page file,,I found large video files performed way better after doin this...
You can use spyware and reg cleaners, but do the same search after.
I tried a free reg cleaner and used its search ,but some of the search area's were left unticked.When I told it to search every hive,,it found another 50 things.
Freebie vst's are famous for leaving company info in the registry even though the dll is gone.
My audio pc's not on the net but I've worked on some and little start-up progs that get picked up are the worst,,you have to do that full reg search or they will be back once you reboot.
And last,,ya defrag,,but do a boot defrag of your page file,,I found large video files performed way better after doin this...
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- KVRer
- 28 posts since 20 Nov, 2003
What's the difference between a normal defrag, and a boot defrag of the page file?vtx wrote:And last,,ya defrag,,but do a boot defrag of your page file,,
How do I do that?
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- KVRAF
- 1949 posts since 21 Mar, 2003 from Labrador
Diskeeper Pro does it.andrewh wrote:What's the difference between a normal defrag, and a boot defrag of the page file?vtx wrote:And last,,ya defrag,,but do a boot defrag of your page file,,
Normal defrag is done while windows is running. Page file can only be defragged at boot time.
How do I do that?
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- KVRAF
- 2139 posts since 15 Jul, 2003 from ex-NJ, PA
Registrar Lite was recommended at the Sonar forum.scuzzphut wrote:I need to clean my registry too.
Are there any freebies out there that you reckon are up to the job? Or is this task one that's best left to commercial software?
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- Banned
- 18651 posts since 2 Oct, 2001 from England
So basically you want to get rid of the porn you've been looking at while on your dads PC!buckman wrote:Whats the best way of doing this?
I need to reformat really but can't cus its not my pc really so has some administrator things on there - but i am free to put on software, which has piled up a bit now and i want to clean right back to a stripped machine?
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
Or maybe you stole the pc...and since your not the administrator...you can`t get in to make it your own?
....................Don`t blame me for 'The Roots', I just live here. 
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 140 posts since 9 Jul, 2004
hahahaha 
No i could defrag no probs, but it has a network connection that is needed which i dont know the passwords too (its a work PC)
Nothing like that on here, this isnt Gary Glitters PC!!!!
No i could defrag no probs, but it has a network connection that is needed which i dont know the passwords too (its a work PC)
Nothing like that on here, this isnt Gary Glitters PC!!!!
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
XP will overwrite itself using the installation cd.
Can not format c/fdisk xp.
Can not format c/fdisk xp.
....................Don`t blame me for 'The Roots', I just live here.