How To Do System Maintenance Check?

[danielm175]

How To Do System Maintenance Check?

Hi,

I see these computer people who charge like £50 to £80 for a full PC system maintenance check and clean.

I was just wondering what do they do to the system and how do I perform a full system check my self?

How do I check if all of the hardware is fine and clean the PC etc?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

I run Disk Cleanup and antivirus checks (with Avast and Malwarebytes) once a month to keep things running smoothly.

Most places likely do the same and charge exorbitant prices because they're taking advantage of peoples' ignorance.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Run disk cleanup on all drives. It may take a while to run it on C:, your main drive. Don't get impatient and stop it while it's running. It will take a while once it gets to the cleanup of Windows update components. You can periodically pass your mouse over the disk cleanup window though if it's been longer than twenty minutes, as I've seen the window stick open even though the operation is complete. Passing the mouse over the window seems to trigger it to close.

https://neosmart.net/wiki/disk-cleanup/


Next, empty out your Temp folder in C:/Windows using file explorer.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2602104/windows/how-to-clean-your-windows-temp-folder.html


You can run malware and virus scans, but this doesn't actually do anything to clean up or tune the system and should really only be necessary as a routine preventative operation.

Run defragmentation/trim operations on all drives if they are not already set to do so automatically, or even if they are.

https://www.lifewire.com/defragment-your-windows-7-computer-3506874


Normally, I recommend doing all of the following:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2825881/cleanup-windows-upgrade-clean-install.html

 

[danielm175]

Ok thanks