What should I do if I wanted to make a complete PC maintenance at home so that the PC would gain back it´s optimal speed and stability?
Yeah formatting is maybe the easiest way, but are there any other ways to speed up the system and overall fix it?
OS is Windows XP SP3 and its a laptop
[URL="http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER"]CCleaner[/URL] and a good defrag are the best places to start.
Then maybe you could run a few virus scans and anti-spyware scans, such as MSE and Spybot S&D
I'd format it, use [url=http://ninite.com/]Ninite[/url] to get the most basic and useful stuff on it, and then go from there. If you wanted to upgrade it to 7(or, I think, Vista) you could also plug in a spare, empty USB stick and use it to help speed up the PC a tiny bit.
As you don't want to format it, do a good anti-virus sweep, check with malwarebytes, then a good ol' defrag should do it.
MSE, Malwarebytes, CCleaner.
That's all I got.
Formatting in a lot of cases isn't worth the trouble when there are better alternatives. Most of this is straight forward and simple. Delete old files and uninstall programs you don't use, update your drivers and OS, disable certain programs you don't use that automatically startup, use [url=http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner]CCleaner[/url] and defrag your harddrive with [url=http://www.piriform.com/defraggler]Defraggler[/url], update your antivirus and run a virus and malware scan ...etc. The more advanced stuff includes physically opening up and dusting out your laptop, this helps by reducing overall thermal temperatures and giving a more stable performing laptop.
You could even use this program since it's basically an all in one utility that can help if you're new to this: [url]http://www.tune-up.com/download/[/url]
[QUOTE=Terminutter;32081169]I'd format it, use [url=http://ninite.com/]Ninite[/url] to get the most basic and useful stuff on it, and then go from there. If you wanted to upgrade it to 7(or, I think, Vista) you could also plug in a spare, empty USB stick and use it to help speed up the PC a tiny bit.[/QUOTE]
ReadyBoost is a joke and will only benefit systems with 512MB and less of RAM. And even with that amount of memory you really shouldn't be using Windows Vista or 7.
Dust case, defrag filesystem if you're running an OS that uses a filesystem that requires it, clear temp files and then there's some OS-specific stuff.
That's 'bout it.
Clean the dust out of your fans, run CCleaner, malwarebytes and then defrag.
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