Once we have our computers, we tend to use them more often more than any other equipment in our home. We always want to be in front of the monitor because our computers have almost all the things we need. There is entertainment, information, data access and most of all we can also depend on our computers when we want to earn extra money. This is why computers are very significant tools that can make our lives easier and more exciting. However, computers just like any other electronic equipment are also vulnerable to breakdowns and failures. In this case we have to come up with our own preventive measures to avoid getting our computers from crashing.

Usually the most common problems of computers are slow performance and hardware problems. If you are the type of person who can do computer troubleshooting, you must do simple procedures so you can stay away from spending money on computer repair. So before taking your computer to the repair shop try these simple procedures first to see if you can handle things then decide later if you still need the repair.

1. One thing you must remember when you have your laptop or PC is to always clean its hard disk from unnecessary contents. These contents can be old programs or software which you have installed and now eventually putting your hard disk in a very unstable running condition. You can delete these useless programs by going into the Add/Remove Program in the control panel and undelete them. To make sure you totally eliminate the remnants of these programs you can also go the Program Files section which is located on your main hard drive and eliminate the deleted program