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    upkeep and maintenance

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pwillie, Mar 21, 2006.

  1. pwillie

    pwillie Notebook Consultant

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    i need to know what to use to keep the scree and key board ect clean and tidy also what are some programs to keep it up to speed .


    ps. i'm having slow start up i've tried everything.

    sorry diddnt know whrere to put this and uhh would it be good to get a bigger hd i got a 40 and what are the prices and rate changes


    one last question this is about pda would a movie/anime dubbed/subbed be any good on one cause i here they have 15-25 frames a sec
     
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  2. pwillie

    pwillie Notebook Consultant

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    hello......
     
    pwillie, Mar 22, 2006
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  3. Shampoo

    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    Hello there, how are you?

    Haha, I believe this has been answered many times before so if you search you will find information.

    The screen cleaning question has been answered and there is a fairly big thread in one of the sections.

    The keyboard, well I guess just use a cloth and alcohol and try not to get grease on it or it will have a glossy finish to it, making it look gross.

    Programs to keep it up to speed? Well none really, just defragment your drive(s) every now and then when you've moved a lot of files around or installed something really big.

    Make sure you don't fill up your harddrive past I'd say 6-10% of your drive size or else you will notice significant slow downs.

    Drive prices? Go look for yourself and get instant gratification do'nt wait here.

    PDA? Wrong site.
     
    Shampoo, Mar 22, 2006
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  4. vassil_98

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    Hm, this means max 7.7gb for a 80-gb disk. Only Windows, MS Office and all the necessary programs will probably take about 4-5 GB of those.
    10% is unattainable for me. I like to have some of my music and some of my pictures on the HDD, so I need 30-50% of my 80gb disk, depending on the downloads I have.
     
    vassil_98, Mar 22, 2006
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    r1ckchard Notebook Guru

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    I think he meant don't fill up your HDD past 90-94% ie on a 80GB HDD, don't fill it up so that there is <8GB left. Otherwise I think a lot of us would be having problems with that rule of thumb. :p
     
    r1ckchard, Mar 22, 2006
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