"Delta" and Stuff (Maintenence & Backups)

[Fuelm@n]

"Great Thread..."

My Maintenance and Backups...
Scan system for viruses once a month (Norton AV 2003, auto update)
Run and update Spybot S&D once a month.
Run and update Ad-aware 2 to 3 times a month.
Run and update SpywareBlaster once a week.
Clean the Registry around 3 times a years or after a heavy list of recent un-installations.
Compact the Registry about twice a years.
Defrag the HDD 1 to 2 times a month (Diskeeper)
Clean out temp files, trash or any other useless trash 2 to 3 times a month.
Empty Cookies once a week.
Scan Disk, once a year.
Install Windows Updates, twice a month.
Backup all important files once a week with "easy-Backup" onto a Zip Disk. (e-mails, addresses, Favorites, Quicken, RoboForm PW...)
Backup all files (exe, zip) that I've downloaded once I reach a limit that will fit onto a CDR disc. (images, mp3's)

Windows XP Pro (OS)

[greengoose1]

Good Morning All,

Hi Fuelm@n, Nice write up. Liked the "what you do and when you do it" style.

Several threads could be started from what we have in the thread as we have touched on related subjects. In reading this thread over there is much similarity and many differences in what is done conerning our subject on Maintenence, Backs Ups, and Security. The existing material gives any reader a really good starting point to learn and find out what is best to use or start another thread.

With that in mind, I think probably from your responses and what has been said or not said that we should move on to our next subject. We will start that tonight so as to give readers a chance to ask any remaining qustions or add anuthing more.

[gizandpop]

Ready and waiting!

[alkader]

My friends on the Delta & Stuff - thank you very much for all the inputs, it has been very educational. Cheers

[Sarrkazztic]

Love that avatar alkader

[viper0070]

Ghost Ghost Ghost, GET GHOST

[Always Lernin']

Hi everyone, just stopping in to see what's been added. During the week it's busy for me but I'll be sure and stop by each day at some point.

I'm certainly looking forward to what's coming next, it's been extremely helpful so far.

I'd be interested in hearing if you have a favourite, free clean-up utility for things like temp files, etc.

Thanks in advance! Caroline

[Train]

DeltaX and Hard Drives link

Always Lernin'

Those who use DOS based OS;s have Deltree to use if they which chose. I do and that way I know exactly what the outcome will always be when I bootup/reboot.

[chewdog]

Hey, this is just the greatest, I have just fineshed reading through these posts because I stumbled over them on "search" looking for info and answers to my current situation.
I have win98se and have been "foolish" cleaning house, and guess I deleted something I should not have, anway after 7 BCOD's, I decided to upgrade to XP (see my post upgrading to xp) and found out that I need extensive additions to my system, so this "delta thread" is providing me with a lot of help and explaining some things that I had mever considered nor would have though of. Such as partitioning the hd's, their size and what to put "where". A lot of information on other utilities and ther uses"s. I have really paid attention to "oldhermit, big john and 5/6 other's on what they have and their maintenance programs.
Thanks to ridgerunr and one of his prior post I have been doing maintenance on a weekly basis. But dispite this my system has been getting slower (both bootup and shutdown) with constant "errors and bcod's).
I am glad that I found !!! this thread and am going looking for the others that are mentioned. Hope there will be a little bit of indepth information on some more items that I am doing.

Thanks to all of you, there is much knowledge to be had and used here