Windows system optimization, maintenance, and backup

Tip: If your windows system is as slow as a snail bait, you cannot recover it within 10 minutes after the operating system crashes, if you are tired of re-installing windows and applications, read this article. if you can easily do this, you can skip it.

My windows has not been able to run recently. Windows is still old and cannot be used. the most direct reason is that I installed Google's desktop search and photo management software, which directly caused my system to be unavailable. because Google always builds indexes on my C drive when creating indexes, so that my C drive space is quickly filled up, leading to a very slow system speed. it seems that Google should be criticized. the user is not given an option, so that the user can choose the storage location of the index file.

Of course, there are many causes of slow windows running. The problem is how to solve it and find a permanent solution. so that Windows runs faster, so that it does not affect our learning work, improve our efficiency. when Windows crashes, it can be quickly restored.

Objective: To optimize and adjust the performance of windows. When the system crashes, a new system can be restored in just a few minutes, and the working data is not damaged.

Basic Idea: Treat windows as a black box and shell, and completely separate and disassociate our data from the operating system. In this way, our data will remain intact after the system crashes and reinstalls.

Preparation: Windows installation disk (usually with ghost), ghost

1. Install Windows

There is nothing to say about this step. I think everyone will. But it is best to select an optimized version when selecting a Windows version.

A. Install Windows on drive C

B. Drive C should use the FAT32 File Format

Don't let Microsoft say how good his NTFS is, because if it is NTFS, it will bring a lot of trouble to your system.

2. Install Common Software

That is, install the software you usually need. The specific software depends on your hobbies and work. these software will be backed up together as a system. That is to say, your system crashes. After restoration, these software can still be used without re-installation, this is the same as before the system crash (detailed in 3 ).

Note:Ensure that the files and space used by drive C are as few as possible.

Because if the system disk contains too many files, the system will be slow and sometimes very slow. an effective method is to transfer your files to other disks as much as possible. however, I usually provide very little space for drive C, which is about 5 GB. my usual practice is to create a Software Directory on disk D, and then create a subdirectory under D:/software to install all the software to be installed under this directory, easy backup.

3. Create your own work environment

This part is an extension of 2. For details about how to establish my work environment, refer

A. Common Software is indispensable to us. Generally, I have installed the following software:

Microsoft Office

WPS off CIE 2005

ACD System

Hypersnap-DX 5

WinRAR

Winamp5.05

MSN, QQ, TM

Anti-Virus Software

Flashget

Goolge desktop search, Google photo management

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard

B. Build a Web Development Environment

This is necessary. I use PHP, because when I want to write web programs, I don't have to re-install Apache + MySQL + PhP every time, this is a very troublesome task.

Usually I will create a server directory on drive D, and then install Apache, MySQL, PHP.

Create wwwroot, ftproot, and other directories, so that the data has nothing to do with the system disk C.

In addition, the Javascript editor and Macromedia cannot be used less.

C. Build an Application Development Environment

Usually include your common development work

Code Management: cvsnt (optional) and tortoisecvs (important)

Development tools: I use Delphi and C ++ Builder

Text Editor: ultraedit, editplus are all good stuff

Others: InstallShield

D. Build a Linux development environment

It is more convenient to use virtual Linux. VMware is of course the first choice, and virtual PC can also be used.

The software connecting to the server via SSH includes putty and secure CRT.

4. Optimize your windows

Now that you have finished the installation, the rest is to optimize it. There are many things to do about optimizing windows. It depends on your ability. I just want to talk about it.

A. Delete unnecessary startup Projects

Many applications are automatically run when the system starts. This is why our system does not respond for half a day after it starts. for us, we try not to let them run. We only need to run the programs necessary for the system, so that Windows can enter the desktop as soon as possible.

You need to perform the following operations:

Delete all shortcuts from Start> All Programs> Start

Start-> Run-> enter msconfig and "OK" to remove the programs you do not want to run from the startup project of "System Configuration Utility.

B. disable unnecessary services.

Start> RUN> enter services. MSC

Most of these services are unnecessary for common users, but they occupy the memory of your valuable CPU resources and do not need any of them. you can goolge about what is unnecessary services.

C. Disable all unnecessary animations and active desktops.

On the Control Panel, click the "System" icon to go to the "advanced" tab and set "performance". On the "Visual Effects" tab, select "Custom" single button, set the user interface features to disabled.

D. Sort disk fragments of drive C.

5. Minimize your windows

The current task is to make disk C as small as possible so that it can run faster. We can start from the following aspects:

A. Scan junk files

Find a software to scan the junk files in the system disk and delete them.

B. Change the location of the page file

The current operating system basically uses the virtual memory technology, and Windows is no exception. The default page file is on the C disk, and it occupies a large amount of space and moves it to other disks.

On the desktop, right-click my computer and choose Properties> advanced> performance, set> advanced> change

Set disk C as a page-free file, and find another disk to store the page file. In this way, your system disk will have several hundred MB of space.

C. Change the storage location of temporary files

By changing environment variables

On the desktop, right-click my computer and choose Properties> advanced> environment variables.

Specify the values of temp and TMP in the system and user environment variables to another path. Do not let users and system programs use the C disk as the storage location of temporary files.

6. Create a personalized desktop

Now, more and more applications are installed. Looking at your own desktop, it has become the icon of the garbage station, obviously not very convenient and also affects the computer speed. what we need to do now is to manage these icons with software. Many such software is usually used in Internet cafes. however, I do not like the advertisement on it, so I made a small program myself.

7. Back up your operating system

Now the optimization work has been done, and your computer is already in a good working environment, but don't be so happy. Windows is such a strange thing, the longer you use it, the slower you use it. now you have to maintain this state. When you are not satisfied with your system, you can restore a new system that is exactly the same as this one.

The feasible method is to back up your C drive with ghost *. gho file. note: It should be completed under DOS. in other words, you must be able to access DOS to use ghost (the new version of ghost does not seem to need to be used ). there are two ways: Use the boot disk and dwarf dostool.

Local → partition → to image "command, specify the source partition as drive C, and then set the path and file name of the ghost image file to start backup.

 8. Back up your application

Compress the D:/Software Directory into a *. rarfile and back up it to a safe place.

8. What should I do when my windows crashes?

Of course, you have used ghost to restore your system from the file you backed up. This process is very fast and generally takes 1-3 minutes. Then your work environment will return to the past in an instant.

9. some useful suggestions

A. Do not use Windows's "My Documents". Even if you want to use it, change its working path to another disk rather than the system disk. Because once your system is restored, all data in my documents will be lost.

B. do not place any important data on the desktop.

C. do not place any important data on disk C. The data should be completely separated from the operating system.