Computer Trouble Shooting Tips

Computer troubleshooting is a problem solving mechanism used for the maintenance or repair of the products and processes that have failed. Computer troubleshooting is used to systematically search for the root of the problem for an effective solution to follow. Troubleshooting traces the causes of the malfunctioning of the computer processes and eventually their elimination. We provide you guidance on troubleshooting or computer problem solving if you use computers at home or office.

Speeding up of your computer – Speeding up your computer would require you to use windows defragmenter utility. This utility will analyze the empty space on your hard disk and de-fragment all the scattered data. Shutting down the unwanted programs will automatically improve the speed of loading. For this you can use this path – start > Run > misconfig > startup. You can also try increasing the RAM in your computer this will certainly speed you computer up. Clean up your recycle bin, disk and delete your temp files and cookies. This would help your computer to work swiftly and faster.

Trouble shooting methods –

1. If you find fault with any component in your computer. You should check it by pairing it up with other computers as well to determine if the fault is with the component or the computer.
2. Whenever you have a computer device failure, you should always primarily check the cables connectivity. Check the cables such as data cable, power cables etc. And see if they are well plugged in.
3. It is necessary that you check the hardware settings and make most of the drives up to date.
4. It is very important that you keep a keen eye on the changes which you make in the computer. So that you are able to trace the change made by you in the computer before the fault occurred. The problem could also be because of the change made.
5. Make use of the event viewer utility. You can choose this path for the same - Start > Control panel > Administrative tools > Event viewer.
6. Always make note of the error messages and their solutions. This will only help you in the future.

A few tips for the recovery of the data – It happens that at times we miss the data accidentally. If you are the administrator then it is important for you to equip your computer with restoring utilities.

1. You can use recovery utilities such as file recover; recover my file, a free utility handy recovery.
   
2. You can use back up, data tapes.
   
3. This is a commonly well known fact that a sudden shut- down hampers the data. For prevention you can use UPS and generators to prevent sudden shut downs.
   
4. Always keep your server room clean and dirt free.

The above motioned computer troubleshooting tips or solutions can be very effective in solving the common problems of the computer