How to repair windows - quick fixes

Here I'll explain the procedures I do whenever my Windows stops responing or halts with errors.







I Checking the Hard disk drives

1. Run Start->Run: chkdsk /f










chkdsk will check and fix errors if there are errors in your hard drive filesystem.







2. Fixing broken/missing files on your system
by running from Start->Run: sfc /scannow

The system file checker(sfc) utility will check every single .DLL and other important files on your computer for consistence and will repair them if there are corupted.
Just insert your windows distribution into the CD-drive and wait a few minutes for the check to finish.




II Cleaning the windows registry
Download and Start CCleaner from here:

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/

Click on Run 'Clean now' and wait. CCleaner will check/repair your registry settings and delete the temporary files left on your computer.



III Running defragmentation utility
Windows has its own file and directory defragmentation utility, but we'll use an alternative one that is faster - Power Defragmenter:


This application will defragment and speed up the access to your files and directories.
First download the main application Contig, and then download, put in the same directory as Contig the Power Defragmenter GUI and run it.

Download Contig from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Contig.html

Download Power Defragmenter GUI from here:
http://excessive-software.eu.tt/

That's it!