> How to Check the DRIVES for errors?

I have no earthly idea why Microsoft continues to hide the Check Disk feature, but

you should use it often. I check all the drives on my PCs every week. Checking the

disk for errors ensures that no corruption has occurred because of power outages or

misbehaving programs that don’t load and save files how they should. If you don’t

check your drives often, a small problem can rapidly escalate into something far nastier,

and you could end up losing data.

To check a disk for errors, follow these steps.

Windows XP

1. Click the Start button and then click My Computer to display the drives

on your system.

2. Right-click the drive you want to check and then choose Properties from

the menu that appears.

3. Click the Tools tab.

4. Click the Check Now button and then select the Automatically Fix File

System Errors check box.

5. Click Start.

If you’re checking your boot drive, you’ll see a warning dialog appear that

tells you that Windows will have to check the drive the next time you

reboot. This makes sense because you’re currently using it.

6. Click Yes to confirm.

7. Restart your PC.

Note: Check Disk automatically does the deed.

Windows Vista

1. Click the Start button and then click My Computer.

2. Right-click the drive you want to check and then choose Properties from

the menu that appears.

3. Click the Tools tab.

4. Click the Check Now button and then select the Automatically Fix File

System Errors check box.

5. Click Start.

If a warning appears, you’ll have to reboot.

6. Click Schedule Disk Check to confirm.

7. Restart your PC and allow Check Disk to run.

How to Defragment the Hard Drive?

Over weeks and months of use, computers running any version of Windows XP and

Vista will invariably slow down significantly because of hard drive fragmentation.

First, a quick explanation about fragmentation:

When you delete a file from your hard drive, that area of your hard drive can then accept data from another file. If thefile to be saved is larger than this open area, however, Windows must split the fileinto fragments. When your computer needs to load a file, Windows automatically(and invisibly) reassembles these fragments back into the complete file. However,

the more fragmented the files are on your hard drive, the longer this step takes, and

the slower your PC becomes. When you defragment your hard drive (called a defrag), the program rearranges the data on your hard drive so that each file is contiguous (no longer divided up into individual fragments) — making it much easier and faster for Windows to read that file when you ask for it!

To defragment your hard drive, follow these simple steps:

Windows XP

1. Click the Start button, and then choose Programs➪Accessories➪

System Tools➪Disk Defragmenter.

2. From the list that appears, click the drive you want to defragment.

3. Click the Defragment button.

4. When the defragment is complete, click the Close button on the Disk

Defragmenter window to exit the program.

Windows Vista

1. Click the Start button, and then choose All Programs➪

Accessories➪System Tools➪Disk Defragmenter.

2. Click the Select Volumes button to choose which drive you want to

defragment.

3. Click the Defragment Now button and then click OK.

4. When the defragment is complete, click the Close button to exit the

program.

> How to remove the "WGA" installation wizard?

It is very simple to to remove the "WGA" installation wizard during the system startup

which is like in the image.

(Caution: D'nt press Next Button)

This can be removed in simple steps:

1. Open My Computer
2. Now Open "C:" drive
3. Now open "C:\Windows folder"
4. Now open "C:\Windows\System32\ " folder
5. Now find out the folder named "KB905474" and remove this folder completely from PC.
6. Now restart your PC.
7. You wouldn't see the above screen again.