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bky4000
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Joined: 06 Sep 2005
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:14
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Do you regularly clean out your computer? Monday was National Clean Out Your Computer Day. So did anyone clean their computer? I like to keep
everything. I know some people delete things right away; once I sent someone a file and then he asked me to send it again in 15 minutes since he thought that he wouldn't
need it again.
Sorry I wasn't clear; I mean files.
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jerryw
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Location: VanCity
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:16
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I have a laptop.
By using a condensed air duster i clean out the fan about twice a month. I recommend this to anyone with a laptop... venting is very important for computers!
It only takes me about a minute to do.
EDIT: Oh.. you mean files.. LOL.
About.. once per month? My computer hard drives are very organized. I've got a ton of external hard drives so restoring files is easy.
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Ketsu
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Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:17
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jerryw wrote:
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I have a laptop.
By using a condensed air duster i clean out the fan about twice a month. I recommend this to anyone with a laptop... venting is very important for computers!
It only takes me about a minute to do.
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didnt he just mean like deleting stuff you dont use
or did i read it wrong
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JCDenton
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:29
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i think i could make a dust ball the half size of my fist everytime i clean it out
and i clean off my desktop, when files fill it up completely and i cant find my latest download
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richie
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Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:35
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Why would you ever want to delete something? Decent terabyte drives are only a $100 or so nowadays. They're SOOOO cheap and a couple will
last an average person about a year at the very least. Back in my days, my rickety old PC didn't have more than 350MB of space and that was plenty!
And with a proper organization system or something else like a tag-based filesystem, you don't really need to ``clean out'' anything.
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Peter
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Joined: 15 Nov 2003
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:53
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I thought you were talking about .. dust. 
(I'm a pack rat, I have data from 1995 to present on my computer: Disk Usage: 4159.04GB/5821.73GB (71.44%))
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Malentin
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004
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Location: Montreal , Quebec, Canada
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 21:54
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Every semester, i backup my stuff and reformat everything.
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jerryw
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Location: VanCity
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 22:05
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Peter wrote:
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I thought you were talking about .. dust.
(I'm a pack rat, I have data from 1995 to present on my computer: Disk Usage: 4159.04GB/5821.73GB (71.44%))
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See... I'm not the only one!
1995... holy cow Peter....
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NotEmo
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 22:08
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My shortcuts are in a shortcut folder.
Nuff said.
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So, his level of jackass = bryan's level of jackass.
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Prilquob
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 22:47
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Peter wrote:
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I thought you were talking about .. dust.
(I'm a pack rat, I have data from 1995 to present on my computer: Disk Usage: 4159.04GB/5821.73GB (71.44%))
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D: I don't even have a hundredth of that.
Only once, and that caused many problems, so I never did it again.
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ChemicalWelfare
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 23:12
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Peter wrote:
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I thought you were talking about .. dust.
(I'm a pack rat, I have data from 1995 to present on my computer: Disk Usage: 4159.04GB/5821.73GB (71.44%))
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And the 2x 2x 2x rates somehow were lost..
Kidding relax, it was the best thing for the server.
I get a new computer or reformat at least once every 2-3 years, so it's no biggie, I don't own a camera nor do i have any attachment to the files/photo's I've saved.
So long as it can play games, and download me bootleg DVD's it's beautiful
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NotEmo
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 23:13
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jerryw wrote:
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I have a laptop.
By using a condensed air duster i clean out the fan about twice a month. I recommend this to anyone with a laptop... venting is very important for computers!
It only takes me about a minute to do.
EDIT: Oh.. you mean files.. LOL.
About.. once per month? My computer hard drives are very organized. I've got a ton of external hard drives so restoring files is easy.
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I just go to the gas station...
BOOOOOMMMMM SHHOOOOOO WOOOSOHHHH WOOSH
clean.
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Peter wrote:
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So, his level of jackass = bryan's level of jackass.
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Gunn
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Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:43
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I regularly delete things since my external hard drive has a problem with it's power cord so it has to be placed at an angle and I'm too lazy
to rig it all up every time I need it (that's what I get for buying a cheap hard drive from a ratty old Asian computer store in Toronto (no offense)).
Besides there isn't much information on my computer worth keeping. I delete shows and movies I download once I see them so I can make room for other stuff...
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