{"id":3237,"date":"2019-04-30T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2019-05-02T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:51:57","slug":"format-your-laptop-pc-once-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/format-your-laptop-pc-once-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Format your Laptop \/ PC once a year"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we keep on using our Laptop \/ PC it tends to slow down also it starts accumulating Apps and lots of files which are not needed. Also, a lot of OS updates and Apps updates tend to accumulate lots of files and logs which are not required anymore, this also tends to slow down the system. Now I am making this habit to just Format my laptops both at home and office once every year. But before doing so make sure you backup all the critical files you need.<\/p>\n

Following is the process I follow:<\/p>\n

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  1. My most critical files are either backed up using Dropbox or Google Drive.<\/li>\n
  2. Those files which are residing locally, I go thru them and delete those not needed.<\/li>\n
  3. Back up all the files on an external drive.<\/li>\n
  4. Make a list of software which I need. I keep installable of them backed on the external drive too.<\/li>\n
  5. Next, I just format the drive and install the software. I use Mac so it quite an easy process which you can check out in this video<\/a> (You have to make sure you can connect to the Internet as Mac reinstall requires internet)<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0After reinstall which takes roughly 30 mins or so. Install all the software I need.<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0I start putting files which I backed up in organized fashion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it, You get the feel of a brand new laptop and also clean up your dirt which keeps creeping on by a year of usage. I strongly suggest you do the same and feel the experience of bliss and happiness which I get out of it :). Try out and let me know your experience in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As we keep on using our Laptop \/ PC it tends to slow down also it starts accumulating Apps and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,3,242],"tags":[257,47,412,654],"class_list":["post-3237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app","category-blog","category-mac","tag-format","tag-mac","tag-pc","tag-reinstall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-Qd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":503,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/how-to-load-game-from-usb-for-wii\/","url_meta":{"origin":3237,"position":0},"title":"How to load game from usb for Wii","author":"saifuddin","date":"January 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is just for educational purpose. 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