How To Keep Hard Disk Healthy

Posted on March 9, 2012 by April

Hard disk is the basic of the a computer system. It is where all the information are written into and read from. If a hard disk is corrupted or injured, the stored information may be lost; more over, the system, which is counted on reading data from hard disk, may crash completely. You may totally lose this computer. The common disk errors are:

"Fatal Error - Cannot access hard disk"
"Hard disk drive failure"
"No fixed disk present"
"bad track"
"strange sounds when reading hard disk"

The reasons of such errors are complicated. Apart from the regular ageing of hard disk, it may also be caused by hear, low memory or too much dust. To keep the hard disk healthy, we wil need to clean and defrag hard disk regularly. In windows system, two tools are already equipped to help us. They are:

Disk Cleanup tool

Using this tool you can empty your Recycle Bin and remove the following items from your system

Temporary Internet Files
Downloaded Program Files, such as downloaded ActiveX Controls and Java Applets
Temporary Windows Files
Unwanted Windows Components
Unwanted Installed Programs

To start the Disk Cleanup utility, open the Start menu, point to All Programs, and then point to Accessories. Next, point to System Tools, and then select the Disk Cleanup command.

Disk defragmenter

Over time, the files that belongs to specific programs may be stored all over the hard disk where the space is available. This tool will help you to tidy up the files and keep them within the correct folder to save time for the system to find and read the files.

To run the Disk Defragmenter on your hard disk, open the Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter command. In the Disk Defragmenter window that opens, select the volume you want to defrag and then select the Defragment button.

Apart from above two tools, you can also refer to third party program to clean up your disk and keep it healthy. A registry cleaner and system optimizer will not only do above for you, but also clean regularly and automatically, and scan your registry errors and other junk files to free up space in your hard disk.

How To Fix Msvcr80.dll Missing Errors?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by April

Msvcr80.dll is a dynamic link library file in windows system. Dynamic link libraries are considered to be the most important files for the system to run properly and smoothly. Msvcr80.dll contains large sums of codes that ensure the running of Microsoft visual studio. If this file is missing or corrupted, you may not be able to open windows or other applications that requires visual studio running.

The corruption or missing of Msvcr80.dll may be the result of malware or virus attack, and will probably lead to below symptoms:

　　1、cannot delete the desktop icons

　　2、cannot open online games

　　3、blue screen

　　4、lost of sound and audio

　　5、cannot show desktop

　　6、homepage has been altered (due to malware)

To solve these problems, you need to follow below instructions:

First, scan your computer with your antivirus or malware software at once. Don’t hesitate to do this, since the virus and malware in your computer will keep doing harm to your system and the damage may spread to other parts of the system. Run a thorough scanning, not only in the system disc, but also other discs. After removing the virus and malware, if the problem still exists, go to next step.

Second, download the dll from internet or your install disc. If you have your repair CD on hand, run system file check and use the CD to restore your dlls. This can be done by:

-press Win+R button on your keyboard

-type cmd , and press enter

-type SFC /SCANNOW

-press ENTER.

Or you can download the dll files from internet. There are many websites offering dll download. After download finishes, save the file to C:\windows\system32 folder. And then open a command window, run a command as below:

regsvr32 dllname

Third, downloa a registry fixer to fix the dll problem for you. It has dll download function and will automatically register the dll for you. It will solve the problem very quickly and easily.

How to Solve Svchost.exe Errors by Yourselves

Posted on March 7, 2012 by April

For many computer users, svchost.exe is a process that may usually cause problem and leave users no choice but to reinstall system to solve the problem. It is so commonly used by other programs that you can’t identify the cause of the error easily. However, to reinstall whole system in the first place is not a wise choice. There are some steps you need to try before giving up and go on to reinstall. In this article, we will discuss mail problems of svchost.exe and the corresponding solutions.

One of the symptoms is shown as high CPU usage. Your computer starts to get slow and when you open task manager, you see one or multiple svchost.exe displaying high CPU usage. At this moment, you may think of turning off some running programs and see if the CPU usage is down. But to your disappointment, even if all programs are turned off, the CPU usage is still high. The cause of this symptom is actually windows update that runs backstage. Automatic windows update based on svchost.exe will always search for new updates and try to download by itself. To fix it, just go to control panel, open windows update setting and set windows update to run manually. You will find CPU using rate down at once after turning off window update.

Another symptom is application errors that appear at login screen or terminate any program in use. You will probably see an error similar as below:

SVCHOST.EXE – Application Error the Instruction at 0x7c918fea referenced memory at 0×00000010. The memory could not be written.

The cause of this error is probably windows media player and the solution is quite easy as well. Go to control panel, in administrative tools, choose services. You will open a list with all services running in computer at the moment. And your job is to find Windows Driver Foundation – User-mode Driver Framework service, right click and disable this service. This should do the trick and stop the error from appearing at the login screen.

Another general solution for all svchost.exe error is to go to C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution, delete everything in this folder. Or rename this folder name to another name.

If all above suggestions do not solve your svchost.exe error, the problem may be deeper, most likely a registry problem. Don’t hesitate, get a system optimizer or registry cleaner to scan and fix the registry for you.