Wildlife Photography across the Water: defraggler

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Computer Maintenance

We seem to spend more time behind the PC now than in the field and when a PC slooooows down its a real pain in the butt, There are a couple of things that you can do to make sure that your PC is running as good as it can get and thats-

1,Use a good Anti Virus/malware software to stop the bastards that want to corrupt and cause nightmares to everybody in the world who has a PC, I use Trend Micros and so far with fingers crossed its been excellent

2. I use Ccleaner to clean my C drive and keep it clean from all the little bits of data that get left behind when deleting stuff and also cleaning my registry, You will be amazed how much space you get back after using it-hundreds of megabites and its free
When you first open it click on the analyze button and it will tell you all the crap that you have on your drive, then simply click the 'run cleaner' and in a few seconds it all gone, It cleans your temporary internet files,cache,history etc, The click on the registry button on the left and click on 'scan for issues' this goes deeper into your system and tells you all the stuff thats been left behind after deleting etc,and then click the' fix issues' it will ask if you want to do a back up and i always do just incase, I have never had a problem but you never know and after you know that your drive is clean

3 Defrag your drive as data is stored all over your C drive and this will put it in some kind of order and speed things up-DO NOT defrag a SSD drive, I use Defraggler which again is free, This will take some time to do so i tend to do mine and leave it over night

So just by doing some house keeping to your PC you can keep it running smoothly and as fast as it can go

Dave

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Computer bits

Following on from Martins blog yesterday i thought i would add a few bits and bobs, I too had a lot of virus problems a few months ago-nearly made me go to a mac it was that bad but i came to my senses and got the problems resolved, I added a new anti virus called trend micro and paid a little extra for an engineer to dial into my PC and sort the problems out, I also use Defraggler which is free which as it sounds defrags the hard drive and another free software called CCleaner which checks your system and gets rid of any crap-i got 16 MB back on my laptop!!! and i also cleaned the registry with it, Once i had given the PC and laptop a run through with these programs everything run much better, When i stop buying lenses (the new 16-35 should arrive today) my next purchase will be a top speck PC, I know what i want but it going to mean digging deep but like Martin says the files are getting bigger and bigger so its a must have rather than a luxury

Dave

Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.