Do Deleted Pictures Stay On Your Computer

Do Deleted Pictures Stay On Your Computer

Do Deleted Pictures Stay On Your Computer

The hard drive is the part of the system that works hardest. So it’s wise to ease the load as much as you possibly can. This can be done by:

  • Deleting anything you absolutely don’t need, like movies you no longer watch, music you don’t listen to anymore, or pictures you’ve backed up on another drive.
  • Removing programs you no longer need. If you’re not using it, why waste the space?
  • Clearing your browser history, cache and cookies. Letting these build up for too long can have a negative impact on your system’s health.
  • Defragmenting it regularly. This will make sure the files on the drive are organised in the most efficient manner, and will consequently make accessing your files noticably faster. Windows has a built-in utility for defragmenting your hard drive, but I recommend using Defraggler instead (it's free).

Whether you have 10GB of memory or 2GB, you’ll want it to focus on the task at hand. That’s why it’s important to eliminate any unnecessary background tasks that could potentially be eating up precious resources from the moment you boot up. Here are a list of the most common ones:

  • iTunesHelper.exe - This is part of iTunes, as it's name suggests, and is set to start up when Windows does. This will inevitably slow down your computer's startup processes.

  • GoogleUpdate.exe- Any Google program on the computer will only update every few weeks, if that. Therefore it is senseless for it to attempt it every day. This is what this process does. The same goes for GoogleToolbarNotifier.