That is reboot it to the state it was sold by the manufacturer, wiping all memory except for what ever was on the hard drive before you bought it.
2007-05-26 03:15:56 · 9 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
rebooting will not harm your system at all it is also advisable to defragment your hard drive every few months you cannot overdo this as it will only let you do it if it needs doind but doing it will speed up your computer dramatically
2007-05-26 03:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by neil h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is there something wrong with your computer? I don't see any harm in doing it, but it would be pointless. Doing a system restore to the first day your computer was made, or wiping the hard drive would take some time and then reinstalling everything would take forever. If you really want to wipe you hard drive, be sure the first thing you do is install virus protection before using or installing anything else.
2007-05-26 03:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by tespo92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The computer can be left on or turned off or rebooted whenever you want.
The memory is the space where the programs are "run"; the browser, file manager, games, spreadsheet, whatever.
Some programs are not as efficient as others. Even when you stop them, they may still occupy some portion of memory. That is called a "memory leak" commonly. A virus may use this mechanism adversely. When you reboot, it generally clears such memory abuse. Rebooting is good in that sense.
It does not harm the computer in any other sense.
2007-05-26 03:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No there is absoulutely nothing wrong with doing a COMPLETE REBOOT every month.This procedure is a good way of removing junk but before doing so make sure that you have any important personal backed or removed as the COMPLETE REBOOT will remove them
2007-05-26 23:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by D G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You reboot every time you start it up, what you means is re-install the system. It wont do any harm but it's pointless unless you have a system fault, I wouldn't bother, it's a lot of work for nothing.
2007-05-26 03:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by tucksie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's not harmful, but timely and not any real point. Unless there is a huge problem or something loaded on the computer that you want to delete for absolutely for ever.
2007-05-26 03:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by Weather nut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can reinstate the system to an "as new" configuration, but why, unless you have a problem? You'll lose all your files etc., unless you've backed 'em up elsewhere, and the Law of Sod dictates that you'll miss one at least!
2007-05-26 03:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't harm the computer, but I'm just wondering why you would want to do such a thing?
2007-05-26 03:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by Ron M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Its good for it
2007-05-26 03:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋