{"id":48659,"date":"2014-06-25T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=48659"},"modified":"2014-06-25T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T16:56:06","slug":"8-reasons-pc-hates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/8-reasons-pc-hates\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Reasons Your PC Hates You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>8 Reasons Your PC Hates You<\/h3>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">8 things you are doing or not doing that may cause your PC to hate you.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>By Dave for PCTechBytes.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy computer hates me\u201d is something I have heard countless times. There are reasons why your computer runs slow, crashes or just plain acts weird. Perhaps you\u2019ve been neglecting it, or you\u2019ve been unintentionally doing things that have been affecting its performance and security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. You\u2019ve never created a disk image<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your computer hates you because you have no recovery strategy. You are under the impression the recovery partition on that old Dell or HP machine will save your bacon when you need to reinstall your Operating System. You\u2019ve failed to consider what would happen if your hard drive crashed, rendering that recovery partition useless. Take the time to create your own image and store it on an external hard drive or separate internal drive for fast recovery in an emergency. Learn how to create a disk image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techbitdaily.com\/how-to-create-a-disk-image\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. You never perform even the most basic preventative maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your computer hates you because it\u2019s running hot. When was the last time you opened the computer case and blew out your fans? When was the last time you vacuumed around the floor where your PC is cooking? Hot computers run slow and ultimately fail. Consider cleaning up around your PC every six months or more to ensure it stays running cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. It\u2019s been ages since you\u2019ve backed up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your computer hates you because sectors are failing on its hard drive on an almost daily basis. Your hard drive will fail. It\u2019s only a matter of when. Are your pictures, documents and favorites backed up to an external source? Consider getting a Network Attached Storage device <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctechbytes.com\/networking\/time-to-get-nasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">like these<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctechbytes.com\/tips\/computer-hates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continue Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with the permission of PCTechBytes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 things you are doing or not doing that may cause your PC to hate you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":39317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3974],"tags":[4681,4680],"class_list":["post-48659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pctechbytes-2","tag-pc-hate","tag-pc-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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