My computer froze on Thursday. When I tried to restart the computer, it refused to boot up and I was met with an error screen that told me my computer registry cannot be found. Fortunately, I received some advice from a friend this morning who told me how to reformat my computer without needing to run anything from the hard drive.
So I have a fresh start.
I bought this computer in June 2008. It's an Asus M51 with a 2.10Ghz processor, 2GB of RAM, working on a 32-bit Operating System. It's not bad. It's comparable with computers you can buy now.
But when I reformatted my computer, I was given a lot of choices with what I could do with it: new desktop background, freshly labeled folders, and so much space. I have 207GB of free memory! But one of the most important thing that defines a personalized computer is the programs I install. So here's a list of computer program essentials in order of importance:
1. Google Chrome - an uncluttered, and fully customizable browser that makes surfing the web seamless
2. iTunes - for my iPod. So far no music, only podcasts
3. Skype - haven't downloaded it yet, but my family will be mad at me if I don't install it
4. VLC Media Player - for movies
5. AVG Anti-virus - everyone needs an antivirus (I'm not using one right now actually). I would've said Avast, but last time I installed it my computer crashed.
That's all for now. I'll see what else I need when the time comes.
