How to keep a Debian install running after several apt-get dist-upgrade

How to keep a Debian install running after several apt-get dist-upgrade I have been using my Debian install for a while and I kept dist-upgrading because I didn't want to reinstall everything after every new Release. But now I'm starting to get a few errors at the reboot with the drivers etc. Is there anything I can do to "clean up" my install?
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bert [Entry]

"How does a man eat an elephant? Simple - he eats it one slice at a time.
Same analogy goes for your debian install - identify the errors, and tackle them one by one through the debian forums, or even superuser.com.
on the topic of a general cleanup, you can consider apt-get with a few options/flags :

clean
autoclean
--fix-broken
--fix-missing

Refer to the apt-get man page for information on what these options/flags do."