System takes abnormally long time to boot up and shut down. The response time taken for actions such as opening files and folders or browsing the internet also increases. A hardware upgrade is not always required to increase the speed of your computer; a bit of "spring cleaning" can also help. The following list gives 3 simple ways to speed up your computer.
Disk De-fragment
The Disk Defragmenter tool is the "re-organization" tool of Microsoft Windows. When files are saved in the hard drive, they are usually fragmented in various small pieces and stored in a non-sequential arrangement within the hard drive. This makes accessing these files slower. The Defrag utility re-organizes all the files in the hard drive such that all fragments are brought together in the correct sequence, and the read/write time is reduced.
Disk Cleanup
The Disk Cleanup utility of Microsoft Windows identifies files taking up unnecessary space in your hard drive, and lets you select them for deletion. A clutter-free hard drive shows an increased system performance, especially during internet surfing and burning CDs/DVDs. The various kinds of files scanned by this utility are temporary internet files, downloaded files like JAVA applets and ActiveX controls, windows temporary files (that usually get created during installation of programs) and even the Recycle Bin.
Clearing Unwanted Start-up Items
Applications, such as games, word processors and media players, need enough RAM (operating memory) to run smoothly. This is one of the most critical resources of a computer and seriously deteriorates performance if overloaded. One of the most effective ways of freeing RAM is to remove all unnecessary startup files that get loaded into this operating memory when the computer starts. This increases both the performance speed as well as the boot-up speed.
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