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Slow Computer—Four Tips to Fix Slow Compute Speed Quickly
Dec 30th
Slow computer is so hassle for users but it is unavoidable since you have been using it for a long time. If you turn a blind eye to it, your computer speed may be slower and slower and can not fix such problem automatically. Therefore you should learn some methods to fix slow computer speed besides using third-parties tools.
In this article, I would like to introduce four tips to improve your computer speed manually. It is worthwhile for you reading it.
1. Clear up disk space.
If you do not have high computer configuration and not clear up computer for a long time, it is likely that your computer is running slower and slower because the hard disk is crammed with too many junk files. If you computer is fast before but slows down recently, you need to clean up C disk as soon as possible. As for the junk files, you can the temporary and swap files, certain page files, history records files and so on. Most of them are hidden in the C drive.
2. By deleting the junk files in the C drive, your computer is able to run faster than before. Besides, you have to defrag C drive after wiping those junks. You can click “Start” > “All Programs” > “Accessories” > “System Tools”, you will see the defragmenting programs. And then it is necessary to clear up disk which is put in the same place as defragmenting one.
Next, set up a system restore point which is also in the “System Tools”. After doing that, you should close it down since restore point may consume a lot of C drive space. But it can help you restore the system to the normal state when you set up the point.
3. Uninstall some programs that you seldom use. It is undoubted that they take up too much space without doing any tangible things for computer. It is better to get rid of them, along with some useless functions such as “Error Reporting” and “Hibernation” which mean nothing for you but occupy the space.
4. Normally, when computer memory is too low, virtual memory will be created to solve such problem temporarily. You can set the value of virtual memory by hand. However too large or too small values can do harm to computer. You should set proper value for the maximum and minimum values respectively.
Slow computer is not so disturbing if you have grasped the correct methods to fix it. Besides, you can learn more about fixing slow computer problems by clicking the links.
Computer Maintenance—How to Maintain Hard Disk Correctly
Nov 30th
As one of most durable fixings among computer components, hard disk can be used for six to seven years on condition that it is preserved well. Now, I will tell you how to maintain hard disk correctly.
The hard disk maintenance can be divided into two aspects. From point of view of hardware, it is better to use case, especially for those computer players. Although putting computer on the desk can help heat radiation and uninstall, it can harm computer hardware as well and hard disk in particular. Since hard disk is working with high speed, any unstable wave may lead to furious collision between disk head and Disc. And, you should avoid high temperature when using computer because it can affect computer working normally and bring damages to hard disk.
At the same time although some users know correct hard disk maintenance can do good to computer, their hard disks are still suffered from damages due to improper operations.
Though they have learned regular defragmentation can do good for hard disk from websites, they do not realize how “regular” means. If they think it can speed up computer when defragmenting hourly, it is completely wrong. As a matter of fact, frequent disk defragmentation may drag disk using efficiency. In the long run, it falls short of improving computer speed, even run counter to the desire.
What is good for hard disk and computer is to defragment properly. If you do not defragment disk for a long time, an increasingly number of disk fragments are piling in the hard disk. Then, when you visit certain of them in the future, it may take much more to read these files. Since time goes by, it can reduce files visiting speed and also harm disk tracks probably.
And when copying files, some prefer to copy several files at one time but do not know that the hard disk is overburdening, since you may find hard disk creaking loudly. Therefore, you should use anti-virus software to protect your hard disks, for example CIH may destroy the partitions in the hard disk and result in the loss of data.
Besides, do not try to use disk compress technology in the system tools. At present, disk capacity is large enough to support the computer running. It is really unnecessary to save disk space by compressing hard disks. What is more, it can slow down disk read-write data speed and affect disk usage indirectly. If you urgently want to free up disk space, it is better for you to get rid of junk files such as temporary and swap ones.
Many users do not form a good habit of closing down computer. They are hurry to pull out electric power without shutting down computer completely, even some turn off switch. However, the computer has not been replaced yet. Therefore, you should pay closed attention to whether hard disk indicator is on or not when turning off computer. It is a good habit for you in order to maintain your computer well.
In this regard, you may find it is very important to form a good habit of maintaining computer correctly, because it has influenced on hard disk and computer performance. It is a must for you to shape such good habit so as to guarantee your computer can work for you efficiently.
Slow Computer? The Powerful Methods to Speed up Computer
Nov 12th
Have you been annoyed that you computer runs much slower than before? If you have tried to use anti-virus software to deal with it but in vain, it is necessary for you to read this article, because you will learn anther factor that hinders your computer performance.
Even though there is not any virus in your computer, the system also has to suffer from increasing piling up fragments which are produced by your daily deleting or moving files. In fact, such fragments are inevitable for the computer. So, what you really need to do is how to get rid of them completely. And, this is the article you can find the answer from.
Have you ever been prompted that the memory is low? If it is caused by insufficient available disk space, it is a must for you to defragment disk and remove junk files. To defragment disk is to help hard disk driver free up space. A defragmentation can list the fragments produced by temporary files, Internet cache files and useless uninstalled application files and delete all of them.
Sometimes such program is incapable of various junk and temporary files. So, you have to get rid of them manually by deleting the system and driver backup files.
You can also move system and user temporary folders out of system disk. Right-click “My Computer”—“Properties”, in the “System Properties” dialog box to choose “Advanced” to enter into the tab and then click “Environment Variables”. In the new dialog box, choose “Temp” in the “User variables” and Click “Edit”. In the “Edit User Variable” box, you can change the variable default value from “C:/Documents and Setting/User/Temp” to “X: /YYY/TEMP” (X means the disk name you want to move to; YYY mean the superior folder of “TEMP”). Then, click “OK” to return the previous box and change “TMP” in the same way. At last, restart the computer and all the changes become effective.
You can move Temporary Internet Files folders out of system disk.
You can click “Control Panel”—“Network and Internet Connections”–“Internet Options”—“General”–“Internet temporary files”—“Settings”—“Move folder” and choose the temporary folders to the disk in the “Browse for Folder” tab. It is advisable for you to delete the files in this folder at intervals
After removing the junk and temporary files, the next step is to defragment your hard disks. Since the disk fragments are the major causes of slow computer, it is undoubted to delete them immediately.
In order to remove them completely, you can choose the Disk Defragmenter of Windows in the “All Programs”—“Accessories”—“System Tools”, of course. But, before you use that, I have to tell you that such program is really slow and time-consuming. If you do not want to waste your time on it, you had better put it aside and turn to a better defrag.
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Speed up your computer — Smartly clean up system junk files
Nov 9th
Compared with DOC system, the visualization of windows operating system makes everything more convenient, faster and easier to use, but what make it a little insufficient is that there will be lots of system junk files coming when using windows operating system. No matter which version: windows 98/2000, or windows XP, after being used for some time, you will apparently find that the C drive is becoming bigger and bigger, which significantly slows down the computer. Besides the installed programs, the other reason is that the generating system junk files, occupying a lot of drive space and slowing down the computer. This is relatively evident in windows XP operating system.
So to speed up your computer, it is necessary to regularly clean up the system junk files— optimize PC performance and free up more available drive space.
To smartly clean up the junk files, what you need to do first is to make all files visible for most of the time we will ignore the hidden files on the computer. You can directly follow the steps below: open My Computer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> tick Show hidden files and folders within the tab: Hidden files and folders.
When using the computer, it is inevitable for us to browse websites and view files, which causes lots of temporary files. Days by, with the increasing amount of the temporary files on the computer, the computer will become slower and slower. So to speed up the computer, a cleanup of the junk files is needed. Normally, these files all located under the directory: C:\Documents and Settings\username\. So please open and the delete the files under the directories below:
1) C:\Documents and Settings\username\Cookies (All index files after browsing websites)
2) C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\History (History files).
3) C:\WINDOWS\Temp, C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp, C:\Documents and Settings\username\LocalSettings\TemporaryInternet Files (Temporary files)
6) C:\Documents and Settings\username\Recent (Shortcuts for the previous files you have ever viewed)
7) C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\download (Temporary download files)
8) C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386, (Driver backup).
9) C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles (Backups after upgrading SP1 or SP2)
After cleaning up the junk files, you can greatly speed up your computer, but that is not enough. To completely speed up and optimize your computer, it is necessary for you to defragment the computer in a regular basic, making the same files always contiguously so as to easier to get access to, and speed up the computer.
To defragment the computer, you can simply go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tool and then select Disk Defragment to begin the defragment process. Here, you can directly select the volume to be defragmented and then click Analyze to see whether it is needs to be defragmented or not. But if you have never run a disk defragmentation, it is recommended that you directly click Defragment button to defragment your computer. But please be patient when using windows built-in defragmenter for it is always a time –consuming process.
Here, to speed up your computer, I recommended you to use a professional defrag program— Advanced Defrag to completely and quickly defragment your computer, which will bring you a completely comfortable defragment experience.
Disk Defragmentation—How to Defragment Disk Properly
Nov 9th
I am quite sure that most users have known defragmentation can speed up computer and also tried to defragment disks in hope that computers can run fast like new. It is true that defragmentation is a good choice, but before defragmenting disk, you are supposed to learn how to do it properly in order to save your time and energy.
In fact, defragmentation is not an easy job if you want to do it manually.
You should make full preparation ahead of defragmentation, such as clear up the junks, check error and then you are able to defragment disk properly and perfectly.
The first step is to clean up junk files or information in the hard disk. You may not realize that how many junks are accumulating when operating the system. As a matter of fact, the junks are produced by various channels, for examples, temporary files created by installing application, cache files left by browsing the Internet, DLL files produced by deleting the software or error files when shutting down computer forcedly. All of the files mentioned above belong to junk files, so you can imagine what a large garbage dump the computer has to serve as. In this regard, you can get rid of those junks so that share the burden of defragmenting disk.
As for how to remove those disturbing junks, different people may choose different ways. Some green hands are likely to use Disk Cleanup program provided by Microsoft, while old hands prefer to use more powerful tools like Advanced Defrag or do it manually.
Then, for checking and restoring the disk errors, you can choose the disk scanning program of Windows, of course, on the condition that you have enough time and patience. I am sure through such long and time-consuming scanning, you can restore most errors. That is right, just most errors. And, if you want to cover all the mistakes, you should take a professional defragmenting tool into consideration.
After all the preparation done perfectly, you can start disk defragmentation in the Windows. You can start from “All Programs”/ “Accessories”/ “System Tools”/ “Disk Defragmenter”, in the dialog box, you can choose the partition to defragment and then click “OK”. Now, all you have to do is waiting. You know the defragmentation of Windows is really a long process. Normally, you have to wait for at least one hour for a partition with two GB memory.
Therefore, I really recommend you to close down all the other running programs including screensaver and to adjust the virtual memory as fixed value. Do not perform any read-write operation during this process, because if the Disk Defragment finds any change in the file, it starts the defragmentation again and again. And you should control the times of defragmenting disk. If you do that hourly, it is no doubt that it can shorten the usage of the hard disk.
All in all, all the things you do just aims to speed up computer by defragmenting disk. So, if you are tired of doing that manually, you can try a professional tool named “Advanced Defrag” which is outstanding of its kinds.
Optimize Computer Performance—Must Facts about Temporary Files
Nov 2nd
Do you find your computer is running slower than before? Sometimes, your computer, or hard disk, to be precisely, is overweighed. Therefore, what you really have to do is help hard disk lose weight. Well, it is the article that can give you a big hand.
Large numbers of junk files not only waste too many disk spaces, but also hinder the speed of operating system. Therefore, you should clear up system files ceaselessly so as to improve efficiency and disk available space. In this article, I will introduce you certain methods to clear up junk files in the C disk.
In the Windows operating system, file properties are divided into three categories: hide, read only and archive. If the files are hidden, you cannot see them in the disk, of course. You can find that the memory volume is increasing rapidly, but it is hard to find their roots. Because many junk files hide in the C disk. In this regard, before defragmenting, you should display all the hidden files first. Open “My Computer”, choose “Folder Options” in the “Tools” and tick to display all the files and folders.
Since you have often visited websites and looked files, Windows put such temporary visited files into a certain folders where pile up the temporary files. Therefore, it is a must for you to clear up temporary files regularly. The most direct way to solve this problem is to delete them completely. In fact, almost the temporary files are restored in the C:/Docucments and Settings/Users’ name, you can remove them as follows:
1. Open C: /Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Cookies, delete all the files, because it restores the left index files when visiting websites.
2. In the C: /Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/History, delete the files since they belong to history record.
3. In the C: /WINDOWS/Temp, remove all these temporary files.
4. In the C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/Temp, remove such user’s temporary visiting files.
5. Open C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files, delete all the page files.
6. In the C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Recent folder, you can delete all these shortcuts of recent browsed files.
7. In the C: /WINDOWS/Software Distribution/download, get rid of all the temporary files when downloading.
8. In the C: /WINDOWS/Driver Cache/386, delete all the compressed files.
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Disk Defragmentation—Must Facts You Should Know about Defragmentation
Oct 27th
It is not strange for any computer user to defragment the disk. But, in order to maximize defragmentation, there are some must facts you should know about defragmentation. After reading this article, you are supposed to know how to prepare for defragmentation.
Since you have used the hard disk for a long time, the storage of the files are fragmented that many files are dispersed on the different hard disks. Such fragmented files may slow down your hard disk and increase the risk of losing and damaging the data. So, the Disk Defragmenter of Windows collects and handles all of these fragments.
You should clear up the junk information and check whether there is any error in the hard disk or not before defragmentation. After that, you can clear up and optimize the fragment. Therefore, you have to make good preparation as follow:
1. You should clean up the junk files and information. Since your system work for a long time, the junk files may cram many unconscious operations may result in junk files. They are temporary files when installing the programs, cache files after browsing, DLL files left by deleting software and error files produced by shutting down the computer forcedly. It is common that most users are inclined to use the disk cleaning up programs in the Windows, at the same time, you can also turn to certain more powerful defragmenter to help you.
2. You should check and restore any mistake in the hard disk. Of course, you can have a try of the Disk Scan Program of Windows firstly. Although it really takes a lot of time to repair it, as long as you are patient enough, the most errors and mistakes can be restored after complete and detailed scanning.
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But, you can also try to use other tools, such as Advanced Defrag, it is much faster than that of Windows, since it is tested thousands of times. Such defrag can definitely help you defragment the disk.
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