Speed up without a computer upgrade
Computer and Laptop's at an ever increasing pace and today's machines can be upgraded in more and more ways. From larger hard drives, faster (RAM) memory to super quick processors.
Whilst computer and laptop upgrades are good way to improve your performance, there are also simpler methods. In this article we at Easy IT Repair describe some of the ways you can help keep PC and laptop run faster and increase its lifespan.
Running Windows De-frag on your computer and Laptop
When you install a program or create and save any data file, the file can be split into many parts and stored in multiple locations on the hard disk (HDD). We call this disk fragmentation.
This happens because when you first install your operating system and programs on your hard disk, they are written to the disk, for the most part, in one contiguous block without any gaps. The exceptions are certain system files that must be stored in certain locations. Over time, as you create, save and then delete documents or programs, the once-filled locations are left empty. This leads to files being split and distributer all over your computer and laptop hard drive.
Following, when Windows is writing files and programmes to your computer and laptop hard drive, it looks for a suitable piece of free space in which to store the data. What happens, then, when you copy a 40M database or audio file to the disk and the biggest slice of free space is only 30M? Or say you modify an existing file, appending a whole bunch of data so the file now takes up more space on the disk. To accommodate the files, Windows writes the first part of the file in one section of the disk and then scouts around for other places to store the rest of the file. The end result is that a single file may be stored in several chunks scattered about the disk.
This windows process can make a big difference to how efficiently your computers hard drive (HDD) operates. Follow Easy IT Repair' steps below
1. Select the 'start menu' and select 'all
programmes'.
2. Select 'accessories' and choose 'system
tools'.
3. Select 'disk defragmenter'.
4. Your computer will display a dialog box requesting which
drive you want to defragment. Under Windows XP this will often
be drive C: drive in your PC or laptop.
5. Your computer will begin by checking your hard drive (HDD)
for errors. This is followed be the defragmentation process.
