How to Make your PC run Faster Part 1

Top 5 tips How to make your PC run faster Part-1

How to make your PC run faster. Regular maintenance of your PC with system utilities will keep your system’s health in top. No matter what may be the configurations of your computer,with these tips and free software you can make Your PC run faster

Make your PC run faster with the built in Windows Features.
So Lets get started.

Make your Computer run Faster

I have compiled the 10 (ten) most important tips to make your computer run faster,putting all these in one post will be a very lengthy post, so I will post 5 tips now and Another 5 in my next post. Besides frankly I don’t want to bore you.

Top 5 ways to Make your computer run faster

Number 1 in my List: Defragment your hard disk to size up those files in your hard disk.

When you buy a new computer your hard disk is relatively empty,so when you install a program or save some files it stores it in one block.You may have observed when you want to excess these files, the computer gets that information very fast since its located in block.

But as you go on adding files ,installing programs, your hard drive begins to fill up. When you delete files,uninstall programs or move files within the disk,empty spaces or gaps are created (space occupied by a deleted file).After sometime whenever you install some programs like installing a software or saving some music files,photos etc, your computer no longer saves these data’s in a block instead it will save these data’s in pieces in those empty spaces. The end result is that your files are stored in pieces in every nooks and corner of your hard disk. This is what we call as fragmented hard disk, but don’t worry your computer knows where those different pieces of the same file is located,so when you try to access those files surely your computer will fetch it for you but will take a much longer time since it has to collect all those pieces of data of the same file and display it in your screen.So as you see its obvious, the more broken up the data ,the longer it takes to access the data and slower the computer becomes.

So Whats the solution ? Defrag your hard disk. Disk defragmenters are software which does the job of eliminating those small gaps of empty space by bringing the bits of the same file in to one location /block there by making it easier to access those files and increasing the speed of your computer.

Windows has its own built in disk defragmenter,and many users swears by its effectiveness, But I personally found it to be slower,and frankly I was not satisfied, didn’t find much improvement in the speed.There are a lot of Disk defragmenter software available like DISKEEPER, O&O defrag, but these software’s comes at a price,not free.Fortunately there are also free software’s which can do the job as good as if not better.Free disk defragmenter like SMART DEFRAG,AUSLOGICS,DEFRAGLER etc.I have tried all and My frank opinion is SMART DEFRAG, tops the list.I have written a detail article on Smart defrag, you can read this post here and DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE for free.

Top 5 ways to Make your computer run faster

TIP Number 2 & 3 in my List: Clean and Fix up your Registry and Free up Disk Space :

I have clubbed this two tips together because majority of the software does this two job.So one software can do both the job for you.Every Operating system has a Registry and your registry has a wealth of information about your system, in fact your system registry is the heart and soul of your computer.So it is always advised to back up your system registry if you need to tweak or change anything in the registry entry, because one wrong entry or change may make your system crash or may not even boot. Many users usually complain about the computer starting up slow (Longer boot time) slow response etc, the reason ? anything and everything that you do in your computer is recorded in the registry.

When you install a new program, it makes it makes its own entry in the registry,if you make a shortcut for any program and subsequently delete that shortcut,your registry has information too.Now when you uninstall any program, the built in uninstaller donot delete everything and leaves behind lot of temporary files and entries in the registry, entries which are no longer used and unnecessary, over the time these entries makes your registry bloated and fragmented, slowing down your system considerably,programs that you use (Install) creates its own folder and temp files, uninstalling a program does not remove these folders(most of the programs) created by the program, leaving behind its temp files no longer used by your system but occupying your precious disk space. So what is the solution? You will be advised not to fiddle around with your registry as its too risky, unless you know what you are doing.

Finding and deleting all temporary files left behind by a program is a very time consuming and definitely you would’nt like to do that.So why not allow a software to that job for you without any risk ? that too with a FREE software ? Yes you read it right. Ccleaner a free software to clean your Registry,find and remove all temporary and broken shortcuts.A detail post on this Topic will be found here and a link to

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Top 5 ways to Make your computer run faster Number 4 in my list:

Find and repair Disk errors, Bad sectors to make your computer run faster:In addition to running Disk defragmenter,registry Cleaner,and freeing up disk space, to optimize the performance of your computer its

very important to check for any errors in file system or find for any bad sectors in the Disk, because this will slow down your system considerably.As you continually use your computer your hard disk can develop bad sectors or system file errors. The windows default Error checking utility and bad sector repair utility does this job for you and does it well.It is advised that you use this utility at least twice a month, which will definitely aid to make your computer run faster.

To start this utility

Step1. Click on My computer.

Step2. In the My computer window you will see all your drives/Partitions arranged alphabetically. Select the drive where your system is installed, by default its the “C” drive,by Right clicking on it and select properties,

Step 3: In the window that opens -click on Tools

Step 4. In the tools window- under error checking- click on Check now.

Step 5: Under the Check disk options check both the boxes for “Automatically fix file system errors” and “Scan for and attempt recovery of Bad sectors” and than click on Start.

You will get the prompt- “Windows can’t check the disk while it’s in use” click on the tab that says “schedule disk check” This will make windows check your disk check for errors and bad sectors in the next boot up.

I suggest you reboot your system immediately for disk utility to do the job.

That’s it When your system reboots, it will check for any system file error and try to find and repair any bad sectors.

Very Important: At the end of Disk check, windows will give a summery report of what ever error it found and corrected,but if the report shows the presence of any bad sectors, My suggestion, back up all your files and go for a new hard disk as soon as possible. Remember Hard disk with Bad sector can fail any moment, without warning.

Top 5 ways to Make your computer run faster Number 5 in my list:

Get rid of Adware and Spyware.

Spyware and Adware can be vary a very Nasty and also difficult to deal with.

So what is a SPYWARE? Its a software by itself with malicious intent- designed to be like that. It usually gets installed in your computer without your knowledge and can happen if you are in habit of downloading software’s from untrusted sites or via torrent, these comes embedded with the main program and gets installed when you click on the “I Agree” tab of the software installation without properly reading the EULA.

So once installed what a Spyware/Adware can do to your system ?

1 It can use your computer’s system resources, memory, & Internet bandwidth, making your computer and/or Internet connection slow.

2 .It can Delete, modify, or disable files, folders, programs, and essential Windows components and services.

3. It can allow worms, Trojans, and “back doors” to open your computer to further invasions of your computer.

4 .Once inside,it can use your computer to send spam – yes !! without your knowledge.

5 .It will create conflict with other programs, causing your computer to crash or freeze up.

6 .Install “key-loggers” which will record your keystrokes, that is, they record everything you type and steal information’s like your username,passwords and other personal information’s and data etc.

7 .It can Monitor your web surfing habits

8. Relay these collected data back to its makers & sell it to other companies or bad guys.

9. Collect your e-mail address & make you the target of spam (junk e-mail).Now do you know from those mails have come and filled up your junk/spam folder ?

10 .If your Home page have suddenly changed and redirects you to another website, think of spyware and immediately take necessary steps, before it does more damage to your system.

Pretty scary stuff right ? Yes, just a bit of codes embedded in a harmless software can create havoc.

Fortunately there are pretty good FREE software’s which can take care of your Computer, search and delete

adware/spyware and help to run your computer run faster

One of such software is MICROSOFTS MALICIOUS SOFTWARE REMOVAL TOOL

The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found.

When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malware was detected and removed.

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Another free software, worth mentioning here is Lavasoft Ad-Removal tool,It is one of the award winning tool and can be downloaded from.

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Was this Post Helpful ? This is the First series of my “How to Make your PC run Faster” In my next post I will be writing about another top 5 tips on How to make your computer run faster. In the mean try these five Tips, and see the difference. Did it make any difference to your computer? Share your experience.

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Posted By: Ben Jamir