| Everyone has experienced a slow pc at some point in | | | | time. If you were to have insufficient memory your |
| their life. It can be one of the most frustrating things in | | | | computer would begin to use the hard disk space as |
| the world when it takes ages to open applications or | | | | memory, this will significantly slow down your pc as the |
| perform simple tasks. There are things in which you | | | | hard disk runs at a much slower speed. You also have |
| can do to keep the speed of the pc in good condition. | | | | the potential to over work your processor as it will be |
| Firstly the main thing to check for is the processor, a | | | | reading and writing to the hard disk. |
| processor can only handle so much and once it | | | | If you have an old hard disk then you are advised to |
| reaches its peak there's not much you can do. By | | | | upgrade that as the newer Serial ATA hard disks run |
| upgrading this component you can guarantee that the | | | | at a much faster speed which will boost the |
| performance will be increase but this may entail more | | | | performance of your pc. You have to ensure your |
| components needing to be upgraded such as the | | | | computer is capable of having Serial ATA as not |
| mother board. You can check the diagnostics of your | | | | every processor can handle it. |
| computer by typing 'perfmon' in the run utility located | | | | If you are on a really tight budget and cannot afford to |
| on the start menu. | | | | spend money upgrading components there are still |
| Upgrading the processor can be a very costly task if | | | | ways you can slightly speed up the computer on a |
| you need to upgrade your mother board as well, | | | | whole. You can go through the add/remove programs |
| always check before you buy anything so you are | | | | list and remove anything that you don't need anymore, |
| fully aware of what needs doing and how much it will | | | | these programs are wasting space on your hard drive. |
| cost you. If you're on a budget there are other | | | | The more space you have the more chance of your |
| methods of speeding up the performance of your | | | | pc running smooth and problem free. |
| computer. | | | | Always ensure you run the defrag tool on a regular |
| You need to ensure that your computer has sufficient | | | | basis to ensure that your hard drive isn't clutter and will |
| memory in order to perform multiple tasks at the same | | | | run at optimised speeds. |