subject: How To Perform A Complete Pc Diagnostics [print this page] Computer maintenance is the equally important the same as using it. In absence of a proper PC checkup and PC diagnostics a computer may slow down eventually. However it is not very difficult task to perform a routine PC checkup and run some essential tools and system utilities.
Some of the important tasks and points are below mentioned.
Run Windows Tweaks and regular utilities
Disk Cleanup
Windows has many built in tools and useful utilities within it to perform a regular PC checkup task. Disk cleanup is one of the important and useful tools. It cleans all the temporary and other unwanted stuff from your computer. It is easy to perform and helps to create some hard drive space.
Disk defragmentation
Disk defragmentation is another very significant Windows tool to fix PCissues such as slow PC. Over time your hard drive gets fragmented due to regular operations in the system. The fragmented data take longer time than expected and which affects the whole system speed and performance. Disk defragmentation utility keeps all the fragmented data in an orderly manner so that the data accessing becomes faster.
Windows file checker utility
Windows file checker utility is used to repair all the operating system related files that are corrupt and damaged. For many important issues such as slow PC, OS related error messages, or if any Windows feature is not working we can use the file checker utility.
Remove all viruses and malware from your computer
Computer virus is the biggest threat for computer speed, performance, security and data. Viruses are of different kinds always and they can harm your computer in many ways including slow PC, computer may freeze, unexpected shutting down issue and many more.
To protect your valuable data and obtain the maximum speed a virus free computer is required always. To remove all types of viruses and other malwares a good, reliable and updated antivirus program is required. You may also use an antispyware program to eliminate the spywares in your computer. There many freebies available online that are of great use to fix PC errors and infections.
Increase system RAM
If your computer is virus free and there does not seem any issue but still you encounter the slow PC issue; here you need to verify that if youve sufficient Random Access Memory installed or not. If you run heavy applications and you have just 512 or 256MB of RAM then it is time to install an additional RAM. I suggest at least 512MB for Windows XP, 1GB for Windows Vista and 2GB for Windows 7 OS. Though the OS can run on some lesser Ram as well but you may experience slow computer issue eventually.
Verify any faulty, corrupt and incompatible hardware and device driver
Hardware components are necessary essential aspects of any computer system. They need to be good and in working state all the time. If you have any broken or incompatible hardware or device driver set, you may not only experience a slow PC issue but can also encounter many other problems in your pc such as computer freezing, blue screen of death and many other abnormalities.
In nut shell if you have ensured all the above mentioned points there are very less chances that your PC will run slow. Even still you face slow PC issue you might need advance troubleshooting steps and more computer assistance.
