subject: A Computer Running Slow Issue May Be Repaired Easily [print this page] Your computer will in time become sluggish if you operate it a lot no matter how high-priced or capable it is. It is because computers, just like a automobile, is supposed to be well maintained and serviced for it to operate at its highest level. Suffice to say that care is essential for your PC.
So it isn't unusual for a PC to start becoming slower if it is used a great deal. Things such as opening a computer program takes longer than usual (some programs couldn't be opened at all) and error messages often pop up. Well, you can try some home fixes for the computer running slow matter yourself to improve your PCs operation.
So where to begin? What you might do is to check out your drives to determine whether they have enough free space. Your computer uses this free space whenever it opens a application or program (for additional RAM or random access memory to aid your PC's memory card). Depending on its capacity, at least 25 % of your hard drive storage capacity should be available for use at all times. If the computer's hard drive has too many files and programs, then its' high time that you delete or uninstall some of them.
Remember that deleting programs may be dangerous to other applications that could be connected (that uninstalling them could make the other program to be inoperable). Uninstall the ones that you seldom utilize and are not necessary in the day to day working of your PC. Computer games, graphic heavy applications as well as music and video storing will eat a lot of the available space and use a substantial amount of available resources so keep these as small as possible.
An additional fix for the computer running slow may be Defragging your hard drive or main drive data storage area. While there is existing storage space in the hard drive, accessing the information can be slower because of poor positioning or organization of the stored data. Just click on "my computer" and then click right on the drive you want to Defragment. After that click the "tool" tab and then "Defragment Now". On a vista operating system computer you would click "programs" then "accessories" and after that System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter and follow the directions given.
Solving a number of your computer running slow problems is a project that you can try yourself but be certain that you use a small amount of carefulness.
