Does your notebook seem slower than molasses these days? Do you often find yourself coming to
point of heartache and even yelling a few choice words at your machine? If so, then simple steps listed in this article are for you.In this article we will take a look at some of easiest things that you can do to automatically speed up your laptop. And as a bonus, all of these tips can be done for free!
1.) Defrag - How can defragging your hard drive speed up your notebook? Maybe by explaining how a defrag works, you will see how important it is.
When your hard drive is new and has no data on it, things get stored in blocks easily. When files and/or programs are stored in nice chunks, they can get accessed quickly – This is why your hard drive is blazing fast in beginning. As time goes on things start to slow down. Files get deleted and this creates empty blocks in hard drive.
New files and programs will get saved to these empty blocks, only they aren’t all together – They are spread out. When files/programs are spread out among different blocks of storage, they get accessed much slower. Defragmenting your hard drive brings related files and programs back into a nice big block. This is achieved because your computer knows which files and programs are related through their address.
2.) Empty Recycle Bin – This one is pretty self explanatory, and may even seem like a non issue. Maybe it is, but there are plenty of people that keep their recycle bins full, all time. If something is in recycle bin, you might as well empty it.
3.Erase Temporary Files – The internet as well as your operating system often store temporary files in special folders. These temporary files are just that, temporary, but they often stay on your computer for a number of days or even indefinitely. I don’t recommend going and deleting stuff in folders if you are unsure of what you are doing. Thankfully though, there are many programs out there that will go through and delete unnecessary files for you.
