Computer Advice

Aside from using CCleaner to improve your computer and Internet speeds, running disk defragment can be an excellent accomplice to those tools. Disk defragment tools like Defraggler, which was developed by the same company as CCleaner, were designed to improve upon your hard drive and make opening files, software and other programs and applications quicker and more efficient than it’s optimized for at the moment. If you’ve been using your hard drive to store files and programs for many months or possibly even years then you’re well beyond ready to use Defraggler. If your computer is fairly new and you’ve only been using it for a few weeks, using Defraggler is not necessary.

Disk defragment works by rearranging the files that are stored on your hard drive. Essentially, when you save a file that file isn’t always saved in the same location. Rather, the file Is separated and divided in various sections on your hard drive. When you open that file or program your hard drive then has to perform a complex search to locate all of the missing pieces in order to correctly have the entire collection of files. The more that you store on your hard drive, the more unorganized things become. Eventually your operating system files can become fragmented and all of your software will be divided on the hard drive as well. The importance of using Defraggler to realign these files is very evident. The process can take several minutes and sometimes even hours but upon its conclusion it should greatly improve on your computers functionality. Once the defragment tool has finished you will have all of your files, folders and software organized and neatly aligned within the segments of your hard drive. You should notice greater speeds and superior access within you files and programs immediately. Remember that using Defraggler is highly recommended but it should only be completed about once every few months.

You can improve upon the results of these tools by running your anti-virus software prior to using CCleaner or Defraggler. Viruses amount for many of the reported problems in computers and by simply running a thorough search for infections, bugs and viruses you can eliminate them as a possibility for your unfortunate computer speed issues.

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding computer hardware and what actually works to speed up your computer and provide promising results. However, most of the confusion resides around the various computer software applications that claim they can provide similar improvements. However, as a computer technician, such claims are completely unjustified and can instantly be ruled out. Software that claims it can speed up your computer can only function to an extent. In reality, there is only so much that software can accomplish, once it has reached its maximum capabilities, it’s likely that your computer will still be running at its same, slow speeds. In fact, there’s actually more that you can do yourself to improve upon your computer speeds with free software that’s available on the Internet.

If you’ve tried some of the free tools like CCleaner and Disk Defraggler, as well as running your anti-virus software and you haven’t seen any improvements, the next step is to purchase computer hardware. Inside your computer you have several main components. If you’ve ever seen the inside of a computer then you might think it looked rather technical, however it’s really not very complicated at all. The main part to a computer is the motherboard. Essentially, the motherboard is what all of the other parts in the computer connect to. Connecting to the motherboard you have the power supply that provides power to the computer, the hard drive, CD Drive, RAM, Processor or CPU and any custom modifications you’ve made to your machine. You can pretty quickly distinguish which of these components actually provide importance in the functionality of your computers speed. The hard drive provides space for you to store your files, the CD drive allows you to insert disks that will operate on the computer, and the processor and RAM work together to improve the functionality of running programs and opening files. Typically, if you have a slow processor or not enough RAM installed in your computer then it will suffer from unrecoverable slow speeds. There’s no software on the market that can improve upon the speed of your computer if the hardware is what’s at fault. If your processor is not dual core, it’s recommended that you upgrade to a dual core processor with at least 2.0 GHZ. Secondly, if you don’t have a minimum of 1GB of RAM then you should consider upgrading. Even with 1GB of RAM your computer might still suffer from operation issues and you could try installing up to 2.0GB for better performance.