What do I need to buy to make my computer run faster?

Question

I own a Sony Vaio VGC R series. (ra710g to be exact). I have this computer for about a year and half. It's still a great computer. But I have noticed that it's been running slow and sometimes stalling. I Disk Fragment often, and I also own a Buffalo 360GB external hard drive. That's almost full. My internal is holds 250, but I'm only using about 20Gigs of that space or less. If I buy more memory will that help?

Answer 1

go for a higher config ram

Answer 2

try a good clean up

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0
scan pc in safe mode and defrag da hard drive from safemode



some antivirus will miss key keylogger and trojans . frist of all you need to download avg antispyware this is verry good in getting all kinda bad files . then you need to download Adaware
a-squared< is verry good in picking up traking software files that is on the pc and it will find them . then download antispyware blocker that will find any type of virus . trojans files with antispyware blocker when you run that at the top of the box ur see
C:\ WINDOWS
remove the word windows and just leave in

C:\

then hit scan it will search all of the pc every file for virus or trojans and this will not have any problem with ur antivirus you have i have this my self .

then download spyware doctor that will search the pc for even more spyware adaware . just having 1 or 2 antispyware dont cut any ice at all you neeed what i said to download . when you have them run ur pc in safemode and scan the pc with then 1 at a time . this way from safemode the trojan and keylogger cant hide them self coz there is not internet access on in safe mode all the software i said to download will get the trojans and keylogger

if they say some are in the registry you watch what path there in and get in the registry and right hit on that folder and hit remove dont worry when the pc restart up win xp will creat a new clean folder for you

Answer 3

everything that I read points to free space if you ever did a format and re-install just to see how fast it does a restart get rid of all the programs that you dont use or need you can always install the as you need them, it seems that the clutter is what slows down a system if you ask me. there's no such thing as too much memory

Answer 4

procuring utility is a foul thought ,in case you have winXP you could a million-uninstall any purposes you don’t particularly need . 2-eliminate seen subject concerns .(like domicile windows blinds) 3-use much less secure practices (make you’re antivirus/firewall in basic terms test the internet ) 4-attempt to maintain minimum centers and initiate courses (shop in basic terms those which you rather desire ) …. commence>run>(form: msconfig ) > (initiate / centers ) deselect those you don’t desire. 5-Defragmentation : (precise click on each tension the pick tactics , learn then defragment ). 6-attempt to maintain unfastened area on you’re complicated tension. 7-advance you’re digital memory , : (precise click My pc >homes > overall performance tab , click settings ) you're able to do a a great number of stuff there ^_^

Answer 5

if your computer is slowing down, you might have a gummed up regestry, or you are running low on memory, or maybe your hard drive is fragmented.

you can go to http://www.tune-up.com, there is a very helpful tool there that actully works, because it has a regestry defrag, and a mem optomizer.

if that does not work, you can try the good ol' memory upgrade.

hope this helps you!

Answer 6

your computer is probubly full of spy. if i were you iwould download this adaware--- http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html and if that doesnt work, when your computer boots up tell it you want to edit, or reconfigure settings and and go to drive c: and then type in Fdisk and also go into my computer before hand to find out your external drive letter and Fdisk that too.. WARNING!!! THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR ENTIRE CPMUTER AND HARD DRIVES!!!! IF U CHOOSE THIS YOU WILL NEED THE SOFTWARE TO INSTALL WINDOWS! (or linux if u like it better) make sure you have ur key for ur o.s. if u do this.

Answer 7

Tried cleaning your registry? That seems to be the culprit.. no use adding memory since it was working fine with the memory you had before

Answer 8

add an external hampster Xs240 from petco!

Answer 9

just download advanced windows care professional here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/370717/AWCPv2.1.0.653.rar
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