My p.c is getting really slow will cleaning the hard drive speed it up again?
2007-02-13 06:12:28 · 8 answers · asked by Edz 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
http://www.zonelabs.com/ (firewall)
http://www.lavasoft.com/ (ad-aware)
http://www.safer-networking.org/ (spybot s&d)
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ (avg Anti-Virus)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ (Crap Cleaner)
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/files/EClea2_0.exe (Easy Cleaner)
http://www.download.com/ (A useful site for just about anything & everything else)
also defrag your hard drive
2007-02-13 10:12:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have so much junk in there that slows down your computer. Disk cleaner will do nothing but give you some more hard drive space by deleting things off the hard drive. Defrag won't make any noticeable difference in speed but you should do it anyways atleast once a month. You have to look for things that are bogging your computer down. Like applications on start up, adwares, spywares, etc. Use msconfig to get rid of the applications on start up. Adwares and spywares, you're going to need a program that will get rid of them such as AdAware. OR you can back up your documents and then wipe out your hard drive by reformatting it and reinstalling Windows or whatever your OS is. Afterwards, buy anti virus/spyware programs or your PC will be bogging down again in no time. Good luck.
2007-02-13 06:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by ih8u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Windows Clean up it is very good and free. also AD Aware SE is free and cleans up Ad's. Install Yahoo Toolbar this comes with free Norton Spyware. For virus checker use AVG it to is free including upgrades. Windows also comes with System Management tools use them first as they are free as well
2007-02-16 11:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably need to increase your memory or get rid of some unwanted programmes.
2007-02-13 06:17:44 · answer #4 · answered by Rainman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to:
start, all programs, accessories, system tools, disk clean up
start, all programs, accessories, system tools, disk defragmentor
that should clear it up, do it maybe once a week. sam X
2007-02-13 06:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by Pat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wont.
defragmenting it will.
start>all programs>accesories>system tools>disk defragmenter.
use tune-up utilities 2007 to fix errors.
http://www.tune-up.com/
2007-02-13 06:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CCCleaner.
2007-02-13 06:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by alanprogrock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try ccleaner.
ccleaner.com
cleans registry and temp files.
2007-02-13 06:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by Who Pinched My Bottom? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋