use Disk Cleanup
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.
Disk Cleanup dialog box
Disk Cleanup calculates the amount of space you will be able to free.
2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.
Disk Cleanup for dialog box
Choose the files that you want to delete.
3.Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.
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When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes.
Then Defragment your hard drives
First of all make sure you have enough time to complete the defragmentation, the amount of time will depend on how
much use your PC has had since the last defragmentation.
To start the defrag utility, click on the Start button, then hover your mouse over all programs, then hover over Accessories, then hover over System Tools, then click on Disk Defragmenter.
The next step is to highlight the drive you wish to defragment (one left click on the drive), then click on the Analyze button, this will check the selected drive for fragmentation, the utility will then tell you whether the drive needs defragmenting or not.
If the drive needs defragmenting simply click the Defragment button, once clicked the utility will begin defragmentation of the drive, it may take a few hours depending on the size of the drive.
Once it is complete simply close the defrag utility.
Detect and Repair Disk Errors
In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.
As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced.
If you use your computer daily, you should try to run this utility weekly to help prevent data loss.
To run the Error Checking utility:
Important: Be sure to close all files before running the Error-Checking utility.
1.Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2.In the My Computer window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click Properties.
3.In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab.
4.Click the Check Now button.
5. In the Check Disk dialog box, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.
Check Disk dialog box. In most circumstances, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
6. If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them.
2007-03-16 07:21:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Another good way to do it, is to remove any programs you don't use, and that will also free up hard drive space.
2007-03-16 07:19:35
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answered by all things mystical 3
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add more memory
add a biger procesor
a biger hardrive to run the operating system on
just little things that come to mind.
2007-03-16 07:13:48
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answered by Anonymous
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get some of that nice curry sauce and pour it on the motherboard.
That'll make it run real fast.
2007-03-16 07:14:27
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answered by Anonymous
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google web accelerator...from google...lol...defragmenting your drive(s) and disk cleanup...or updating your ram...and getting like 1024mb or sumthin
2007-03-16 07:14:17
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answered by MusicLvr9898 2
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