My computer has only 22% disc space. Is a new computer the only solution?

Question

My computer is a 6-year old Dell (Model L700C). I have 384 MB of RAM, with 109.7 MB still available. Also an Intel Pentium III Processor Driver and I use dial-up. This computer was lovely when I first got it, but now it's frightfully slow and I'm wondering what I can do about it.

I have the Window Washer, Spy Sweeper, and Norton AntiVirus programs on my computer, so I keep everything pretty much cleaned up. I also use the Disc Cleanup & Disc Defragmenter regularly as well.

Answer 1

use a program called CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/

When you run it, under advanced, click remove Hotfix uninstallers.

Seriously, if you are using XP, there are so many updates, and the unistallers take up a lot of room.

You will probably clear up 10-20% of your diskspace.


OR

You could go buy another harddrive to put in there, just make sure your hd has an IDE interface, and it should work

Answer 2

I've suffered with slow PCs before and there are many ways to combat the slowness.

First you should get some more RAM and install it. RAM is the easiest upgrade you can give your PC. I would go with at least an extra 256MB if not 512MB. This will give you a boost in performance and smooth operation.

Defrag and CheckDisk the PC. This is under the disc management utility. It can simply be accessed by right clicking the C Drive icon and selecting "properties" then "tools" These two things will take a few hours to compltete. Make sure when you run the checkdisk that you select both option boxes to fix errors when you are ready to run it.

Then I would run a scan for adware and spyware using SpyBot (which is Open Source) anduninstall any bugs it finds.

Manage your startup programs by disabling them through their preferences or you can use WinPatrol from Bill P Studios (free version works well) to keep unwanted programs from running at startup.

Either way, you will benefit from buying a new computer...it will be light years faster, but to save on cash...these tricks will help you tremendously.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Try CCleaner which is located at http://www.zektek.com/software/ in the Cleaning & Removal section. There is also a whole bunch of software on this page that might be able to help you with your problems.

Answer 4

See if you can upgrade the ram, this could speed up the computer again.

Answer 5

I would say upgrade to a new one is your best option.

Answer 6

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these steps below will help clean up your computer


In Internet explorer at top of window select tools - then delete browser history
- then another box will open - select delete all- this will not remove your book marks
-Then close explorer then open again .At first pages will be slow once
and then will load fast after it loads 1 time.Also email etc you will have to sign in 1 time with pass word etc.
This will create new cookies.

Also go to start at bottom of on task bar.
click start 1 time then select find or search depending on your operating system.
Select all files and folders - then type in defrag and click search.When icons come up double click
and new box will come up - select analyze then you will see how fragmented you are -
then choose defrag.You can put this program on your desk top by right clicking on the icon you found in search for defrag.
Right click choose create short cut.This will put a short cut on your desk top.Then you can use as needed in future.
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find search delete history


on key boad press ctlr h



no software needed
you have what you need

find search delete history

on key board press ctlr h first

In Internet explorer at top of window select tools

then delete browser history - then another box will open - select delete all- this will not remove your book marks
Then close explorer then open again .At first pages will be slow once
and then will load fast after it loads 1 time.Also email etc you will have to sign in 1 time with pass word etc.
This will create new cookies.
Also go to start at bottom of on task bar.click start 1 time then select find or search depending on your operating system.
Select all files and folders - then type in defrag and click search.When icons come up double click and new box will come up
select analyze then you will see how fragmented you are - then choose defrag.You can put this program on your desk top
by right clicking on the icon you found in search for defrag.
Right click choose create short cut.This will put a short cut on your desk top.Then you can use as needed in future.


if you want book marks removed click on star at top of screen
right click the ones you don"t want choose delete


GO TO THIS SITE TO

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm






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add and remove programs

click start bottom left on task bar

control panel

add and remove programs

find the program(s) you want to remove

choose remove

reinsall if needed

check status as you do it

you may be asking for problems

AUTOMATIC UPDATES FIREWALL ETC

go to start (in the blue bar)

control panel

security center

set up options

in add and remove programs you can put check in tab show all updates



if this dont work
buy more ram