would an external hard disc drive help speed up my computer.I am running XP.?

Answer 1

No.
Make sure you've done all basic maintenance (defrag, clear cache,etc., make sure vitual memory is set correctly.)
If that doesn't fix it you need a new puter with faster processor etc.
More RAM might do it, but no guarantee.

Answer 2

it is a common misconception that " I have too much stuff on my computer, and that is why it is slow !" .
since the above is wrong, then an external hard disc, will in no way boost your computer.
If you are after speed, beware of another misconception, " More RAM will make your computer faster !" , wrong again ! more RAM only improves performance, if you do not have enough.
For windows XP, running general applications (i.e nothing specially memory hungry like some games ) , you ill see little benefit once you have 768MB of memory ( in fact 512MB is quite sufficient), and in vista once you have 1GB , you do not need any more, unless you start a specific application that needs plenty of memory, and only that application benefits from increased memory.
Beware, Memory is not Hard disc space , if you run out of disc space, it does not mean you are now short of memory !
Many people think if their computer has got slower over time, it is because it needs some kind of hardware boost, not true , most computers benefit greatly if you take them to a qualified engineer, to figure out why it is slow, and some times it is the ONLY way !

Answer 3

No it cant
Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.speeduppc.info/
You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 4

properly vista is plenty extra ideal then XP lol. Get extra RAM. RAM will make laptop video games run swifter and additionally your laptop. Delete each and all of the stuff you do no longer choose for subsequently which you have got extra area. regardless of in case you suggested you haven't any longer any viruses, run a test each and every week or with the objective to make certain.

Answer 5

hi ron
no not really mate,a external hard drive is mainly a storage device and has no real bearing on the overall speed of your p.c
the only speed tweak that can be done with a storage device is the page file thats done using your main internal hard drive
the page file,or more commonly known as the "virtual memory" is used when your main memory(ram)runs out,your virtual memory is normally one and a half times the size of your system memory,for example a p.c with 1gb ram will have a virtual memory of 1.5gb
also in vista you can use a removable storage device like a usb memory stick to enable "speedboost",this works much in the same way as the page file in xp
hope this helps
good luck ron !

Answer 6

The interface is too slow to speed it up, try installing Windows on one hard drive and your other programs on another.

Answer 7

No. The easiest way to speed up a computer is to get more RAM.

Answer 8

no
to speed up (unless your exostong hd's have l;ess than 2gb of space left)
upgrade your processor
add more ram

Answer 9

no but more memory (ram) would

Answer 10

no, you need more memory...sorry