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My PC Has Become Slow
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Have you checked that...
How
You are not running too many
applications at the same time
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Close any unused applications and check whether the PC’s
performance improves.
You have not filled your hard drive with
too much data
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1 Click on the letter corresponding to your PC’s hard drive in
Windows Explorer
. The amount of free space on the disk is
displayed at the bottom of the Explorer window.
2 Remove or back up any unwanted files.
3 Compress any files you do not often have to access with a file
compression utility.
You are not storing large numbers of
unnecessary temporary files on your PC
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Select
Programs
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Accessories
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System Tools
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Disk Cleanup
from
the
Start
menu. This will check your system for files you can safely
delete.
Your PC’s hard disk needs
defragmenting
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Select
Programs
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Accessories
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System Tools
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Disk Defragmenter
from the
Start
menu. This will allow you to defragment your PC’s
hard disk.