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Well, to defragment your disc means that for example, After a while of using your computer, you usually store files here and there. this means that if you have this sequence file 1 page 2, file 2 page 2 file 1 page 1 file 2 page 3 file 1 page 3. It would be "file 1 pgs 123 and file 2 pgs 123. It merely organizes the location of your files. Don’t worry, It won’t change them from the location stored. You can still find them. It’s something to do with the root directory which I would not get into since it is an extensive subject. As far as your memory goes. you should consider getting a 120 gb hardrive. 37.22 gb of disc space if for a 8-9 year old pc. Get a hardrive compatible with your computer. And using logic, If you have that little disc space, you must have no more than 248 mb ram. To check this click start > right click "my computer" > click properties. under computer, it should tell you how much ram (random access memory) you have. I’d consider upgrading this too. Don’t rush to walmart and buy a cheap hard-drive. I suggest you search online or take it to your local geek squad at best buy centers and have it checked for compatibility with newer hard drives.
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"Windows Disk Defragmenter is a computer program included in Microsoft Windows designed to increase access speed (and sometimes increase the amount of usable space) by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, or defragmenting. The purpose is to optimize the time it takes to read and write files to/from the disk by minimizing head travel time and maximizing the transfer rate." [1] You should run the Windows Disk Defragmenter program fairly regularly to keep your hard disk drive up to par.
The figures that you indicated shows that your hard disk drive is only about 1/3 full. The only real way to increase the storage capacity of your present hard disk drive is to eliminate any files or programs that you do not use. If you have an optical drive, you can transfer seldom used files to CDs for archival purposes. Alternatively, use floppy disks, if you have a floppy disk drive, but it may take a lot of them.
You apparently only have about a 40 GB hard drive and might want to consider adding another or replacing the one you have with one that has greater capacity and speed.
Adding additional Random Access Memory (RAM) [2] is usually the best and least expensive thing you can do to speed up your system. However, the type, speed and capacity size of RAM has to be supported by your system. In many instances it should exactly match what you already have for best results or be completely replaced.
To determine exactly what kind of memory you need go to http://www.crucial.com and run their System Scanner program. Write down the results and use it with you when you shop for additional memory. You do not have to buy the memory from Crucial although it is a good brand. Most retail computer stores and online computer dealers sell memory. Shop around for the best prices.
Doing Disk Clean Up regularly also helps keep some of the clutter down.
When data (a file ) is written to the hard drive, it is written in the first available space found. It is unlikely the whole file will fit in that space so the rest of the file will be written in the next available space. These "pieces" of files are called fragments. After a while of writing and deleting files from a drive, the number of fragments becomes large enough to start slowing down the retrival of a file. What the defraging process does is reassemble all these file fragments into one space for each file. This is called being contiguous, and greatly improves the efficency and speed of the drive. It is a good idea to run it at least once a month to maintain the integrity and peformance of your drive.
Disk space and memory are two separate things. Memory is used by the operating systems processes and running applications. The majority of programs that are downloaded or installed will put themselves in the list of programs to start when you boot your compute and they all will use memory. Many will be an icon in the sytem tray(down by the clock). Take a look and see if everything that is there is really needed to be running all the time. They usually have a right click option to close them. Their still available when you want them, just go to start, programs to find and start them.
Reducing the number of things running at once will free up memory which will make your system run faster. The best utlity to identify what starts when you boot up is called AUTORUNS(link at bottom) and is a free download at Microsoft. It gives you a complete list of everything that starts when you boot, you’ll be amazed. You can disable anything you don’t need starting up with a check box. A good rule of thumb is don’t stop anything that lists Microsoft as the owner. You can disable a few items, reboot and if there is a problem or error, re-enable it.
Hope this helps, there are several other relatively easy things you can do to tune your system up by your self. Be wary of free downloads that off to "fix" your system. It is not unusual for these "fixalls" to damage your system.
If you would like some additional help, e me with details of your system and I’ll work with you.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx
Most computer users have been trained that if you want more speed for your computer, then add more memory. Well, this is true, in certain circumstances. But for most of the times, it really is just bad files in your registry files. Corrupted or missing registry files can make your computer too slow.
The registry is a main part of your computer’s Operating System. With time, as you use Windows and install and uninstall programs, your registry will get congested and full of errors. So your computer could slow down. So, if you can clean it up this problem can be solved.Sometimes you can speed computer up by 300%. To clean up registry,You can download a software called regsitry cleaner—Clean registry,remnant,corrupt files and temp files,history,cookies,etc.. This site:
http://www.make-pc-fast.info/index.php?t=makepcf
lists top 5 registry cleaner,you can download and scan for free.
Good luck!
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