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How to defrag your hard disk to speed up your PC

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How to defrag your hard drive to speed up your PC

Your PC’s hard drives and system registry can become fragmented if not maintained regularly. Fragmentation of your hard drive and system registry causes everything to slow to a crawl while your computer attempts to perform seek and write commands. This, in turn, slows down the performance of your entire system.

Sometimes, if you want speed up your computer, you need to “defrag” your computer’s hard disk.
Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It does this by physically organizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file close together and contiguously.

It also attempts to create larger regions of free space using compaction to impede the return of fragmentation. Defragmenters also keep smaller files within a single directory together, as they are often accessed in sequence.

Defrag your hard drive to speed things up

“Defragging” your hard drive completely removes fragmentation gaps and produces a cleaner, more compact file organization that takes up less disk space and consumes fewer memory resources. The result is that your computer has optimal access to its files and programs, so your system and application response times are improved.

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Increase your PC’s speed while avoiding paying for more memory

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Your PC’s performance is directly linked to how much “physical memory” or RAM your PC has – free RAM memory space means programs run more quickly and Windows is more responsive and enjoyable to use.

Many people buy more RAM to speed things up, but buying and adding more physical memory will only be a temporary, expensive measure if you don’t manage memory usage on your PC. Even PCs that have a lot of physical memory available still need to watch for actual memory usage because every program you run (and there are a lot of programs that automatically run in the background whether you want them to or not) consumes memory.

Without watching for what programs and applications you are running on your PC, especially the hidden ones and those run automatically from Windows startup are hard to catch. There are tools you can use to see what programs are running and how much memory they use.

Easily view and manage every program on your computer
PC Clean Maestro’s gives you easy access to the Windows Task Manager, which provides a quick view of your PC’s memory status and usage information. To open the Task Manager, click “Manage” from the main menu, select “Windows System Tools“.
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Speed up your Internet by resetting your web browser

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Despite lightning-fast broadband and low-cost computers that seem to be growing more powerful every year, many people are still putting up with slow Internet speeds.

Toolbars are a common culprit here, and are often inadvertently installed as add-ons to Internet Explorer. These add-ons can be very difficult to remove.
Did you know that PC TuneUp Maestro has a great feature called “Reset Internet Explorer”, which resets your IE to “factory default mode”? This trick allows you to return Internet Explorer to its original, pristine, “factory-installed” state in order to solve common performance problems and errors caused by the installation of too many add-ons, “accelerators”, and search providers, all of which conspire to slow down your Internet. To access this amazing feature, click Fix & Clean, select Internet Explorer Repair, locate the item Reset Internet Explorer and then click the Reset button.

Delete “junk files” to increase Internet speeds even morePC Clean Maestro

However, resetting Internet Explorer to its original clean, fast factory state may not be enough to achieve the fastest speeds possible, and you may continue to experience frustratingly slow Internet speeds.

This is because, even after Internet Explorer is reset, your PC can still contain mountains of “cached” or stored data. Continue reading...

Speed up your PC by managing startup programs

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An effective way to speed up PC performance is to look at what programs automatically start up when you turn on your computer. These days, computers come pre-loaded with more programs than ever before, and they all want to launch at startup.

Not only does it take extra time to boot unwanted programs, these applications also consume system resources such as CPU and memory, slowing down your computer even more!

PC TuneUp Maestro’s “Startup Manager” can help with this. By using our Startup Manager, you can choose which programs start up when you turn on your computer. Click “Manage | StartUp Management” to launch the “Startup Manager”.

Some of these programs you can launch on your own, if and when you need to use them. But what if you discover, using Startup Manager, programs you never actually use?

That’s where PC Clean Maestro comes in handy.

Use PC Clean Maestro’s Uninstaller to save hard drive spacePC Clean Maestro

Besides helping safeguarding privacy and preventing identity theft, PC Clean Maestro also features a handy Uninstaller utility. The PC Clean Maestro Uninstaller is an easy way to remove unwanted programs from your computer, freeing up hard drive space.

As well, most application uninstallers leave files or registry keys behind. Continue reading...

Make your computer faster by getting rid of “junk”

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It’s a sad fact of life: no matter how fast your computer is when you first purchase it, after a few months its performance begins to fade as your computer slows down over time.

 

Why is this?

Your PC often stores and accumulates unwanted “junk” files and data. For example, over time your PC accumulates temporary files, leftover file remnants from uninstalled applications, log files, Windows error reports, and much more. As a result of all of these extra, unneeded files, you may find your PC runs more slowly.

As well, since all of these extra files take up space in your hard drive, your computer often has to work around them to find space to store files and programs you actually find useful.
In other words, unwanted files can actually “fragment” your computer’s hard drive, which means it can take longer for your PC to complete necessary tasks.

Get rid of junk an speed up Windows

Designed to help you prevent identity theft and safeguard your privacy, PC Clean Maestro also removes unwanted files and data from your computer, all in order to make your PC cleaner and faster. The best part is that the Junk Removal function is FREE – no purchase is required. Continue reading...