How to speed up your computer (Cont'd .......)

Repairing Disk Errors

Apart from Disk Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup there is another useful utility that you can use to fix disk errors. You can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility. This will check the disk for errors and fix them to prevent further damage to the hard disk.

When you use the computer, bad sectors can be built due to some activities. Specially when not shutting down the computer properly. These bad sectors will slow down the computer speed. As a result of that you may experience time consuming for file saving activities. This utility scans the disk and checks for bad sectors. Once bad sectors found it will fix them and repairs.

To check bad sectors in your computer;

• Open My Computer
• Right click on desired drive you want to scan
• Click Properties
• In the Properties dialog box go to Tool tab
• Click Check Now button
• In the Check Disk dialog box, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.

You will get a message if it founds bad sector and click fix to fix those bad sectors.

Use Windows ReadyBoost to speedup the computer

Windows ReadyBoost is a new concept in adding memory to your system. It is like increasing RAM capacity by installing new Ram card. But here you can use a normal USB flash memory as a RAM card. This feature comes only with Windows Vista.

Installing another RAM card can be cost effective or there may be no slots available in your motherboard. This can be a cool solution for those who face problems installing new RAM card. Using this method you will increase your computer's Random Access Memory and it always increase the speed of your computer.