How To Keep Your Computer From Slowing Down

When you first buy a computer, it is normally lightning fast, something that we all love and are proud of. However with time this speed wanes and what used to take seconds to load might take agonizingly longer. In such cases, it is often the lack of the necessary care that causes this slow down, and there is always something you can do to help get some of the lost speed back. Although it is important to note that in most cases, as hardware gets lighter and faster, software is becoming increasingly more complicated and feature rich adding up more weight; this acts to slow down computers with time.  

Let’s take a look at exactly what you can do to avoid computer slow down and keep your computer functioning at its level best.

If your computer is running a HDD instead of SSD hard disk, then you can be sure that as the hard drive gets filled up, it becomes slower. Spinning hard disks usually find it more difficult to store files at one location in a hard disk that is almost full. This means that the data is spread out in more locations making it quite difficult to retrieve as quickly. This tendency is referred to as fragmentation (where the file is stored in fragments) and is remedied by running Disk Defragmentation under the disk Properties menu on these Operating Systems.

Always keep your operating system up to date. Updating your operating system is one of the best ways to ensure that it is always operating efficiently. OS updates usually come with fixed bugs that are meant to improve performance an also reduce the loopholes that viruses usually exploit.  

Today, most laptops usually keep power for extended periods and can stay for days on sleep mode. This means that the computer has not been rebooted for a period. While a long lasting battery is a great thing, not rebooting your computer for days leaves the RAM over loaded and also means that software updates take longer to install. Rebooting your system every few days will keep the RAM free and running at an optimum level while software updates install.

This might come as a surprise, but it is also recommended that you look to avoid installing the latest programs on your computer. This is because new programs as previously stated are usually designed with more features that increase their size and system requirements. If your computer is older, it becomes more difficult to run the larger programs smoothly.