Your computer is akin to your office. Just as how your office has to be in an organized and efficient manner, your computer system has to be properly maintained. Your boss is the operating system (OS).There can be various reasons for the improper functioning of the office. Likewise there can be different causes for the slowing down of your computer. The most common reason that is seen in a computer is clutter and not properly organized.

Disk cleanup

Your office can look cramped with unnecessary files, things and accessories. Likewise your computer can be crowded with unnecessary files and it requires to be cleaned up periodically. There is an option known as the disk cleanup in windows. Using this facility you can remove the unnecessary files based on the choice you select.

In order to execute the disk cleanup operation, all you need to do is to go to the start menu and then click my computer from there you need to go the hard disk or the ‘c’ drive and then click the properties and then tick the disk cleanup option and then the prompts should be followed. Even as choosing the files to erase or cleanup, the necessary particulars will be provided by windows for you to choose while seeing the file type list, you can simply click on the file category name and study the particular located beneath in the area of description. This will brief you on whether the files can be deleted safely. If your wish to erase the file group, then all you need to do is tick the box adjacent to the file group name. Once you complete choosing it just push “Ok’ to complete it.

Add or Remove programs

The Add or Remove program is another feature provided in your computer to remove the unwanted programs. For this you can go the start menu, and click on the control menu and then navigate to the Add or remove option. This utility will display the existing programs in your computer. This utility has an uninstall option, which you can click and remove the programs. It is advisable to restart your computer, once you uninstall the program as this will unload all the temporary files located in your computer.

Defragment

The files are saved in your computer hard disk according to the time you have saved your files. Suppose for instance if you have open word document file and saved a file name ‘A’ and another file saved as ‘B’, the file ‘B’ sit adjacent to the file ‘A’. This is okay, but later when you open the same file ‘A’ and save it afterwards, the additional particular is accumulated adjacent to the file ‘B’.

In this method the files are broken down, and are termed as fragmented files. These files makes the functioning of your computer very slower, as it has to locate the first part of the file, and then find the second part, in order to open an word document file. In order to overcome this hurdle, there is a utility present in the windows known as defragmentation, so that the files sit adjacent to each other.

To implement the defragmentation process, all you need to do is go to the ‘start’ menu and then go to accessories and then to system tools, where you will find the ‘disk fragmenter’opiton. Just press that button, and your files will be defragmented. The time taken for the defragmentation is based on the amount of files to be defragmented, and also on the speed of your computer. Normally this process will take from 15 to 30 minutes.