System speed can be compromised by system and disk errors. Using the Error check utility that will help you find and repairs errors found automatically. It is important to find and repair missing files, bad sectors and missing program links and repaire them.

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility is important to do weekly and whenever you have cleaned out the computers hard drive. The Disk Defrag tool will scan the hard drive, reorganizing all the data compacting it to a particular area of the drive. Be sure that all programs and files are closed when you run this the Disk Defrag tool.

When you free up disk space it will ensure that the processor has the space necessary to write the temporary items that is required. If the capacity of your computers hard drive is over eighty-five percent full then be sure to run the Disk Cleanup utility. The Cleanup utility will scan the hard drive and find all the things that are safe to delete. After performing this task then go to the add/remove programs and un-install any software programs you do not use.

There some simple things you can do to maintain your PC and keep it operating at peak performance. Freeing up space on the disk drive will help speed up access to data, detecting and repairing disk errors and protecting your computer from viral infections from other malware and using a ReadyBoost feature increasing the amount of RAM by using a MicroSD card.