How to speed up a computer

A slow computer is one of the most common problems that we all face at some point in our lives. The first thing you could do t improve its operating speed is to reboot the entire system. Once it is done, check whether there is enough space on the hard disk drive. By enough, it is generally meant that there ought to be at least 200 to 500 MB of vacant space on the hard disk.  Next, it would be worthwhile to check if there is nothing wrong with the hard disk physically. This could be established by running scandisk or any other equivalent instruction. Next, run defrag so as to ascertain if all the data has been arranged in an optimum manner or not. Disable any kind of start up programs which have been set for automatic start up upon every boot. Check for programs that are running in the background. This is done so as to determine how mush disk space they are using and it is done b opening the task manager. Next, perform a malware scan with the help of an appropriate antivirus scanner. Check for any possible conflicts in the device manager.