Since defragging the disk will not do much to improve the productivity of Windows XP, here are 23 suggestions that will. Everyone can improve performance and reliability of your customers PC. Ideally, most of them will cost you nothing.
1.) To reduce the system load and increase system performance, use the money you save not buying defragmentation program – built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine – and instead equip the computer with the Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer .
2.) If your computer has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can significantly improve system performance.
3.) Ensure that Windows XP is to use the file system NTFS. If you are unsure, follow the instructions below to check: First, double-click My Computer, right click the C: drive, then select Properties. Next, check the file system type, if she said, FAT32, then back up important data. Then, click Start, click Run, type CMD and click OK. At the command prompt, type CONVERT C: / FS: NTFS and press ENTER. This process may take some time, but it is important that your computer will be uninterrupted and virus-free. In the file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its chief of security, reliability and efficiency for large disks.
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