If you want to learn how to make a computer run faster you need to free up disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer a lot by doing this. Windows comes with a disk cleanup tool that helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete without messing anything up, and then you can choose whether you want to delete all or some of the identified files. This is a necessary step when looking to speed up your computer.
Use Disk Cleanup to ....
* Remove temporary Internet files.
* Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
* Empty Trash.
* Remove Windows temporary files.
* Remove optional Windows components that you do not use.
* Remove installed programs that you no longer use.
Typically, temporary Internet files take the most amount of space because the browser caches each page you visit for faster access later.
To use Disk Cleanup
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you may be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.
Disk Cleanup calculates how much space you will be able to free.
2. In Disk Cleanup dialog box, scroll through the contents of the files to delete the list. (If you have multiple hard drives you must choose which one to scan.)
Select the files you want to delete.
3. Clear the check boxes for the files you do not want to delete and then click OK.
4. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click OK.
And that's it for this step! This will certainly help to speed up your computer.
