If you are a heavy windows user, experience has it that your windows will slow down over time. This is a fact for as long as the updates and upgrades are carried out on your operating system couple with drivers and user’s application updates, the Registry entries is bound to grow.
With this fact, it means that the growth in the Registry repository is inevitable, so also are the invalid entries, logs and files that will negatively affect the windows performance.
Most computing action has to do with uploading and downloading of various data format, mostly graphics and video files copying with transfer are on incremental increase. This get the hard disk storage cluttered and fragmented.
Schedule your PC for a regular defragmentation. Also combine the Scandisk tool with this utility by ensuring that you run the windows Scandisk at least once a week.
Hard Disk Optimizing Tools: The major known ones are the Disk defragmenter and the Scandisk which free on every version of windows. Disk Defragmenter: can be used to analyze local volumes for fragmented files and folders.
The Disk Defragmenter locates fragmented files and folders on local volumes and puts the pieces in one place. To access this facility on windows, right click on the hard disk volume, go to properties, and click on tools click on defragment now to defragment the chosen hard drive volume.
Scandisk: This tool comes free on every windows system. It scans for and attempt recovery of bad sectors automatically fixes file system errors. To access this facility on windows, right click on the hard disk volume, go to properties, and click on tools, click check now on Error-checking, check the boxes to begin the error scanning of your disk volume.
This free tools provided by windows will ensure that your hard disk is full optimize for better performance. With the current windows it starts automatically at starts up if it detects any hard disk problem however it is good to run it periodically to know the state of your hard disk.
This Scandisk tool inbuilt with the windows OS fix system files damages thus improving your system performance. However there are many other systems problems and errors that emanates from the Registry which these tools cannot address.
To compliment this, it is advisable to carry out a scan of your computer’s registry. If your computer is running Windows the operating system relies on a registry to store vital information such as hardware and software configurations, user preferences and setup information.
Most Registry software or cleaner offers free scan of your system. Below are the top reviewed registry software that offers free scan of your system.
Read more on ‘Tools needed to optimize your windows and Registry’ also read the article ‘How to correct common Registry errors’. You can also view the Top recommended Registry Cleaners that have been review by experts here http://www.techiesportal.com/registry.html
About the Author: Julius Ozoh is a Systems Analyst and a Chief Consultant for an IT Consulting Firm. He has over 15yrs experience in Windows management, Networking, Broadband Internet Technologies, Web portal development and Applications. He has a master degree in Information science and several IT certifications from Microsoft, IBM, Compaq/HP, and Cisco. He write for many renown global Journals.
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