TECHNOLOGY

Despite the size of hard drives increases, we find it very easy to fill and so find that your machine before turning has become a slug. To overcome this, there are tricks to get rid of the superfluous. This is advice to be applied regularly.

Before cleaning: make a restore point to remove any unpleasant surprises.

1 / Your hard drive means the place!

It is not good to over fill the primary hard drive - one that contains your operating system - especially if it is the only volume on your machine. We must leave room for Windows to handle comfortably the swap file on SWAP). This is an area of ​​the disk used to temporarily store data when the RAM runs out.

2 / Beware of "crapware"!

When you install free software on your PC or trial versions, be careful when installing and do not agree to be polluted by elements which are not necessary. Indeed, the programs - mostly free - take advantage of the download to add third-party programs such as the toolbar to the browser for example. It is enough for most to simply uncheck the box to avoid installing them. 're Not going too fast at the facilities!

Similarly, most manufacturers have taken the bad habit of putting the machines in-house software. They are in limited release please get rid of to lighten your system.

3 / programs starting

Be careful with programs that offer to settle in the notification area (right next to the time in the taskbar). In most cases, this means they will load when Windows starts. They then work in the background and can consume more or less of RAM. Depending on the number of software you have, this will impact on the performance of the entire system and lengthen the startup process.

Then uncheck this option if it is offered during the installation phase of a new program. If you want to know what program to start at boot: just use CCleaner (Tools).

4 / Ranger your large / heavy files

What takes the most space on a hard drive that are video files, photos and music. So be careful not to duplicate unnecessarily. For example, if you do video editing, you will quickly find that you have kept the intermediate files that it's over now are may be more useful.

To make this easier, demanding you to orderly. Organize your files by type, name them clearly, set their keywords and store them in one place. Help yourself to a library manager to see more clearly and eliminate duplicates.

5 / Make the household often

We must renew the cleaning of your PC at regular intervals to keep it in good condition. Once a month, for example, or once a week if you use your PC every day.