slow pc!

[Scarlett]

My computer is SO slow and never used to be. The pages are taking an age to load and then they crash, particularly on MySpace. What is the best way to clear the rubbish from my computer to stop it being so slow?

[vehelpfulguy]

The best way, but probably not the easiest, is to do a complete re-install of Windows. This clears out all the rubbish in one go.

If that is too extreme then you could:

Clear out your temporary internet files. In IE go to Tools, Internet options, Delete Files.

Having lots of temporary internet files can slow you down because it has to find the files on your hard disk first, then if there is a newer version on ther web download that.

Another thing to do is defragment your hard disk.

Over time the files on you hard disk get scattered and large files can be broken up into parts on different places on your hard disk.

Windows can take time to find them when it is like this.

If you defragment it will tidy up your hard disk, put all the file together, and piece together files that are fragmented.

Try those two first.