--- In [email protected], "luckiseven7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok I know nothing on how to check what you need to know so if you can > tell me how to check I will. But I have had this computer for about a > year now. The reason I am asking if it's very slow and when I did the > defrag there didn't seem to be much space left. Someone told me I > probably needed to get rid of files or get more memory on it. Any help > would be appreciated. Thanks for all your help...Sandra > ^v^ ^v^ ^v^~~~~ Paris's Reply ~~~~^v^ ^v^ ^v^ Sandra Just some suggestions: The first thing is to click on start > click on my computer > find the symbol for your hard drive > right click on this > on the drop down menu Click properties This will display a PIE chart showing the amount of space available and used, it also shows the capacity of your drive (this is usually a little bit under what you think it is - I just don't want the usual old timers saying for example your 36 +GB drive should be 40GB because its irrelevant). You may find that your drive has been split in two, again just look at the PIE chart shown in properties. In fact some of this detail is shown on the right hand side of the screen when you just click and high light the drive symbol. I think you should consider installing a small freeware program that may well identify if there is any abnormal use of disk space. I have heard that WinDirStat is useful: WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants). WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views: The directory list, which resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size. The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away, The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types. http://windirstat.info/ If others think this is to complicated lets hear their suggestions? A major cause of computers slowing down and acting sluggishly is spyware and other infections, especially newer computers, unless you are a power user. Another is the number of programs auto-starting at bootup, but lets learn to walk before we run. In fact the cause of a rapidly filling hard disk can be spyware or a virus. I always assume that people are continually scanning their computers for viri and spyware, but perhaps I am wrong. Let us know what's happening. Paris http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/a_ztechnicalcomputersupportforall If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
