How do I get my XP hard drive to run like it did in the first month?

Your computer worked at good speeds when you first bought it, it had ample space for you to store all your data and you could easily find information that you needed quickly. You downloaded a lot of movies and music and also programs that helped with your college or office work. Now you notice that it takes quite a while for the computer to boot up, there is a lot of data everywhere, some not even in the right place and there are a lot of files that are of no use. It is time that you did something to clear up the hard drive and allowed your computer to work at its optimum.

In order to compress files without any major loss in quality, one can cleanup the disk. All the internet files that are temporary and are not needed will be cleared up. The data in the recycle bin is also cleaned up. By this method, one can free a lot of space in the hard disk and allow the computer to run efficiently. Instead of saving all the files in the hard disk, one can save them in an external drive. This way, one has back-up in case of a crash and one needn’t run a search function that will take up significant time to find data from all the files stored. Sometimes the data stored in the hard disk might not be compartmentalized properly. Running a program to neatly categorize the data in clear sections will enable the computer to work at its best.