How to boost the PC performance by cleaning up and tuning the hardware and software? – Part 2

Following are some of the steps that can be taken to prevent the computer from crashing or slowing down. I’ll give you that they might look a little ineffective but they are off great benefits.

• The enormous size of modern multimedia files can eat up your hard-drive storage quickly. What once seemed like a laughable amount of storage, can suddenly become insufficient. But are you using that storage efficiently?
• Uninstall software. It’s easy to forget about software you’ve installed but haven’t used in a while. Get rid of trial software, games you don’t play anymore, and other software you rarely use.
• Run the Windows Disk Cleanup tool and while you’re there, go to the More Options tab to also clean up your system restore files.
• Empty your Web browser cache. Over time, you’d be surprised how much space a browser’s cache takes up.
• Use CCleaner to automate your cleanup tasks. It’s one of the best Windows utilities around.
• If your hard disk is still short on storage, try running WinDirStat to see what’s taking up all that storage. You might discover forgotten files you no longer need.
• To free up even more disk space, consider using Duplicate File Finder to identify and remove duplicate files on your system.

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