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Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and relia ilit! of !our customers' P"s. #est of all, most of them will cost !ou nothing. $.% &o decrease a s!stem's oot time and increase s!stem performance, use the mone! !ou save ! not u!ing defragmentation software '' the uilt'in Windows defragmenter works (ust fine '' and instead e)uip the computer with an *ltra'$33 or Serial +&+ hard drive with ,'-# cache uffer. 2.% .f a P" has less than /$2 -# of 0+-, add more memor!. &his is a relativel! ine1pensive and eas! upgrade that can dramaticall! improve s!stem performance. 3.% Ensure that Windows XP is utili2ing the 3&4S file s!stem. .f !ou're not sure, here's how to check5 4irst, dou le'click the -! "omputer icon, right'click on the "5 6rive, then select Properties. 3e1t, e1amine the 4ile S!stem t!pe7 if it sa!s 4+&32, then ack'up an! important data. 3e1t, click Start, click 0un, t!pe "-6, and then click 89. +t the prompt, t!pe "83:E0& "5 ;4S53&4S and press the Enter ke!. &his process ma! take a while7 it's important that the computer e uninterrupted and virus'free. &he file s!stem used ! the oota le drive will e either 4+&32 or 3&4S. . highl! recommend 3&4S for its superior securit!, relia ilit!, and efficienc! with larger disk drives. <.% 6isa le file inde1ing. &he inde1ing service e1tracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a =searcha le ke!word inde1.= +s !ou can imagine, this process can e )uite ta1ing on an! s!stem. &he idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or propert! inside a document, should the! have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document the! want. Windows XP's uilt'in search functionalit! can still perform these kinds of searches without the .nde1ing service. .t (ust takes longer. &he 8S has to open each file at the time of the re)uest to help find what the user is looking for. -ost people never need this feature of search. &hose who large corporate environment where thousands of documents one server. #ut if !ou're a t!pical s!stem uilder, most small and medium usinesses. +nd if !our clients have no feature, . recommend disa ling it. do are t!picall! in a are located on at least of !our clients are need for this search
>ere's how5 4irst, dou le'click the -! "omputer icon. 3e1t, right'click on the "5 6rive, then select Properties. *ncheck =+llow .nde1ing Service to inde1 this disk for fast file searching.= 3e1t, appl! changes to ="5 su folders and files,= and click 89. .f a warning or error message appears ?such as =+ccess is denied=%, click the .gnore +ll utton. /.% *pdate the P"'s video and mother oard chipset drivers. +lso, update and configure the #.8S. 4or more information on how to configure !our #.8S properl!, see this article on m! site. @.% Empt! the Windows Prefetch folder ever! three months or so. Windows XP can =prefetch= portions of data and applications that are used fre)uentl!. &his makes processes appear to load faster when called upon ! the user. &hat's fine. #ut over time, the prefetch folder ma! ecome overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing s!stem performance, ! pre'loading them. 3othing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete. A.% 8nce a month, run a disk cleanup. >ere's how5 6ou le'click the -! "omputer icon. &hen right'click on the "5 drive and select Properties. "lick the 6isk "leanup utton '' it's (ust to the right of the "apacit! pie graph '' and delete all temporar! files.