Defragment the Hard Drive

• 1). Click "Start," type "Disk Defragmenter" into the search box, and then click "Disk Defragmenter."
  
  
• 2). Click the disk you want to defragment in the list, and then click "Analyze Disk." Wait for the disk analysis to complete and display a fragmentation percentage.
  
  
• 3). Click "Defragment Disk" if the fragmentation reported exceeds 10 percent.
  
  

Unnecessary Start Up Processes

• 1). Click "Start," type "msconfig" into the search bar, and then press "Enter."
  
  
• 2). Click the "Startup" tab.
  
  
• 3). Uncheck the boxes next to unnecessary start up programs in the list, and then click "Apply." Only uncheck boxes next to programs that you recognize as unnecessary, such as those you installed yourself after purchasing your PC. Canceling vital system processes or antivirus software may affect system stability.