Computers are small machinery, which demand regular PC health check for their proper functioning. You can improve the performance of your computer system in many ways. Mentioned below are some of the most common ways to improve the performance of your Windows XP computer system.

Start with removing temporary files from your PC: When you are working on any application or surfing Internet, your system automatically stores temporary files at some place in your PC. After some time these files get collected and eats up a large computer memory thereby slowing down your computer system. As a result it is strongly recommended that you run the procedure to clean up temporary files from your computer.

Run Windows Disk Cleanup utility offered by Windows to remove all the unnecessary temporary files from your PC with computer optimization. Here is the procedure to run to Disk Cleanup:

Step 1. Click on "Start", and then click "My Computer".

Step 2. Right-click on the drive you wish to clean for temporary files, and go to "Properties".

Step 3. Click on the "Disk Cleanup" button in the Properties dialog box.

Step 4. The utility will calculate the amount of space that can be freed up depending upon data stored on the hard drive. After the scanning is complete it will show a list of files that can be removed from the computer.

Step 5. View the files if you want to decide which all files you want to delete and click on "OK" to remove the files.

Rearrange all the stored data on the hard disk: Sometimes, the data is stored in fragmented form on the hard disk. The fragmentation of data on Hard disk results in a slower performing system. So, as to make your system a good performer the data needs to be defragmented. Windows includes a software utility known as "Disk Defragmenter", which performs the task of defragmentation. Carry out the following steps to run Disk Defragmenter:

Step 1. Click on "Start", and then click "My Computer".

Step 2. Right-click on the drive from the list of available drive you wish to defragment and then click on "Properties" tab.

Step 3. Click on the "Tools" tab followed by clicking on the Defragmentation section.

Step 4. Click on the option named "Defragment now".

Step 5. Now the Disk Defragmenter dialog box will open, select the drive to defragment and then click on "Analyze".

Step 6. After the completing the task of analyzing the drive, click on the "Defragment" button to defragment all the data stored on that drive.

Similarly, there are several other utilities, which can improve the performance of your Windows PC. These utilities are embedded in the Windows operating system to achieve a better system performance.