PC Solutions

The truth is we like things fast: fast cars, fast food, and most definitely fast computers. That’s why it can be so frustrating when something as simple as checking your email or browsing the web seems to be so much slower than it once was.

Sometimes speeding up your Internet can simply be a matter of changing your service plan or your provider — but if it was once fast, that is not likely the problem.

The problem is, every time you surf the Internet your web browser creates what is called a cache. It stores graphics, web pages, etc. from the Internet onto your computer's hard drive temporarily. The more files you write, delete, and rewrite onto your hard drive, the more fragmented or scattered your files become.

As a result, when you surf the web, your hard drive becomes increasingly fragmented — resulting in slow Internet speeds.

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What can I do to speed up my Internet?

Diskeeper^® performance software will automatically defrag your PC, then prevent future fragmentation caused by surfing the web so that you are able to browse the Internet at accelerated speeds without any additional effort on your part. The software is designed to run without user intervention, so just download and install Diskeeper on your PC for faster web browsing, email access, applications, boot-up, file back-up, AV scans and much more.

Diskeeper will handle all of the fragments created by web browsing, resulting in faster Internet access. Just install and let it run. It's that easy to make your slow Internet fast again.

Tips for keeping your PC files clean and organized

It’s also very important to clean up or organize your computer system. Windows is one of the most powerful operating systems on the market, but in order to run as fast as it does, it basically stores files everywhere.

There are a lot of temporary files and images that get left on your computer after installing programs and browsing the web. So, it’s important to get those cleaned out. Windows actually comes standard with a disk clean-up utility that will delete those temporary Internet files, empty your recycle bin and help you to get rid of those files that really aren’t needed, anymore.

Just go to Start > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup to use the built-in disk clean-up tool.

Temporary Internet files can use up maybe 20% of your hard drive by just caching the files that you use when you go on the Internet. Most people think that when we browse the web, we’re looking at one page and okay, that page can be put on our hard drive so we can view it.

In actuality, that page can be hundreds or many hundreds of little, bitty files and little, bitty images that get stored on our hard drive. We don’t need to keep all that stuff around, do we? Without Diskeeper, every website you visit, every file you save, and every program you install will be adding more fragmented files to your PC affecting not only your Internet speeds, but your overall PC performance. Try Diskeeper for yourself and you will quickly see how much faster you are able to browse the Internet!

"I like the Efficient Mode because no matter how many files I downloaded from the internet it seemed to take less space on my hard disk than I would have expected. The files are defragmented and packed together tighter. It was like having more disk space!"

– James Mozillo, Criminal Medical Services, Inc.

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