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Speeding up a slow computer : Through time your pc accumulated files some wanted some unwanted thus making it slow. This process is known as fragmentation. Spywere,temp files,faulty hardware or a corrupt registry are the usual culpirts. There is a five step process to fix a slow computer.
1) Scan for spyware Free Spywere Scan
2) Scan for viruses Download AVG antivirus
3) Delete junk files Download Duster Buster XP
4) Defrag hard drive Download Defrag
5) Fix windows registry
Do the above steps for optimal results
Old Hardrive to new hardrive- primary master to secondary slave (connect both drives to the same IDE ribbon cable)
Ensure jumpers are physically set right. Old hardrive jumpers are suppose to set to master and new hardrive is set jumpers set to slave. Refer to manufacters manual if any. Again this assumes that your connecting both drives to the same ide ribbon cable. This does not apply for sata drives
Old hardrive to new hardrive- primary master to secondary master (old drive is connected to the primary controller and new drive is connected to the secondary controller)
If however you are using the secondary controller then you should set the new hardrive jumper to master. This does not apply to sata. Use your system bios to configure drives. This assumes that there is no other device connected if however there is a cdrom connected to the secondary controller set the jumper to slave thus making it a secondary slave.
Note the red stripes on the IDE ribbon must lay flush with power plug to each drive. If you connect the ribbon opposite the hardrive will not power up. This is on for IDE Drives
If you are planning to backup your computer without a second drive. You are going to need a program to partition your hardrive and split it into sections. Most programs that I have used require the hardrive split size this is called partitioning. Kinda makes sense why would you backup you system up on a faulty part of your drive. Besr rule of thumb use on section for your regular everyday things and one for backup purposes. So if your system encounterproblems you can recover your system with ease. Some of our products can both backup and partition your drive.
So how do you make an identical copy of your hard drive? You can't just drag and drop files in Windows to the new drive, alas. You have to make a bit-for-bit copy of your drive, including all the hidden files, files in use, and other junk that doesn't show up in Windows Explorer.
Power users have long relied on Symantec's Norton Ghost to make bit-for-bit copies, or clones, of their hard drives. But at $70 a copy, that can be a little pricey for something many people may use only once. (In fairness to Ghost, the software does include lots of additional features that make it suitable for general backup use too.)
You know what I'm going to say next: How about a free alternative? Enter Clonezilla , an open source cloning application that works well and... hey, did I mention it's free?
As with Ghost, Clonezilla isn't exactly for computer novices. You burn the program to a bootable CD, and DOS-like prompts guide you through the cloning process. The amount of information displayed can be daunting, but most of it can be ignored. To copy a disk, just select the disk-to-disk option at the menu, and let it do its thing.
I gave it a shot using two 250GB drives (with the source drive having about 100GB of data on it), and the job was done in about 20 minutes. When finished, I had a perfect copy of my original hard drive that I could have subbed in for the original. In my case, I just saved it as a handy "just in case" backup. Clonezilla works with SATA or IDE drives and even supports USB drives. Give it a spin next time you have a big drive copying job to do.
LINK: Clonezilla