Request for cheap computer maintenance from our customers

I’ve been getting several requests for computer information, specifically making your computer work quicker. I did a quick check with a national office supply company to see how much they charge to do something like this and I learned it was $30!

Those of you who know about defragmenting your computer should be astounded by that price. All it takes is a matter of a few clicks and voila – you’ve saved yourself $30 AND made your computer work quicker.

Defragmenting was explained to me like this: Picture a floor filled with various colored marbles – some solid red, some blue, some white and some black – but all blended together. That is the information that your computer stores as you are online. Let’s say we sent a very smart snail through the room to look for a black marble. Since they are all mixed up, it’s going to take him awhile. What defragmenting does is separate the marbles – or information in your computer – into those with common interests (or colors) making it easier for the snail to find the black marble. Now you can picture the room with marble in separate groups of red, white, blue and black.

So as your computer is told to find information that would be in one pile and not the other, after it is defragmented, it will find the information much quicker.

SO, after that lengthy description, let me explain to you how to defragment your computer and save yourself from spending $30 at that national office supply store.

1) Go to computer on your desktop or from your start-up menu, which is in the lower left hand corner of your screen.

2) Right click, with your computer mouse, the C: drive. There should be a pull-down menu that comes up.

3) Left click Properties. From there, a separate box will appear. Click on Tools.

4) From there, click “Defragment now.” THIS MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES OR SEVERAL HOURS. MAY BE BEST TO DO THIS OVERNIGHT.

5) Once your defragmenting is done, close the box and enjoy your quicker computer!

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