Why A Computer Would Slow Down

RAM

Ram is piece of hardware that is used to run applications on the computer. Not having enough RAM in your computer could possibly lead to your computer slowing down. If this accurse you computer will compensate for looking for space in the hard drive, the computer will constantly look for more RAM talking away recourses from other applications. Reasons for this is that the RAM could be corrupted will also slow down your computer.  You can buy RAM for your computer the cost of this if fairly cheap but it depends on the size of RAM you get

 

Hard Drive

The hard drive is where all your information is stored; the hard drive also contains the program files which can take up a lot of space. Unnecessary files and programs stored on the computer can slow your computer due to the lack of space on the hard drive. A better type of hard drive is a Solid State Drive (SSD) this uses flash memory like the type of memory found in USB pens and tablets, the hard drive found in most computers have a disk drive with an arm to read the information. The Solid State Drive relies on the processor to store the memory. If you computers hard drive is nearly full there are different tools installed on your computer to see if there is any fragmented stored on the computer. Fragmented files will slow down your computer significantly, to stop this from happing you might have to run a system defragmentation.

 

Obsolete Hardware Drivers

Hardware drivers are small pieces of software that act like a bridge between the device and the computer.  A hardware driver also acts like a translator so that the computer understands the code from the device. If a fault accurse with the driver the device may be out of use for some time. When the device manufacture finds faults they will release a driver update.

 

Anti-virus Software

Another way your computer will slow down is if you have a virus, you can prevent this by having a anti-virus program installed. This will scan and detect if there are any virus in your computer and will also delete them after it has finished its scan. There are many different anti-virus programs on the internet but one of the favourites is Norton anti-virus this is because of its daily update so that any new virus are created the program will be able to detect them. This program has a yearly fee the cost depends on what package you go for, the prices range from £29.99 to £59.99. It is normally best to schedule your scans for when the computer is not being used.