Performing certain pc maintenance on a regular basis will get and keep your system running as it should.To get your system back to the speed demon it once was you should first backup your system. Stop before before this or any work on your system and backup those important files,if not your entire pc. Be sure you have a emergency boot disk on hand and stored in a safe,secure place. After you know you have a good backup of at least your important files,and a boot disk made,you're ready to get your computer back up to that peek performance it once had.You do this by performing the following steps.

Remember that time when booting your computer took just a few seconds and you had fun using your system. Its not that hard to regain that performance with a little maintenance here and there.To clean up your hard drive,click Start,All Programs, Accessories,System Tools,and Disk Cleanup. Select the drive you want to clean most likely the C:,and click OK. Place a check mark next to the items you want deleted and click OK. Instant Message programs,media players,for example,will slow down the boot time big time. See what programs are loading during bootup by clicking on Start,Run,and typing "msconfig" without the quotes and click OK.