23 Ways To Speed Up WinXP Since defragging the disk wont do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing. 1.) To decrease a systems boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer. 2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance. 3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If youre not sure, heres how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start,...
