Fix Windows Registry - Steps To Take Before Registry Repair

A corrupt or damaged registry can cause a lot of problems on your PC. It is important to remember that there are a number of things that can cause your PC to run slowly or have errors (not just the registry). Before assuming something is registry-related it is worth trying some other options to increase the speed and performance of your PC.

Check your hard disk

In this day and age of unlimited hard disk space it is easy to forget that you could be running short of space. Check to ensure you have a reasonable amount of free hard disk space. Windows uses hard disk as temporary storage and if you are running out it may degrade performance.

Uninstall old programs

If you’re not using a whole slew of applications on your PC, get rid of them. Software tends to accumulate. Getting rid of unused software can remove old programs that may be causing your system to have errors. It can also give you back some disk space.

Defragment

Download one of the many free defrag tools available. As your hard disk fills up, the data gets scattered around rather than stored together. This causes speed issues.

Remove unnecessary startup programs

If you don’t need programs running in your system tray, or starting up at the same time as Windows, turn them off. PCs that have slow startup speeds are often like that because Windows has to load so many applications on startup.

You should always try the above steps before doing a Windows registry repair.