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How to speed up Windows 7? That question is often raised by those just upgrading their Windows XP or Vista  to Windows 7. Well, the very basic requirement for this is you need to have a computer with a minimum of 2GB of memory and a Pentium dual core processor, though based on my personal experience Windows 7 can run on a 512 Mb memory . I tried it the other day to install Windows 7 on my old Acer Aspire 4315 with a 512 RAM  and Pentium Celeron proccessor and was surprised to find out the newest Windows can run quite smoothly though not fast enough.

You can  increase  your Windows 7 speed by among other things modifying  regedit settings, startup settings, and other gpedit settings.

NOTE: if you’re still a beginner and not familiar with modifying Windows registry, it’s highy recommended that you first  backup your original registry before you perform the following steps.

How to backup Windows 7 Registry?

1. Click [Start] then type [regedit] in the search box
2. From the windows registry click [Computer] (located on  top window)
3. After that, click [File] and select [Export]
4. Save your registry in a folder
5. Click [Save] and close the regedit window.

How to speed up windows 7 boot?

1. Click [Start] then type [msconfig] on the Search box and press [Enter]
2. Select and click the [Boot] tab
3. Click the [Advanced Options ...]
4. In the window [Advanced Boot options] check [Number of proccessors] and select two or four from the  dropdown menu (The option is only available for computer running  dual-core processor or quad-core processor).
5. Done

Speed up  the Taskbar Thumbnail Preview

1. Click [Start] then type [regedit] in the search box.
2. After the window open regedit, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelMouse
3. Double-click on [MouseHoverTime] and change the value to 100 or smaller
4. Click [Ok], then close the regedit window.
5. Now, the thumbnail previews will appear faster

Speed up Windows 7 shutdown

1. Open the registry editor by typing [regedit] in the search box and press [Enter]
2. Go to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl]
3. Double click on [WaitToKillServiceTimeOut] registry key
4. The default value is usually 12 000 which is equivalent to 12 seconds. Change its value to  between 5000-7000.

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Cloning hard drive is a process in which all files and programs  from  a computer hard drive are copied to another . This an alternative to running a new instance of operating system installation and installing software on the new disk one by one . Suppose you wish to clone hard disk A that has already contained an operating system and programs to an empty  drive B with no  installed OS or program.  You can do this by cloning hard drive.

This method is often used by computer  owners who have just bought a new computer  or those having a network of more than one computers. By performing hard drive cloning you don’t need to install operating system or install each program one by one on a new hard drive thus you can save time  and energy.
You can use cloning software available on the market such as DriveImage XML (DIX), Norton Ghost etc to do the job of transferring all files and program from one computer to another. But for Windows users who have been  accustomed to and familiar with Windows Explorer, this whole process can actually  be performed using Windows Explorer. This however should be done with extra care since the whole processes are done in exact sequence, though  not take as much time as installing new operating system.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to clone a hard drive using Windows Explorer  Menu :

1. Format and partition the new hard drive. First of all, you need to create  partition and format the hard drive which is a mandatory before using a new hard drive.
2. Set  hard drive status. Hard drives  that will be copied  (source hard drive ) and a new target hard drive  must both be readable by the computer. You need to adjust the jumper settings located on the back of both hard drives or you can do that by connecting both hard drives with the computer mainboard. Hard drive Source will then act as  master hard drive while the new hard drive will act as slave hard drive (target hard drive)
3. Hard Drive Cloning process.

After you complete the two steps above you can no proceed to the main job of cloning the hard drive.

1. Start Windows Explorer.
   Go to Windows explorer and Show all hidden files by clicking the Tools menu and select Folder Options, and then click on the View button. Check  the Show hidden files  and folders option, then click the Apply button, then click the OK button.
2. Select all the files and the entire folders on your source  hard drive except the Windows folder. Then click the Copy option on the Edit Menubar.
   Click the Paste option on the menubar Edit on the  second target hard drive then  create new folders in the root directory and rename it with “Windows”
3. Click the Windows folder on the source hard disk then select all files and all folders except Win386.swp file.
   Then click the Copy option on the Edit menubar.
4. Click the Paste option on the menubar on Edit to the Windows folder on the   target hard drive

Alternatively you can use the following a  quite easy method using Windows built-in command.

1. Install Windows and all the  programs you wish to clone  on  the hard drive that will be used as source drive  and put it on the Primary IDE Master.
   Boot your computer  from the mater hard drive carriers, make sure you have configured the new  hard drive as IDE Slave
2. Go to  Windows command prompt  by clicking Start> Run > CMD (In Windows XP)
3. Perform quick formatting of the new hard disk by typing following command format d: / q / u
   When finished, exit the windows directory then press enter
   Type  the following command: xcopy / h / e / r / y / s / c / kc: d: press
4. Enter to start the hard drive cloning process.

This way, we will  get a clone of  hard drive which contains  exactly the same content as  the original  hard drive.

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