If you've been noticing your PC getting slower or not running as smoothly as it once did then there could be reasons that can be fixed at home.

As PC's become older, they tend to accumulate lots of unwanted files and programs that tend to clog up the hard drive. You could also be experiencing slow start ups due to lots of programs booting up when you switch your PC on.

Hard drives store data in what are called clusters, similar to a honeycomb structure and litle bits of data can get written to parts of this honeycomb causing, after some time, a fragmented hard drive which takes time for your PC to read.

It's not always easy to know what's going on, and where the problem lies - that's where our free SpeedBoost test comes in. Provided by software manufacturers Uniblue, a Microsoft Gold Certfified Partner, gives you a complete diagnosis and deep scan of your current performance status and suggests optimizations.

Ready to SpeedBoost your PC? Click here - when prompted select 'run'. In order for the software to run efficiently we recommend you shut all browser windows and programs down.