How to Speed up Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 Tablet August 27, 2014October 25, 2018 sorcim-admin Sorcim Articles Here are some tips and tricks if Surface Pro isn’t running as fast as it once did. The steps are applicable for Windows 8.1 Tablet Step 1 Speed up Surface Pro ST Cleaner is compatible with Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XPBy clicking to download, you agree to these Terms See Features & Functions Optimize Hard Disk One of the best ways you can speed up Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 tablet is by optimizing your hard disk. This tool reduces drive fragmentation. As a result, data is quickly retrieved from files. Press Windows Key + X. Click Search. Type “Optimize” in the Search Box. Click “Defragment and Optimize your Drives” in Search Results page. Drive optimization tool will be opened. Select all drives, click “Optimize” button. Disable Startups Boost the Windows startup speed by disabling many startup applications. Disable all Non-Microsoft startup applications except high-priority startups like antivirus. Press Windows Key + X. Click Task Manager. Click “More details” link. Click the Startup tab. Disable all unimportant startup applications Disable Windows Features Windows comes with different features- some of which are not useful for us. Disable all unnecessary features. This will reduce consumption of CPU Usage and speed up Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 tablet. Press Windows Key + X. Click Programs and Features. In the left side panel click “Turn Windows features on or off” link. Windows Features dialog box will open. Uncheck the checkboxes of the Windows Features you do not use. Click OK button. Clean the Disk Delete all temporary files and free up the disk space. Use Disk CleanUp as follows: Double click Computer desktop icon. Right-click a drive, select Properties. Click the General tab. Click “Disk CleanUp” button. Analyze and clean-up all the partitions of your hard disk. Check Disk for Errors Disk errors slow down your tablet. Check your hard disk for errors and repair them automatically. Double click Computer desktop icon. Right-click a drive, select Properties. Click the Tools tab, and then Check Now button. Scan and repair all disk errors.