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| Thread ID: 99552 | 2009-05-06 07:49:00 | My Laptop is slow processing information! | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 771476 | 2009-05-06 07:49:00 | I have a laptop: HP Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with 384MB of RAM, the problem I have been noticing that the laptop is slow starting up, there are only a few things that start up, like antivirus and sound manager etc. When I double click on folders it is slow by opening them up, if I click on outlook this takes ages to open as well... What could be wrong with it. I have a good antivirus Avira, I have CCleaner, did a full anti malwarebytes scan but nothing reported. |
mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771477 | 2009-05-06 07:51:00 | More ram would help | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 771478 | 2009-05-06 07:55:00 | Probably collected windows crap. And more RAM would definetly help, but it would quite expensive since its probably DDR and laptop ram too... Defragged lately? Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 771479 | 2009-05-06 07:58:00 | Thanks for that tip Blam6, defragging not down for a while! I will try that! | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771480 | 2009-05-06 08:05:00 | If you have had it for a while, windows bloat can slow it down. One way that will get your speed back - save all your data to an external source, External HDD / CD's / DVD and wipe the drive, install a fresh copy of Windows - will be back to like new. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 771481 | 2009-05-06 08:18:00 | What RAM are you looking for I might have some kicking around somewhere | gary67 (56) | ||
| 771482 | 2009-05-06 08:20:00 | Thanks for that, I was thinking of doing that, what would be a good program to back up the HD? | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771483 | 2009-05-06 08:21:00 | Hi Gary67, I would not have a clue!! How can I find out???? | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771484 | 2009-05-06 08:22:00 | WHY YOUR PC SLOWS DOWN OVER TIME 1) Not enough RAM, Win XP needs 512mb to run properly, Vista should have at least 1GB . 2) Spyware . 3) Windows Bloat The longer you use Windows, the more disordered your registry can become, especially if you regularly install and uninstall software . Many applications, on being uninstalled, leave behind “orphan” registry entries . They don’t remove all traces of themselves; causing problems such as sluggish performance, system lockups, or a bloated registry that takes longer to load on startup . Also the NTFS file system contains a file called the master file table (MFT) . There is at least one entry in the MFT for every file on an NTFS volume, including the MFT itself . All information about a file, including its size, time and date stamps, permissions, and data content is either stored in MFT entries or in space external to the MFT but described by the MFT entries . As files are added to an NTFS volume, more entries are added to the MFT and so the MFT increases in size . When files are deleted from an NTFS volume, their MFT entries are marked as free and may be reused, but the MFT does not shrink . Thus, space used by these entries is not reclaimed from the disk . Utilities that defragment NTFS volumes cannot move MFT entries, and excessive fragmentation of the MFT can impact performance . Therefore the only cure for bloat is to wipe the PC and do a fresh install of Windows from scratch . ------------------- Just back up your stuff to an external drive or DVD . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 771485 | 2009-05-06 08:27:00 | Hi PCTEK, the laptop came with Windows XP installed 5 years ago, interesting story about the NTSF volume!! I have been thinking about wiping and having a fresh clean install on it... Thanks for your post...appreciate it! | mark1978 (13845) | ||
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