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| Thread ID: 62085 | 2005-09-26 09:49:00 | Need help with PC! | zahmad (8963) | Press F1 |
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| 391045 | 2005-09-26 09:49:00 | How can I empty up disk space and make my PC run faster and more efficiently. I have a Intel Celeron Processor with 1.20Ghz, 120MB Ram, 20 GB hard drive running Windows XP SP 2, with software like Office 2000, Norton Antivirus Professional 2004 etc. I only have 12.7GB of free hard disk space, but computer is very slow. Please help! Thanks. Zak |
zahmad (8963) | ||
| 391046 | 2005-09-26 10:00:00 | Get this http://www.ccleaner.com its free, and will clean the temp files etc off your hdd. And defrag the hard drive in safe mode, and some more ram may help. Or get a better processor. 12.7 GB isnt that bad, if you've only got a 20gb. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 391047 | 2005-09-26 10:17:00 | Increasing your RAM to 256 or 512 will help speed things up. :thumbs: | snoopy (74) | ||
| 391048 | 2005-09-26 10:18:00 | How can I empty up disk space and make my PC run faster and more efficiently. I have a Intel Celeron Processor with 1.20Ghz, 120MB Ram, 20 GB hard drive running Windows XP SP 2, with software like Office 2000, Norton Antivirus Professional 2004 etc. I only have 12.7GB of free hard disk space, but computer is very slow. Please help! Thanks. Zak Loose Nortons anti virus and get a virus scaner that does not criple the speed of your PC. Get rid of it for a day, you will see what I mean. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 391049 | 2005-09-26 10:32:00 | Also go here for services that you can disable to improve your computers performance: is-it-true.org |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 391050 | 2005-09-26 22:01:00 | Thanks guys, but would you recommend upgrading my computer? | zahmad (8963) | ||
| 391051 | 2005-09-26 23:29:00 | the amount of disk space is irrelevant here to your issue......you dont have the fastest cpu on the block and mroe importntly you need more ram ........120 isn't really enough to expect any but minimal performance from xp specially running a ram hog prog like norton also........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 391052 | 2005-09-27 00:33:00 | the amount of disk space is irrelevant here to your issue . . . . . . you dont have the fastest cpu on the block and mroe importntly you need more ram . . . . . . . . 120 isn't really enough to expect any but minimal performance from xp specially running a ram hog prog like norton also . . . . . . . . I agree, you definately need a LOT more ram . With 128? (no such thing as 120, I susepct you have shared video), Windows XP must be running like a REAL dog, add Nortons sloowmo AV in and how long does it take to boot, 3 minutes? . Get at least another 512MB of ram, its fairly cheap at the moment, you should pay under $100 you could go for another 256 only but mah . . . Be sure to check memory configuration before you buy . Ram will make all the difference when you have that little . A P4 3 . 8 gig will run nearly as bad as your system on 128mb of ram, its all about system balance . |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 391053 | 2005-09-27 07:27:00 | As already mentioned, get rid of Nortons, and download something like AVG or another free anti-virus If you have problems deleting Nortons (sometimes it does leave crap on your system) download either symnrt or there is a removal tool for earlier versions (its name escapes me right now). Remove Nortons using Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs then once its finished run the removal tools. You will then be prompted to reboot. As far as an upgrade, definately 256 MB RAM (no less, more if you want or can afford). |
Myth (110) | ||
| 391054 | 2005-09-27 14:13:00 | Loose Nortons, try out a diffirent anti-virus. Norton is the most resource hungry, maybe try out ez-armour. http://www.ca.com/ check it out here. | Mike_SA (8956) | ||
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