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STEVERIVS
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8. August 2012 @ 15:14 |
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My laptop has been running very slow including start up, i know that my storage is starting to fill up so i'm thinking about transfering all my important files onto an external storage device and returning it back to facory settngs. Firstly will this help and if so which device would you recomend for value and ease of use.
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8. August 2012 @ 17:22 |
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There are a couple of things you can try beforehand, including:
Run a virus/malware scan
Defragment your hard drive, like O&O Defrag
Run a registry clean-up tool, like CCleaner
Disable unnecessary start-up items in msconfig, see this
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ddp
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8. August 2012 @ 21:05 |
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what percentage of your hd is used?
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JST1946
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8. August 2012 @ 21:11 |
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20 Year U.S.Army Veteran.Vietnam 1969-1972 101st Abn.Div.
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ddp
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8. August 2012 @ 21:15 |
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bad idea. always keep same info on at least 2 different sources so if loose 1 then still have other.
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JST1946
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8. August 2012 @ 22:14 |
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I have all my stuff on 2 different sources. Some is on 3 as a matter of fact or burned onto DVD's
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9. August 2012 @ 10:56 |
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slow computers are usually caused by either viruses or malware,or lack of maintenance.ripper has it on the nose.
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ddp
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9. August 2012 @ 16:21 |
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can also be not enough ram &\or slow cpu depending on how old laptop is.
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10. August 2012 @ 00:24 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
can also be not enough ram &\or slow cpu depending on how old laptop is.
yeah,i really should have qualified that statement.meant to say the things that cause a computer to slow down.
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scorpNZ
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10. August 2012 @ 03:06 |
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lol...now your covering your bases aldan :p
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10. August 2012 @ 03:31 |
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yeah,i could be a politician.lol.
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ddp
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10. August 2012 @ 12:50 |
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no as i then have to shoot you.
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10. August 2012 @ 13:29 |
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not to try to change the subject or anything,but i wonder what happened to the op.did we scare them away?lol.
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ddp
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10. August 2012 @ 13:39 |
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what did we say to possibly scare the op?
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JST1946
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10. August 2012 @ 15:42 |
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Those 8088 microprocessors are generally kind of slow.
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ddp
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10. August 2012 @ 21:30 |
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i even have a 8086 cpu from the mid 80's.
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JST1946
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10. August 2012 @ 21:50 |
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20 Year U.S.Army Veteran.Vietnam 1969-1972 101st Abn.Div.
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STEVERIVS
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15. August 2012 @ 15:06 |
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Thanks to you all for your advice it seems to have helped me out and it's given me new ideas.
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15. August 2012 @ 20:05 |
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glad it worked out for you.
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Peter_M
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17. August 2012 @ 12:05 |
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Originally posted by STEVERIVS:
My laptop has been running very slow including start up, i know that my storage is starting to fill up so i'm thinking about transfering all my important files onto an external storage device and returning it back to facory settngs. Firstly will this help and if so which device would you recomend for value and ease of use.
I had a similar problem with my 4 year old Vista laptop, and the other things I did were:
- create a separate small disk partition and move the windows paging file to it (this avoids the paging file becoming fragmented)
- put the maximum memory in the laptop (this reduces the amount of paging, but note 4Mb is maximum for 32bit OS, and some laptops support less memory than this)
- install a faster/better disk drive (as my laptop used SATA drives I installed a 500Gb Seagate Momentus XT drive. This drive is a hybrid memory/disk unit so provides a halfway house to using an SSD drive, and had reduced start up times considerably)
- as I was using Vista and had an SD card reader built in, I put a card in and installed "Vista readyboost" (there is a similar facility under Win7 but not XP)
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omahamike
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17. August 2012 @ 15:01 |
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MyturboPC is NOT free as stated... it costs $29.95 ONLY the download is free. It costs to fix anything!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17. August 2012 @ 15:03
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Bozobub
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18. August 2012 @ 00:40 |
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Be very cautious when using registry cleaners; I've had to repair several Windows installs (a few times, involving a complete reinstall) due to using these "utilities". And yes, CCleaner was one of the regcleaners that screwed up.
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18. August 2012 @ 14:48 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
Be very cautious when using registry cleaners; I've had to repair several Windows installs (a few times, involving a complete reinstall) due to using these "utilities". And yes, CCleaner was one of the regcleaners that screwed up.
There is an option to backup your registry before you run anything, which is obviously advisable.
But yes, use with caution.
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omahamike
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20. August 2012 @ 16:30 |
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I "Ghost" all my hard drives right after I get the box... sure simplifies things when something/anything screws up! But I had to learn this the hard way! Is there ANY other way of learning ??
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ddp
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20. August 2012 @ 16:54 |
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"school of hard knocks".
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