Hi guys I've been here for a while just don't post alot. I have a Dell Dimension, Pentium 4 2.80 Ghz, 512 MB ram, and Windows Xp SP2.
Originally my computer was going rather slow, I thought i had a virus maybe so i tried system restore, and when the comp booted back it up it was going TERRIBLY slow, it took over an hour to fully boot back up, and was CONSTANTLY at 100% cpu usage, and opening internet explorer could take up to 20 minutes. I thought something must have gone wrong, so i got my windows xp cd to reformat and reinstall, and it just kept freezing before the install even started. I tried a few other xp Cd's ALL kept freezing, so i resorted to install Linux (Linux uses less ram anyways, so maybe my problem would be fixed)
The ubuntu live cd wouldn't start ubuntu after a whole hour, so i popped in my linspire cd (another dist. of Linux) and it took around 7 hours to fully format the hdd install (as apposed to maybe 40 minutes). So i was happy that it was finally done, but guess what? Even with a linux distribution like this built for computers with 128 mb of ram, it took a WHOLE HOUR just to boot, and on top of that was using 100% of my cpu.
I know its not a virus now, so im guessing something could have happened to the HDD and it reading and writing VERY slowly, after the system resotre? I need your help guys! thanks
You can attempt to run a diagnostic testing on the machine from a live cd. This can be anything from ram, hd, or cpu. I suggest downloading the ultimate boot cd and running some tests:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html Good luck
Originally posted by ozzyf93: hey, i just dled the iso and burned it, but im confused at to which tests to run? can you shed some light upon it?
Hello,
On this page, http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/index.html Run the 'Memory Tests' tools, probably memtest86
And run some 'Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools'
And run some 'CPU Tests'
