did that,.. it's showing that Ive used 23gb of 86,.. says I have 63 gb free space.Patman said:Right click on the drive.
Properties.
Tools.
Defrag.
This will show you graphically if the drive is filled up or in need of defragmentation.
Patman said:Get an external drive and dump all the crap you think you really need on to it to free up space if your drive is really getting full. Delete or archive old email, remove old programs you don't use, make sure you have the latest patches and drivers. Then scan for spyware, etc..., defrag / optimize the drive and reboot. You might just be suprised.
Actually I was suggesting he remove files he thought he couldn't live without not programs as people tend to not be inclined to just move programs since they really need to be uninstalled and reinstalled. Leaving the OS and program files on the same drive and data on another is a clear method, perhaps that wasn't clear.m4i2k2e2 said:dont just dump any old software or programs onto a new external harddrive, it may be corrupt from spyware. if you do that it will just mess up the new hard drive.
m4i2k2e2 said:right now i have 34 running with 0-1% cpu usage. when i first build my computers they have around 27 or 28 processes running. how many are running right now?
-mike.
Patman said:Actually I was suggesting he remove files he thought he couldn't live without not programs as people tend to not be inclined to just move programs since they really need to be uninstalled and reinstalled. Leaving the OS and program files on the same drive and data on another is a clear method, perhaps that wasn't clear.QUOTE]
yea, if you think you have a virus you should never put anything on a new hard drive. you will run the risk of corrupting the new one. viruses will corrupt many different programs and software. that is a good non clear method of getting yourself back in the same jam you were in. like i said a virus can corrupt anything the creator intended it to attack.
for instance if he feels like he cant live without music. one of the files he downloaded had a virus on it. hes put them on the new one. it would be junk. that is not a clear method.
and lke you said space inst the issue here, that would be correct. but, all the processes he is running is make that cpu process more then it has to.
shaw, did you do the last part of my post, with the msconfig.
when you do that stay still with your mouse and dont have any music or any videos in the backround. so we can get a good base reading.
-mike.
m4i2k2e2 said:also, go to start then run again. type in msconfig one word just like that. then go to the startup tab and click disable all then make sure you hit apply and then ok. then it will asl you to restart just click restart.
-mike.
No kidding? :laugh:m4i2k2e2 said:... like i said a virus can corrupt anything the creator intended it to attack.
Shaw520 said:Ok Mike,... I did this and now I have 27 processes running and cpu is holding steady @ 0-2%, I watched the cpu for a bout a minute with no mouse movement, there was two very brief spikes to 11%, but other than, it held steady at 0-2%.
Patman said:No kidding? :laugh:
Silly me for even thinking somebody would have current virus protection in this day and age. :laugh:
Shaw520 said:ok mike I got it,..
Manuf - HP Pavilion 061
BIOS - Phoenix - award BIOS v6.00pg
Processor - intel(r) Celerion (r) 2.93GHz
Memory - 504 MB RAM
page face - 303mb used - 926mb avail
Direct X version 9.0c
I'm glad you are trying to help that's great. I don't take well to being told I'm wrong when I am not. Perhaps there is a lack of info being posted by people and that causes the different interpretation, perhaps there is a higher level of knowledge being assumed, who knows. I do tend to give most people the benefit of the doubt until they show they are totally ignorant on the topic being discussed, maybe that's the problem, I don't assume everybody is an idiot. I hate to burst your bubble but most anybody can build a computer, it's not hardly rocket surgery and might explain why most prebuilt units are assembled by people making a couple bucks a day in a far away land. Please don't make the assumption that I know nothing of the dusty insides of a computer, it would be a very wrong one. The reason I didn't give the advice you did is because you read something different in to the post than either Chili or I did, pretty simple huh? I'll leave you to your work Mr. Wizard, it appears you have in under control ;)m4i2k2e2 said:im just trying to help the guy. you really know your stuff about dirtbikes and you have alot of good info and i can take away from that to help myself. but, when someone tells your your wrong you cant take the info that i have given and maybe use that info to help yourself out in the future. i do build computers and have been tinkerings with them for years. however your acting like you know alot about computers so let me ask you this, if you know so much how come you didnt just give him the simple advice that i gave him? i dont know what you mean by your comment but id like you to explain.
-mike.
I have MS Office, Publisher, photo shop, imaging... I did notice a big difference after I did the disable. No vista, running XP that came with it.m4i2k2e2 said:hm, like you said the computer is about 5-6 years old? now thats ancient in terms of technology. but if it ran fine then, then it should still run the same. what programs do you have on it? what do you use this computer for? games, movie editing? you could use a bit more ram witch is the memory but hm. after you disabled all in the ms config you hit apply and then you hit ok then a restart window came up and you hit restart right? if so did you notice a difference? is everything you do on the computer slow? or just a few certain programs?
did you put vista on this when it came out did you use your windows version that came with it?
-mike.
You got that right! ... thats the only thing that seems to get faster with age,... or Im getting slower, (thats possible,.. I guess :whoa: )Patman said:they don't age as well as a KTM.
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