My computer is SLOWWWWW PLEASE HELP (NEED TO EDIT MY MOOOOOVIE!)

United States
January 9, 2007 7:37pm CST
please help... my new computer (like a year old) has gotten VERY VERY slow i still have 50 gig left of HD space, a brand new GFX card, and i scan for spyware/viruses every day. i just did a defrag but still slow! please help me thanks/
3 responses
@stonehr (818)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
10 Jan 07
You probably installed so much sofware and Your registry is also full of many data entries, also it's possible that You have some malware installed what slowing Your pc. The easiest way for You will be to format Your hard disk and make a new instalation of OS.If after that You PC is so slow, than Your hard disk have been damaged or You filled it with so much files. Also good practice is to have at least two partition on hard disk, one to be for OS and another one for software. First partition will not need to be bigger than 10 Gb but it can be about 5Gb(It's to much enough for system) and second partition will use rest space of disk.
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
10 Jan 07
I have experience same with you if the problem is not in software it must be in hardware. open you computer check the fan for processor working or not if not buy new fan and clean your computer hardware also. because I have same problem with you 1 year ago my computer run very slow after I check it the fan of processor stop working, then I buy the new fan my computer run normal again.
@hazydazy (783)
• United States
10 Jan 07
Your hard drive could be too full to function efficiently. Your system needs free disk space to allow for housekeeping. It uses the disk as a memory overspill and if it has to hunt around it is going to slow you down. If you play games or do a lot of graphics you may not have enough system memory to run your software efficiently. Low virtual memory: When a PC gets low on memory, pages of memory not currently being used are moved from physical RAM to a swap file on disk called virtual memory. The page is moved back to the RAM when it is needed. Think about upgrading but make sure you get the right sort of memory. On older computers you need to go into the BIOS to tell the computer to use the memory, so this should be left to people who are prepared to read the manual Background activity It's possible that your computer may have programs running in the background. This limits the memory available and the processor might be doing unnecessary work. Programs will often set the Load on start-up feature automatically when installing so deselect this option during the installation to take control. Check the icons in your computer's ‘system tray’ (normally bottom right hand corner of the screen on a PC) to see background programs. You will find that your printer, audio software and numerous other bits are sitting waiting to spring into action. This is fine if you have a powerful machine but annoying on an old machine or a laptop. If you can reduce a few programs running in the background. As each program is installed and uninstalled, it leaves behind parts of itself which can slow down or even crash your computer. There are some dll files that are shared between programs. Over time these change and old software might not work with the modern version of the file, so take care with mixing software of different ‘generations’. Some utilities offer to find and fix these conflicts. The cure can liberate extensive hard disk space and improve performance dramatically, but be warned - the cure might involve removing some vestigial bits of old and much loved software so the cure might be worse then the disease! Just make sure you have all the old disks so you can reinstall any software that stops working. If you are getting crashes and software conflicts, think about a re-build of you computer hard disk. Consult an expert before attempting this. You might have to abandon some old software to prevent the problem recurring. I like CCleaner for this. It is free. Here is the link. http://www.ccleaner.com/ Overheating It has been known for hot processors to cut their operating speed. If you think this might be a problem, give your machine a spring clean inside. An overheating process will age and fail faster than one that is operating inside its operating parameters.