Paging e rallentamenti

[OldVitt]

Il mio PC XP SP2 si è messo a rallentare sensibilmente e presenta
prestazioni sensibilmente abnormi visibili in http://i21.tinypic.com/vr563c..jpg
e a GoogleDesktop.exe si possono attribuire i picchi fino al 73% di
utilizzo della CPU.

Il mio PC è ben descritto da Microsoft System Information
http://i23.tinypic.com/34nl5iu.jpg

Mi stupisce il fatto che, avviando un programma oneroso tipo Photoshop
elements 4.0, la CPU vada spesso in saturazione (al 100%) come si
vede in http://i23.tinypic.com/29z5yit.jpg
ma l'utilizzo del file di paging resti praticamente invariato.
In tale momento potete vedere applicazioni e processi in
http://i22.tinypic.com/3502dt1.jpg e http://i20.tinypic.com/296c903.jpg.

Qualcuno può darmi una spiegazione e magari un hint per migliorare la
situazione?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Il mio PC XP SP2 si è messo a rallentare sensibilmente e presenta
prestazioni sensibilmente abnormi visibili in
http://i21.tinypic.com/vr563c.jpg
e a GoogleDesktop.exe si possono attribuire i picchi fino al 73% di
utilizzo della CPU.

Il mio PC è ben descritto da Microsoft System Information
http://i23.tinypic.com/34nl5iu.jpg

Mi stupisce il fatto che, avviando un programma oneroso tipo Photoshop
elements 4.0, la CPU vada spesso in saturazione (al 100%) come si
vede in http://i23.tinypic.com/29z5yit.jpg
ma l'utilizzo del file di paging resti praticamente invariato.
In tale momento potete vedere applicazioni e processi in
http://i22.tinypic.com/3502dt1.jpg e http://i20.tinypic.com/296c903.jpg.

Qualcuno può darmi una spiegazione e magari un hint per migliorare la
situazione?
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Your chances of getting a good reply are much better if you
post your question in an Italian newsgroup.

 

[Gerry]

Le vostre probabilità di ottenere una buona risposta sono molto più
meglio se inviate la vostra domanda in un newsgroup italiano.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I knew I could rely on you for an excellent Italian translation,
even though the last one was in Spanish. Any more to come?
BTW, can you say "molto più meglio"? I tought this was a
double-dip.

 

[Gerry]

No idea <G>! Just playing with free translation software on the web.

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Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[OldVitt]

Sorry! There is a similar italian newsgroup and I tought it was the
one I was sending may question.

Now I am training to make a translation, so may be somebody can help
me.
I will not translate also what in the jpeg files unless somebody will
ask me about specifically...


My PC XP SP2 is slowing down and show up a unusual low performance as
in http://i21.tinypic.com/vr563c.jpg
and to GoogleDesktop.exe I impute the peaks up to the 73% of the CPU
utilization.

My PC is well described from Microsoft System Information
http://i23.tinypic.com/34nl5iu.jpg

As I start an havy program as Photoshop
elements 4.0, the CPU become saturated as you can see in
http://i23.tinypic.com/29z5yit.jpg
and I am confused about the fact that the paging file remain almost
unaltered.

At that moment http://i22.tinypic.com/3502dt1.jpg e http://i20.tinypic.com/296c903.jpg
show applications and processes.

Anybody can explain me about and, may be, hint me a solution to
improve the situation?

 

[Gerry]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

What version of Zone Alarm are you using?

Is your computer always on or do you turn it off after using it?

Photographic programs often have an Undo feature and this does place big
demands on memory.

How large is your hard disk and how much free disk space?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

No idea <G>! Just playing with free translation software on the web.

You fooled me! I thought you knew Italian. I'm far from fluent, but I
know a little Italian, so I figured that since I could understand what
you wrote, it had to be near perfect.

 

[OldVitt]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Avira Antivir and Ad-Advare 2007, this one not always active.

What version of Zone Alarm are you using? 7.0.362.000

Is your computer always on or do you turn it off after using it?

I turn it off every two or three days

Photographic programs often have an Undo feature and this does place big
demands on memory.

Agree, but this is not the case: the Adobe program was open but not
used.

How large is your hard disk and how much free disk space?

I have two internal disks (142GB, 36GB free) and an external one
(64GB, 13GB free) .

Thank you Gerry for answer me; any idea about the paging file being
almost flat?

 

[Gerry]

In Task Manager click the Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is
the Total, the Limit and the Peak when you have been editing with
Photoshop Elements 4?

Does Photoshop Elements 4 release memory when it remains open?

You might do better not to leave the computer on overnight.

What do you mean by the paging file being almost flat?

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[OldVitt]

In Task Manager click the Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is
the Total, the Limit and the Peak when you have been editing with
Photoshop Elements 4?

915MB, 5666MB, 947MB

Does Photoshop Elements 4 release memory when it remains open?

See http://i23.tinypic.com/1570lg5.jpg, with Adobe Elements in
standby, where "Utilizzo Memoria" means Memory usge and "Massimo
utilizzo memoria" means Memory peak use. The

You might do better not to leave the computer on overnight.

OK but it takes more than five minutes to restart :-(

What do you mean by the paging file being almost flat?

In Task Manager click the Performance Tab and you see the history of
the paging file usage: I mean that I am surprised by the fact that, in
any circumstance, there is pratically no variation in the diagram.

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy.

I succeded with three disks but now for the remaining disk XP is
asking to chkdsk /f before. I will privide asw soon as I can restart.
Now the reports, hoping you can understand, maybe using Microsoft
Terminology.csv

Volume (C
Dimensioni volume = 39.06 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 4 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 33.26 GB
Spazio disponibile = 5.80 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 14 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 18 %
Frammentazione file = 32 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 5 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 106 458
Dimensioni medie file = 946 KB
Totale file frammentati = 10 934
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 106 502
Media frammenti per file = 2.00

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 1.50 GB
Totale frammenti = 3 037

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 10 028
Cartelle frammentate = 142
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 462

Frammentazione Tabella file master (MFT)
Dimensioni totali Tabella file master (MFT)= 159 MB
Conteggio record Tabella file master (MFT) = 117 057
Percentuale Tabella file master (MFT) in uso= 71 %
Totale frammenti Tabella file master (MFT) = 2

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
9,856 1.65 GB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Documenti
\BitTorrent Downloads\mariposaHD.S01E02.1080i.en.wmv
6,554 416 MB \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.dat
2,834 177 MB \System Volume Information\catalog.wci
\00010011.ci
887 264 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
402 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP287\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
398 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
394 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP290\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
369 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Dati
applicazioni\Microsoft\Excel\~ar4C2C.xar
214 22 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0105870.rbf
200 420 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\rpm.cf1
195 14 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108681.rbf
193 420 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\rpm1m.cf1
181 280 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\dbeam
159 152 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Dati
applicazioni\Joost\anthill\anthill_cache
151 140 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\dbdam
129 8 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP294\A0114659.dll
125 9 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP287\snapshot
\Repository\FS\OBJECTS.DATA
122 10 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP294\A0115290.dll
117 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108988.exe
114 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108665.msi
108 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111200.msi
108 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111199.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111138.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111139.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111181.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111623.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111182.msi
98 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Documenti
\COMPUTER\Microsoft Terminology.csv
91 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111406.msi
91 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111414.msi
Volume Disco Partizione (F
Dimensioni volume = 37.27 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 4 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 12.99 GB
Spazio disponibile = 24.28 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 65 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 1 %
Frammentazione file = 3 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 0 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 7 298
Dimensioni medie file = 2 MB
Totale file frammentati = 198
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 611
Media frammenti per file = 1.08

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 1.50 GB
Totale frammenti = 1

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 102
Cartelle frammentate = 10
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 87

Frammentazione Tabella file master (MFT)
Dimensioni totali Tabella file master (MFT)= 8 MB
Conteggio record Tabella file master (MFT) = 7 433
Percentuale Tabella file master (MFT) in uso= 92 %
Totale frammenti Tabella file master (MFT) = 2

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
66 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Thumbs.db
60 452 KB \Immagini\Minolta originali
44 5 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Thumbs.db
23 2 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna
2007\Sardegna 2007-26.jpg
19 2 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-19.JPG
16 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010554.JPG
13 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010468.JPG
12 3 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\PICT0002-22-1.JPG
11 3 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-20.JPG
10 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\PICT0002-16.JPG
10 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010295.JPG
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna
2007\Sardegna 2007-18.jpg
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Sardegna002-1.JPG
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0004-11.JPG
8 999 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0021-2.JPG
8 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\PICT0007-4-1.JPG
8 38 KB \RECYCLER
\S-1-5-21-796845957-1604221776-725345543-1003\INFO2
8 1 001 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0018-5.JPG
8 89 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Torriglia Busca
Mantova 05\Thumbs.db
8 36 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna 2007
8 312 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\PICT0022-4_edited-1.jpg
7 1 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1070097.jpg
7 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0017-3.JPG
7 1 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
\PICT0005-9.JPG
7 724 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\PICT0015-6_edited-1.jpg
7 220 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2
7 1 014 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0001-21.JPG
6 1 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-19_edited-1.jpg
6 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\Sardegna2004\sardegna2004 004_edited.jpg

Volume DISCO EST (H
Dimensioni volume = 63.99 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 32 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 51.34 GB
Spazio disponibile = 12.65 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 19 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 0 %
Frammentazione file = 0 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 0 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 15 488
Dimensioni medie file = 3 MB
Totale file frammentati = 7
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 7
Media frammenti per file = 1.00

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 0 Byte
Totale frammenti = 0

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 861
Cartelle frammentate = 1
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 0

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
2 71 KB \Documenti da C\COMPUTER\ADSL e LAN
\Registrazione conclusa con successo.doc
2 114 KB \Documenti da C\Gadget Google personali
\Meteo-Google Inc..gg
2 3 MB \Documenti da C\TEMP\Sardegna
A2003.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0006-7.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0008-6.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0010-3.JPG
2 982 KB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0011-1.JPG

Hope this helps!

Thanks.

 

[Gerry]

915MB, 5666MB, 947MB

The size of your pagefile is very large. I am not sure what the
implications of this might be.

See http://i23.tinypic.com/1570lg5.jpg, with Adobe Elements in
standby, where "Utilizzo Memoria" means Memory usge and "Massimo
utilizzo memoria" means Memory peak use. The

"Utilizzo Memoria" is a misleading description. It is an allocation of
virtual memory to a programme and not usage.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage. Start it to run
immediately after start-up and look at the log. Pagefilemon takes
snapshots. You need to run it at the beginning of the session at then
run it again at intervals throughout the sessions. The log is Pagefile
log.txt. If you right click on the file in Windows Explorer and select
Send to, Desktop (Create Shortcut). The same applies to
XP_PageFileMon.exe.

A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

Note programs using undo features, particularly those associated with
graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so if you
use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when you
close the programme.

OK but it takes more than five minutes to restart :-(

Is that because you have Photoshop Elements 4 load on booting the
computer or for some other reason?
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/lss/documentation/photoshop-elements-4/photoshop-elements-4.pdf

How would you describe your use of Photoshop Elements 4? Occasional,
often or all the time?

What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

In Task Manager click the Performance Tab and you see the history of
the paging file usage: I mean that I am surprised by the fact that, in
any circumstance, there is pratically no variation in the diagram.

I do not know why that should be so!

I succeded with three disks but now for the remaining disk XP is
asking to chkdsk /f before. I will privide asw soon as I can restart.
Now the reports, hoping you can understand, maybe using Microsoft
Terminology.csv

Volume (C
Dimensioni volume = 39.06 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 4 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 33.26 GB
Spazio disponibile = 5.80 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 14 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 18 %
Frammentazione file = 32 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 5 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 106 458
Dimensioni medie file = 946 KB
Totale file frammentati = 10 934
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 106 502
Media frammenti per file = 2.00

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 1.50 GB
Totale frammenti = 3 037

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 10 028
Cartelle frammentate = 142
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 462

Frammentazione Tabella file master (MFT)
Dimensioni totali Tabella file master (MFT)= 159 MB
Conteggio record Tabella file master (MFT) = 117 057
Percentuale Tabella file master (MFT) in uso= 71 %
Totale frammenti Tabella file master (MFT) = 2

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
9,856 1.65 GB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Documenti
\BitTorrent Downloads\mariposaHD.S01E02.1080i.en.wmv
6,554 416 MB \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.dat
2,834 177 MB \System Volume Information\catalog.wci
\00010011.ci
887 264 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
402 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP287\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
398 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
394 35 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP290\snapshot
\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
369 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Dati
applicazioni\Microsoft\Excel\~ar4C2C.xar
214 22 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0105870.rbf
200 420 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\rpm.cf1
195 14 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108681.rbf
193 420 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\rpm1m.cf1
181 280 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\dbeam
159 152 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Dati
applicazioni\Joost\anthill\anthill_cache
151 140 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Google\Google Desktop
\0c1664bd0d96\dbdam
129 8 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP294\A0114659.dll
125 9 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP287\snapshot
\Repository\FS\OBJECTS.DATA
122 10 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP294\A0115290.dll
117 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108988.exe
114 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP285\A0108665.msi
108 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111200.msi
108 7 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111199.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111138.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111139.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111181.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111623.msi
98 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP289\A0111182.msi
98 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Documenti
\COMPUTER\Microsoft Terminology.csv
91 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111406.msi
91 6 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP291\A0111414.msi

The amount of free space at 14% is not enough. Files are badly
fragmented, which will not help performance.

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore
on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700
mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this
time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
exit.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

Please post a further copy of the Disk Defragmenter Report after
carrying out these suggestions.

Volume Disco Partizione (F
Dimensioni volume = 37.27 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 4 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 12.99 GB
Spazio disponibile = 24.28 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 65 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 1 %
Frammentazione file = 3 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 0 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 7 298
Dimensioni medie file = 2 MB
Totale file frammentati = 198
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 611
Media frammenti per file = 1.08

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 1.50 GB
Totale frammenti = 1

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 102
Cartelle frammentate = 10
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 87

Frammentazione Tabella file master (MFT)
Dimensioni totali Tabella file master (MFT)= 8 MB
Conteggio record Tabella file master (MFT) = 7 433
Percentuale Tabella file master (MFT) in uso= 92 %
Totale frammenti Tabella file master (MFT) = 2

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
66 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Thumbs.db
60 452 KB \Immagini\Minolta originali
44 5 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Thumbs.db
23 2 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna
2007\Sardegna 2007-26.jpg
19 2 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-19.JPG
16 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010554.JPG
13 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010468.JPG
12 3 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\PICT0002-22-1.JPG
11 3 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-20.JPG
10 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\PICT0002-16.JPG
10 2 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1010295.JPG
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna
2007\Sardegna 2007-18.jpg
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Sardegna002-1.JPG
9 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0004-11.JPG
8 999 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0021-2.JPG
8 3 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\PICT0007-4-1.JPG
8 38 KB \RECYCLER
\S-1-5-21-796845957-1604221776-725345543-1003\INFO2
8 1 001 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0018-5.JPG
8 89 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\Torriglia Busca
Mantova 05\Thumbs.db
8 36 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2\Sardegna 2007
8 312 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\PICT0022-4_edited-1.jpg
7 1 MB \Immagini\Foto di altri\Foto di
Giovanni\P1070097.jpg
7 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0017-3.JPG
7 1 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
\PICT0005-9.JPG
7 724 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\PICT0015-6_edited-1.jpg
7 220 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA A2
7 1 014 KB \Immagini\MINOLTA\PICT0001-21.JPG
6 1 MB \Immagini\Minolta originali
A2\Sardegna 2007-19_edited-1.jpg
6 1 MB \Immagini\MINOLTA
\Sardegna2004\sardegna2004 004_edited.jpg

Run Disk CleanUp and Disk Defragmenter. Check that you do not have
System Restore set to monitor this partition.

Volume DISCO EST (H
Dimensioni volume = 63.99 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 32 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 51.34 GB
Spazio disponibile = 12.65 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 19 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 0 %
Frammentazione file = 0 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 0 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 15 488
Dimensioni medie file = 3 MB
Totale file frammentati = 7
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 7
Media frammenti per file = 1.00

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 0 Byte
Totale frammenti = 0

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 861
Cartelle frammentate = 1
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 0

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
2 71 KB \Documenti da C\COMPUTER\ADSL e LAN
\Registrazione conclusa con successo.doc
2 114 KB \Documenti da C\Gadget Google
personali \Meteo-Google Inc..gg
2 3 MB \Documenti da C\TEMP\Sardegna
A2003.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0006-7.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0008-6.JPG
2 1 MB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0010-3.JPG
2 982 KB \Immagini da F\MINOLTA\PICT0011-1.JPG

Run Disk CleanUp and Disk Defragmenter. Check that you do not have
System Restore set to monitor this partition.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[OldVitt]

The size of your pagefile is very large. I am not sure what the
implications of this might be.

I reduced the total paging file size to 1.5 time the RAM, i.e. to
~1500MB an now results are
781MB, 2520MB, 931MBThe "Utilizzo Memoria" is a misleading description. It is an
allocation of

virtual memory to a programme and not usage.http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

Thank you for signaling such a good page!

Use page file monitor to observe what is the peak usage.

Again thank you! This is a shot taken at start-up, as soon that the
icon connected ti pagefilemon became operating:

01/10/2007 18.51.28
Pagefile Physical Location: E:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 80 MB
Session Peak Usage: 80 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 1534 MB

and after stabilization, with only Google Sidebar as hungry program in
operation:

01/10/2007 19.00.55
Pagefile Physical Location: E:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 100 MB
Session Peak Usage: 100 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 1534 MB

Note programs using undo features, particularly those associated with
graphics and photo editing, require large amounts of memory so if you
use this type of programme check these first observing how the page
usage increases when they start and whether the usage decreases when you
close the programme.

Not so much! In this same section I started Photoshop Elements 4.0
with the following result as per havy us:

01/10/2007 19.09.21
Pagefile Physical Location: E:\pagefile.sys
Current Pagefile Usage: 104 MB
Session Peak Usage: 105 MB
Current Pagefile Size: 1534 MB

Is that because you have Photoshop Elements 4 load on booting the
computer or for some other reason?

No, I boote it apart.

 

[OldVitt]

Sorry: the last message was sent not yet complited, by mistake and
without check.
I will go on now:

What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

No errors.

The amount of free space at 14% is not enough. Files are badly
fragmented, which will not help performance.

I already provide for defragmenting the main drive.

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore
on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700
mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this
time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
exit.

You get the point and I provide as for your suggestion, Now C: has
almost 30% of free space.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

All this was already done as for your previous suggestions.

Please post a further copy of the Disk Defragmenter Report after
carrying out these suggestions.

Here it is:

Volume (C
Dimensioni volume = 39.06 GB
Dimensioni cluster = 4 KB
Spazio utilizzato = 26.86 GB
Spazio disponibile = 12.20 GB
Percentuale spazio libero = 31 %

Frammentazione volume
Frammentazione totale = 5 %
Frammentazione file = 10 %
Frammentazione spazio libero = 0 %

Frammentazione file
File totali = 94 759
Dimensioni medie file = 938 KB
Totale file frammentati = 283
Totale frammenti in eccesso = 2 049
Media frammenti per file = 1.02

Frammentazione file di paging
Dimensioni file di paging = 0 Byte
Totale frammenti = 0

Frammentazione cartella
Cartelle totali = 9 675
Cartelle frammentate = 8
Frammenti di cartella in eccesso = 30

Frammentazione Tabella file master (MFT)
Dimensioni totali Tabella file master (MFT)= 159 MB
Conteggio record Tabella file master (MFT) = 104 809
Percentuale Tabella file master (MFT) in uso= 64 %
Totale frammenti Tabella file master (MFT) = 2

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Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati
267 17 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116815.exe
87 349 KB \Documents and Settings\Vitt\Documenti
\cc_20071001_0845.reg
43 3 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116828.dll
38 2 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116523.dll
28 2 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116527.exe
27 230 MB \Documents and Settings\Vitt
\Impostazioni locali\Temp\Photoshop Temp71217
24 235 KB \WINDOWS\Debug\UserMode\userenv.log
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116827.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116812.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116825.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116604.RDB
23 416 MB \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\fidbox.dat
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116819.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116826.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116820.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116818.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116821.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116813.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116434.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116447.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116423.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116422.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116425.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116393.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116383.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116445.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116444.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116459.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116385.RDB
23 1 MB \System Volume Information
\_restore{26915493-34FA-4EFC-BFC7-3DE33FD9A319}\RP295\A0116398.RDB

Thank you again, Gerry, for your precious help.

 

[Gerry]

What does the Disk Defragmenter Report look like after defragmenting? I
think the report was after Analyse but before defragmenting. You should
not have a list
"Frammenti Dimensioni file File maggiormente frammentati". If you
have a list after completing Defragmenting we need to find out why. To
get a Report before Defragmenting you click on Analyse and to defragment
you click on Defragment.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~