WinXP slow performance

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I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been running
top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating System not
found." I decided to reformat and ever since then everything has been loading
slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a window or a program to load (used to load
almost instantly).
I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a matter
of memory or space because I have way more space and resources than before I
reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am running sp2 on fat32.

My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
 
Brigund said:
I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
running sp2 on fat32.

My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
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Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
audio, nic?.....
And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......


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the model is dv8315ca...
and I dont know if all the drivers were installed. I assume they were
because I sent it in to the place I bought the laptop to fix it and told them
to restore it to its original condition as when i bought it (when it was
working properly).
 
Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all
but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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gerry, i forgot to mention that I have already tried defragmenting, disk
cleanup, recycle bin, removing temp files, cleared cookies and none of that
solved the problem. This problem had occured right when I got the system
back, which was before any clutter pile up.
 
Hi Brigund
I thiknk that 100 Gb hdd is to big for fat32 file system. You beter use NTFS

sorry for my english
 
Brigund said:
I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
running sp2 on fat32.

My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
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It's highly unlikely that the hard drive is failing. The first thing anyone
experiencing such problems these days should do is investigate the
possibility of malware infestation. This is the most common cause of such
problems. I recommend that you go to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and follow
the instructions there.
 
kas_nepatinka said:
Hi Brigund
I thiknk that 100 Gb hdd is to big for fat32 file system. You beter
use NTFS
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Although I agree that NTFS is a better choice, it's not "too big" for FAT32
and FAT32 is not the reason for poor performaance.
 
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