XP becomes extremly slow

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:42:26 +0430, "**LUCIF**"

H:\ is on my local disk. I chose it after I made a drive speed test by "Nero
6.3" and found it the fastest one among C:\ , D:\, E:\ ....

I did this after reading this article:
http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

Ah. I'm wondering about Nero's test methodology; what may be fast
when accessed alone may be slow when accessed concurrently with other
volumes, when that involves head travel between these.

Normally, the details of where drive letters actually are is hidden
and irrelevant, but when going for performance, you need to keep those
details in mind. Let's say C:, D:, E:, F:, G:, H: are all logical
volumes on the same physical HD, created in order with these sizes:

C----D--E----------F-------G----H--

D: and H: may be equally fast, when accessed alone, as they are small
tight volumes. But in the context of constant accesses to C:, D: can
bve expected to be way faster than H: because the head travel is less,
between C: and D:, than between C: and H:

If OTOH the drive letters are not in order...

C----H--E----------F-------G----D--

....then the reverse might apply.

Let real-world mileage be your guide - and I suspect you'd find the
fastest volumes in the following 2 x HD scenario would be C: and D:

HD1 C----E----------F-------G----
HD2 D---H--------------------------

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Cats have 9 lives, which makes them
ideal for experimentation!

 

[Guest]

What "kind of" anti-virus software are you using? I used Norton System Works
for awhile and my computer suddenly slowed down. I ran Norton anti-virus and
it did NOT find any viruses but I purchased and ran V-Com System Suite 5 and
it found SEVERAL viruses that Norton missed and it was able to clean them up
and my computer has been running great for quite a while now. I also
purchased Webroot SpySweeper and it finds Trojans and malware. V-Com and
Webroot together make a very powerful package that definitely aids in finding
all kinds of viruses and Trojans.
Again, "What "kind of" anti-virus software are you using?" It's possible
that you may have a Trojan.

 

[Kelly]

What is running in the background? Read the logfile from here and evaluate:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/StartupTracker3.zip

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