Computer loading very slow help

P.Jackson

P.Jackson

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Well basically until i formatted a few weeks ago as i had that much junk etc my computer has been running very sluggish loading windows takes about 2minutes about 48 blue bar movements.

it used to be 2/6 max!

My spec is below anyone have any ideas its really bugging me now :(

Regards,
Paul
 
hmm thats not my spec oops...


AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Abit AN8 SLi Fatal1ty nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 320GB 3200JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Orange Data Cable (CB-000-AK) 1
Akasa AK-178-BL 12" Cold Cathode - Blue (CM-006-GE)
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
Icemat - Black 2nd Edition (GS-001-IC)
Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG)
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS)
Pioneer DVR-110DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM
Samsung TS-H352AWBGH 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-002-SA)
Viewsonic vx924 19" 3ms
 
Have you tried running an offline defragmentation? Obviously you'd have to use something like O&O Defrag Pro to do that, but it does speed up loading times and makes Windows more responsive.
 
make sure you doing have loads of crap on your startup. also dont fill your harddrive as that can slow things down
 
You could also try disabling all the services you don't need. Here's a good site that tells you which services are safe to disable.
 
Check the system events, my nForce mobo has given me the same grief, basically no disk activity for like 2 minutes, was down to the nVidia disk drivers, I removed them and let the stock Microsoft ones install instead and bye bye boot problem.

In the system events I had errors related to the disk at the time of boot.
 
Yea this time around i tried without installing the nForce drivers etc just downloaded all the wondows updates will give it a boot up do that defrag trick if its still the same ill try the drivers for mobo that came with the board.

Chhers lads
 
Where do i check systems events?

Genoma said:
Check the system events, my nForce mobo has given me the same grief, basically no disk activity for like 2 minutes, was down to the nVidia disk drivers, I removed them and let the stock Microsoft ones install instead and bye bye boot problem.

In the system events I had errors related to the disk at the time of boot.
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infact just checked as there is hundreds of these remember this is a fresh install today


Would this have anything todo with me installing a cathode and using the power splitter from the dvdrom?

Details
Product: Windows Operating System
Event ID: 11
Source: Cdrom
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR
Message: The driver detected a controller error on %1.

Explanation
This problem is typically caused by a failing cable that connects the drive to the computer.


User Action
Replace the cable.



Version: 5.0
Component: System Event Log
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR
Message: The driver detected a controller error on %1.
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Don't know to be honest. I would clear the logs, disconnect the cathode and reboot a few times. Then try reconnecting it, see if the problem comes back.

Also check the log timestamps to see if they match the boot delay times.
 
Yup did that and all good again!

Thanks for the tip on viewing the logs my server now loads windows in 3 secs again :D


Now to try the cathode again :/
 
Check this

I have a raptor that defaulted to PIO mode, check your access mode in control panel, if it has then delete the ide device and restart, it will build a new device on DMA access.

Hope this helps
 
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