Testing hard drive speed

slipd

slipd

slipd

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Hi guys,

My mate brought round his Samsung n150 nettop which I haven't seen in about 3 years. He'd put Mcafee Internet Security on it and was complaining of how slow it had become.

I had a quick look a decided to do a full restore and not put Mcafee back on it - anyway, its still really sluggish! I know its a few years old now but I remember it being really nippy when I first saw it and I almost considered getting one myself? I suspect the hard drive; is there a test I can do to justify him ordering a new drive? I used to use hdtune but I'm not really sure that will prove anything :(

Any ideas?
 
It is the factory restore, which I realise it full of bloat, but that still doesn't explain it. It just feels so sluggish - even downloading/installing the Windows updates seems to be taking ages...
 
Thanks guys! Yep, gave up in the end waiting for a response to updates/trying to multitask etc. life's too short... installing a vanilla sp1 disc now ;)

Will let you know how it goes.
 
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