Is it time to bin my computer? 1

[Harry2123]

I have a 400 amd 64 MB ram & 5 gig hard drive with bad sectors i only use it to browse the net and play the sims but it is really going slow, is it on the way out?

 

[drdebit]

what is your operating system

 

[Harry2123]

Sorry its win 98

 

[drdebit]

There is probably some cleaning up you can do:

thread602-510162

cdogg's ref to the faq he created
my ref to a tip from hotfusion

 

[drdebit]

More threads on keeping cleaned up in relation to internet junk

thread615-545940
thread615-388027
thread608-538117
thread760-539597

 

[pmonett]

If you find your performance slow, I would suggest backing up anything you want to keep (like letters, docs, save games, addons and such), and formatting the drive.
To format, I would repartition the whole drive as follows :
2GB system, the rest data.
Reinstall Win98 on the system partition, and set the swap file to a defined size (like 150MB). Then install all applications on the data drive, move your My Documents folder to the data drive, install your games and reload your backup data.
Finally, go through Windows with the various tools you can find in the posts above, and clean up the mess Windows already gives you at installation (all those unwanted programs).
After all those efforts, you should find that your PC is back to its spiffy self. That said, The Sims on a 400Mhz box with 64MB is never going to be a road runner.

My two cents worth . . .

 

[paparazi]

Might be the time to sell on?? it already sounds like you were thinking along those lines and whilst the system is running it is saleable.
Martin

Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[Harry2123]

thanks i am going to get a better one?