XP pro VERY SLOW

[assets]

I have an gigabyte 8knxp motherboard. 1.5 gig of high speed ddr ram. I lost the operating system of the 80 gig serial drive. so purchased a new 90 gig drive and using the other as a second drive. The installation included xp-pro with sp2 updates, office 2003 and cs2, zone alarms and avg virus. It then down loaded 500 meg of updates. After installing laplinkFTP, the computer started running VERRRRRRRY slowly. it taked over 5 min to start and 10 min to load cs2 applications. I have run a reg cleaner, that removed 1400 records. But no change. Any Suggestions appreciated.

Never give up never give in.

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[bcastner]

Windows Live Tune-up

http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/tuneup.htm

 

[assets]

Thanks Bcastner for the prompt reply I will have a look when I go home

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[linney]

FAQ779-4784 may help.

windows XP running very slow
thread779-796508

 

[assets]

Thank you Linney, I had a look at them before writting the post. They are very good but did not solve the problem. The problem still exists. Yes I have cleaned up old installation files and internet files, defraged and cleaned the reg. It is also running microsoft defender as well as AVG and zonealarms. Which found a problem installing a program but deleted the file. A problem is it is an old ver. of xp-pro. A problem exists if you insert the CD for XP saying a new ver. exists when it is updated from update cd.

Never give up never give in.

There are no short cuts to anything worth doing

 

[linney]

Which version is older, the installed XP or the XP CD?

Slipstreaming allows you to create a SP2 version of the XP CD, if that might help?

Slipstream Service Packs
thread779-900263

http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

Consider matching the versions, or having the latest on CD and then repair your current install.

You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched. That wont matter too much if you use the RyanVM link.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp

875350 - How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875350&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

A clean install from your current CD is another option.

 

[aftertaf]

check your bios too to make sure level 2 cache hasnt been disables.


Aftertaf
We shall prevail, and they shall not

 

[allteltec]

Haveing done SP1 on XP and SP 4 on 2000 Pro before the days of autostream, used autostream on SP2 XP. Autostream is a very good and easy to use tool. I have been useing Nlite now and like that you can add the hot fixes to the build so if you have to do a repair install you don't have to download the 50+ hot fixes.

http://www.nliteos.com

 

[assets]

Thank everbody for your ideas. I am still having the same problem. But some excellent ideas that once solved should make it easier to fix in the future. I dont want to trash the drive if that is not the issue!


Never give up never give in.

There are no short cuts to anything worth doing

 

[linney]

Device Fundamentals > Storage
DMA Mode for ATA/ATAPI Devices in Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx

Device Settings Are Hard to Find in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q310751&

How does it run in Safe Mode?

 

[assets]

Sorry for delay but have been away. It still slow in safe mode. For anybody with similar problem readings this post look at links above, good advice on storage.

Never give up never give in.

There are no short cuts to anything worth doing

 

[strella]

I have XP clients who got atrocious performance and were not running defrag or cleanup. Simply running them restored performance. Apparently XP is really bad with a unmanaged disk.

Disk utilization might be an issue. A marginal disk continuously trying rewrites would do it, for that there is nothing better than Stever Gibson's SpinRite tm

http://www.grc.com.

but costs.

Is it easy to unload a bunch of stuff onto another drive, cleanup, defrag and test again? I'd guess you'd tried that, but how often have I overlooked the simple solution?

 

[xit]

Just for fun, unplug your old drive from your system, see what results you get.

xit

 

[assets]

Unplugging the old drive makes no difference. It is quicker by still not what it should be.

Never give up never give in.

There are no short cuts to anything worth doing

 

[cdogg]

assets,
I know it's a pain, but seeing that you've been with this problem for months now, it would make more sense to start over with another clean install formatting the drive. It may sound time consuming, but how many more months are you willing to waste?

I strongly recommend after you install Windows and apply all the updates, that you make a backup image onto DVD (I like DriveClone or Acronis TrueImage software) before you start installing all the 3rd-party apps. That way, as you're installing each application, you don't have to worry much about one like LaplinkFTP corrupting your system. You can quickly revert back to your image saving hours.

~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884

 

[linney]

Are there any available Bios updates for the machine? Have you tried setting the Bios to its safe default settings?

You could look at some of these diagnostic tools and see if they can find any problems with your setup.

Check out

http://www.pcpitstop.com

for some tests you can run on your PC.


SiSoft Sandra

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/sandradl_e.html

SIW.exe

http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/store/11380/index.html

Everest discontinued free version

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

 

[assets]

Thank you very much for the links. Yes there is a BIOS update but after the last time. I did that I had problems with USB and need spend time fixing them. So have not upgraded the BIOS for over a year. Have not had a chance to have a look yet at the links, as I using intenet cafe, but hope to do so over christmas.

Never give up never give in.

There are no short cuts to anything worth doing

 

[CBasicAsslember]

Had the same problem about 6 months ago. After going through a lot of different possible solutions this worked for me. Disable the service "system event notification", then restart. If this is the problem you will see a big improvement. After restart reset "system event notification" back to automatic. Restart again and see if the problem comes back.