WinXP slow performance

[Brigund]

I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been running
top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating System not
found." I decided to reformat and ever since then everything has been loading
slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a window or a program to load (used to load
almost instantly).
I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a matter
of memory or space because I have way more space and resources than before I
reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am running sp2 on fat32.

My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help

[Thomas Wendell]

Brigund wrote:
> I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
> running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
> System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
> everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
> window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
> I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
> matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
> than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
> running sp2 on fat32.
>
> My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help

Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
audio, nic?.....
And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......


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[Brigund]

the model is dv8315ca...
and I dont know if all the drivers were installed. I assume they were
because I sent it in to the place I bought the laptop to fix it and told them
to restore it to its original condition as when i bought it (when it was
working properly).

"Thomas Wendell" wrote:

> Brigund wrote:
> > I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
> > running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
> > System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
> > everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
> > window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
> > I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
> > matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
> > than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
> > running sp2 on fat32.
> >
> > My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
>
> Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
> audio, nic?.....
> And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
> Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......
>
>
> --
> Tumppi
> =================================
> A lot learned from these newsgroups
> Helsinki, FINLAND
> (translations from/to FI not always accurate
> =================================
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Gerry Cornell]

Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all
but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Brigund" > wrote in message
...
> the model is dv8315ca...
> and I dont know if all the drivers were installed. I assume they were
> because I sent it in to the place I bought the laptop to fix it and told
> them
> to restore it to its original condition as when i bought it (when it was
> working properly).
>
> "Thomas Wendell" wrote:
>
>> Brigund wrote:
>> > I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
>> > running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
>> > System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
>> > everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
>> > window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
>> > I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
>> > matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
>> > than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
>> > running sp2 on fat32.
>> >
>> > My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
>>
>> Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
>> audio, nic?.....
>> And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
>> Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tumppi
>> =================================
>> A lot learned from these newsgroups
>> Helsinki, FINLAND
>> (translations from/to FI not always accurate
>> =================================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

[Brigund]

gerry, i forgot to mention that I have already tried defragmenting, disk
cleanup, recycle bin, removing temp files, cleared cookies and none of that
solved the problem. This problem had occured right when I got the system
back, which was before any clutter pile up.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
> Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all
> but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System
> Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "Brigund" > wrote in message
> ...
> > the model is dv8315ca...
> > and I dont know if all the drivers were installed. I assume they were
> > because I sent it in to the place I bought the laptop to fix it and told
> > them
> > to restore it to its original condition as when i bought it (when it was
> > working properly).
> >
> > "Thomas Wendell" wrote:
> >
> >> Brigund wrote:
> >> > I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
> >> > running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
> >> > System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
> >> > everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
> >> > window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
> >> > I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
> >> > matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
> >> > than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
> >> > running sp2 on fat32.
> >> >
> >> > My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
> >>
> >> Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
> >> audio, nic?.....
> >> And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
> >> Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tumppi
> >> =================================
> >> A lot learned from these newsgroups
> >> Helsinki, FINLAND
> >> (translations from/to FI not always accurate
> >> =================================
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[kas_nepatinka]

Hi Brigund
I thiknk that 100 Gb hdd is to big for fat32 file system. You beter use NTFS

sorry for my english

[Brigund]

sorry kas I made an error, it is actually NTFS. My recovery partition is fat32

"kas_nepatinka" wrote:

> Hi Brigund
> I thiknk that 100 Gb hdd is to big for fat32 file system. You beter use NTFS
>
> sorry for my english

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Take it back and complain..

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Brigund" > wrote in message
...
> the model is dv8315ca...
> and I dont know if all the drivers were installed. I assume they were
> because I sent it in to the place I bought the laptop to fix it and told
> them
> to restore it to its original condition as when i bought it (when it was
> working properly).
>
> "Thomas Wendell" wrote:
>
>> Brigund wrote:
>> > I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
>> > running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
>> > System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
>> > everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
>> > window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
>> > I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
>> > matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
>> > than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
>> > running sp2 on fat32.
>> >
>> > My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help
>>
>> Not necessarily the HD. Did you install ALL drivers, mobo/chipset, videa,
>> audio, nic?.....
>> And don't get them from WinUpdate, get them from HP
>> Can't give address, as you didn't specify which model......
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tumppi
>> =================================
>> A lot learned from these newsgroups
>> Helsinki, FINLAND
>> (translations from/to FI not always accurate
>> =================================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Brigund wrote:

> I have a HP AMD Turion ML-34 1.8ghz laptop and everything has been
> running top notch until I recieved an error one day saying "Operating
> System not found." I decided to reformat and ever since then
> everything has been loading slow. It takes a good 25 secs for a
> window or a program to load (used to load almost instantly).
> I have a 100gb hard drive and 1gb of RAM. I am pretty sure its not a
> matter of memory or space because I have way more space and resources
> than before I reformatted (had a lot more programs then). I am
> running sp2 on fat32.
>
> My guess the HDD is failing but i am not sure. Please help


It's highly unlikely that the hard drive is failing. The first thing anyone
experiencing such problems these days should do is investigate the
possibility of malware infestation. This is the most common cause of such
problems. I recommend that you go to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and follow
the instructions there.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

kas_nepatinka wrote:

> Hi Brigund
> I thiknk that 100 Gb hdd is to big for fat32 file system. You beter
> use NTFS


Although I agree that NTFS is a better choice, it's not "too big" for FAT32
and FAT32 is not the reason for poor performaance.

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