Ziggy54354 Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 WD digital 80gb SE. Heres my problem.. its being really slow. in sandra ont he storage test i use to get like 30... now its like... 15-20 and the seek time is in the 30's compared to like 9.3 which is what its suppose to be. ive tried this Defraggin antivirus Change cable none have worked and i do notice some stuttering in applications. mostly slowdowns in loading stuff. any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 (edited) decrease your memory load (ram), clean your registry, and make sure that you have at least 10% of the drive free. Edited May 15, 2004 by a rabbit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 i have very little memory load, 30% of my drive is free. I clean my reg with norton, should i do it another way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActivated Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 i have very little memory load, 30% of my drive is free. I clean my reg with norton, should i do it another way? try this, it's a Registry Cleaner, i have the full vers. it goes very well.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 don't forget to check the drive's settings, especially DMA. That should be on and set to 64k. Try setting your comp to 'network server' for drive performance in system properties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 meh.. its not free. Any free programs out there that can fix it? also how do i get to the drive settings. i havent done that in a while so i forgot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special_K Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 Check your cable, when I had HDD problems, that was it. Just worth checking out. Also, see what the HDD setting is in your BIOS, with a big HDD it should be at "LBA" (you have to dig to find it though) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 drive settings under: right click my computer and from the pop-up menu select properties. This takes you to system properties. The two tabs to use are 'device manager' and 'performance' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 check for spyware/adware that stuff is the root of alot of problems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 This bad? I've never seen spyware rot out a comp before, but this could qualify if it's the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_fourdumbkids Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 spyware/adware can be just like virus's at times especially when they build up and get into high numbers got a phone call last night with someonce complaining there computer was doin constant lock ups crashin ie crashing basically screwing up instantly i thought virus but when i got round there was because there was 87 different programmes that are specifically spyware based and 8,742 "traces" don't really know what they are but if there's 8 thousand of them it can't be good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 oh yeah, that can do it. No word yet from the topic starter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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