I have a computer I wish to set up and it runs extremely slow. It's will run WinXp and has 1GB of RAM and an 80gb hard drive. I am installing WinXP and it has taken 4 hours to do 20 mins of installing. My guess is my Pentium 3 chip or the WD Caviar 80gb Hard drive is damaged. Is there a test I can run to see is that or something else?
2006-07-10 07:20:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
First of all, you don't have any trojans if you're doing a fresh install. Good answer there smart guy.
Pentium 3 is going to run XP slowly. No getting around it. Definitely check out the hardware though. Can't hurt anything. But if everything is still looking like it works, then make sure you wipe out your existing partition and re-format your harddrive before you install XP again.
2006-07-10 07:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by Yo. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can run a stress test on your PC... Some Motherboard manufacturer provides utilities to test your system...
Or you can google, System Stress Test softwares and download 3rd party programs...
Examples.
Ontrak Fix-it
Norton Performance Test
2006-07-10 07:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by HotRod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps its not damaged, perhaps its just old parts that don't run XP real well. Pentium 3 is old.
2006-07-10 07:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by danzahn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just run checkdisk.exe - all PC's come with it and you would be jeoppardizing your system to use one of the online PC scans because you are giving them intimate access to your computer.
2006-07-10 07:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.pcpitstop.com
wonderful site, that i have used many many times, go to full test on the left side, yuou dont have to sign up or anything, it will test your computer for you, and tell you everything that is wrong/and right with it
2006-07-10 07:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the problem is the speed of your CD drive.
2006-07-10 07:32:49 · answer #6 · answered by EG345 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yo may have a lot of virus TROJANS spyware a website you go on may download trojans without your knowledge
2006-07-10 07:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by the great one 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Computer Slow
Download and then run startup.exe at:
http://www.mlin.net/startupcpl.shtml......
Can't live without it and windows...
Then disable and/or uninstall whatever u don't need.
Other things to try:
1 - Disk Cleanup (removal of temp files, cookies, etc.)
2 - Defrag
3 - Registry Cleanup (CAN BE VERY RISKY!)
Joe...
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Computer Virus/Spyware/Adware/Malware/etc
All free...
Download and then run Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic at:
http://www.free-av.com/
Download and then run Spybot - Search & Destroy at:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Download and then run Ad-Aware SE Personal at:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Joe...
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2006-07-11 16:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to take that thing to a shop.
2006-07-10 07:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by John Luke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋