The PC in question has an HDD of 37GB (25GB free space), 1.73 GHz Processor and 128MB Ram. On Startup , it doesn't give me any icons, and I have to make them appear throughthe task manager. It also takes an inordinate amount of time to boot up completely. I have seen something called a Sony Picture Package that seems to be causing the problem. Also the HDD is not FAT formatted, but NTFS. When closing down, the PC gets to a level where it tells me it is shutting down, but immediately begings starting up again. In contrast, I have another PC which only has a 20GB HDD (13 in use), 144MB RAM and a 1GHz Processor which works faster than the one mentioned above. Can anyone help me out?
2006-10-31 05:49:10 · 9 answers · asked by CitizenK 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
NTFS is newer and better in almost every respect than FAT. I doubt that is the source of your problem.
2006-10-31 05:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drivers, drivers, drivers. Boot into safe mode by hitting f8 when you see the bios screen. it should boot to windows and then remove the offending programs, also download the latest drivers for your motherboard, video, audio etc. If you see no icons that is a problem with explorer.exe or better a lack of it. You probably have somthing booting up and failing just before explorer. Also try installing an anti virus program and doing a complete scan. Also you can right click on the hardrive and go to properties then tools and do error checking on the drive. Good luck!
2006-10-31 14:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by raven_x8706 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are woefully lacking in RAM to try to run any program that uses a lot of RAM. You should have at least a gig. NTFS is the preferable format.
2006-10-31 13:55:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might want to try re-installing and creating a new partition with FAT32 or whatever since the computer only has 37 GB.
The thing is, NTFS should work okay with that size hard drive, but you could always try FAT like I said before.
2006-10-31 13:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by olympikdude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok the problem is in ur windows its ****** ** .
try to remove not needed programs from startup or start>run "msconfig" start up and remove all not needed programs...
and about fat or ntfs:
fat were used long time ago and it was working slow
ntfs means "New Technology File System" and it must be formatet as ntfs otherways ur computer wont run fast..
and good tip for u reinstall windows complitly and format it as ntfs....
2006-10-31 14:01:38 · answer #5 · answered by No_Ki 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There may be many reasons for this problem. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-04 07:32:45 · answer #6 · answered by blsruthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope NTFS is designed to work faster and better then the FAT filesystem.
2006-10-31 13:54:49 · answer #7 · answered by jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot up in safe mode and see if its faster. If so, then you have something loading up in memory that is buggy or hoggin or a virus or spyware.
2006-10-31 13:57:13 · answer #8 · answered by SmartPerson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy more RAM a lot more and re-install your windows.
2006-10-31 13:56:05 · answer #9 · answered by StanleyB51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋