Friend of mines packard bell Computor is only a year old and?

Question

it is very very slow down loading anything. Anything he clicks on is very slow. He is on the Broadband also but were not talking about being on line , its his hard drive thats slow. Anyone know why this is happening. He has loads od space left on his drive, he has used up less than a 1/4 and has very few files.. Any advise pease.. ??.

Thanks everyone, your info is very helpful, Ill print your answers off and pass it on to him..

Answer 1

Run a system scan for viruses/spyware/malware/grayware.

www.housecall.trendmicro.com has a nice free online scanner.

If you take some stuff off at start up and lower the CPU proscesses it would probably help also.

To do that click start > run > type msconfig and press enter, a box will come up, click start up, you'll have a list of items come up, most will be checked, you can uncheck most and have it run smoother, I reccomend disabling them all and rebooting the computer, if something is different, or you get an error, say for your video card and you have a ATI card, you want to go back to msconfig and check the one that says " ATIAPXX.exe "

If you dont know which ones to disable, search the file name of google.com, you'll get a list of information on the service and it will let you know if it is needed or not...


After this, I would say run a disk defragment, you can do this by click start > all programs > system tools > disk defragment > click the drive and click start. WARNING: try not to use the computer while it does this, you could possibly get errors, make sure nothing is running while this happens.

I hope the information helps you out!

Answer 2

Check for spyware.

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Answer 3

If the drive is only a Year Old, I would guess at a Virus
Or some sort of malware.
Run Adaware SE, and check the startup, go to Run then type in MSCONFIG... if a lot of stuff is loading that may be part of the problem. Possibility of a bad drive, but they usually display errors

Answer 4

All of these answers have good points. Also another thing to take into account is your processor and RAM. Also the speed of your hard drive too. I would scan for spyware/adware, there are plenty of free ones, but i wouldnt recommend, but if you have nothing then it is a start. Spysweeper is the best, 2nd to none out there when it comes to spyware, they also have added virus protection to their software, which seems to be fine. It also stops spyware/adware/viruses before it gets to your computer, unlike the free versions. You have to buy this software though. 29.99 to download. Then defrag your drive. If that doesnt work then look at your processor, RAM, and hard drive. You probally going to need more RAM, most computers dont come with enough RAM. Computers these days need atleast 1GB of RAM.

Answer 5

I would say it is bogged down by spyware and viruses.

Get some kind of antivirus program and scan the system.

Then go to Merjin.org to get a hold of Spyware Search and Destroy. Then go to lavasoftusa.com and get Adaware personal. Run both these scans in safe mode.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

sounds like he needs more ram(memory) tell him to purchase some sticks of memory. he can open his computer up to see what kind he needs and if he has any empty slots. good luck!