I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
then it has ground to a halt!
It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my icon
it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open after
that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened it, say
IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost as if once
it is cached it is ok.
I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run Msconfig
and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see anything
unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when everything
was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
this?
G wrote:
> Can someone please help me..
>
> I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
> Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
> FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
> and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
> drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
> then it has ground to a halt!
>
> It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my icon
> it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open after
> that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened it, say
> IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost as if once
> it is cached it is ok.
>
> I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
> Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run Msconfig
> and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see anything
> unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when everything
> was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
> this?
>
> Really appreciate any help guys!
>
> Thanks
Go to the device manager, IDE ATA/ATAPI controller, Properties, Advanced
Settings, and check that you hard disk is run in PIO (bad) or DMA (good)
mode.
The slowness is not surprising. After a new install of xp, from the time
the desktop showed to the time that all the icons were up and xp is ready
to be used took about 5 seconds.
I installed some business apps like oracle, etc. and that time shot up to 50
seconds.
Later, I uninstalled all of that but the time remained at 50 seconds.
Back when tech tv was worth watching, the recommended a re-install of xp
every 6 months.
"Ofnuts" <o.f.n.u.t.s@la.poste.net> wrote in message
news:487b890f$0$26470$426a74cc@news.free.fr...
>G wrote:
>> Can someone please help me..
>>
>> I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
>> Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after
>> than FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain
>> Europe X) and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided
>> to defrag my drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little
>> slow and since then it has ground to a halt!
>>
>> It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my
>> icon it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open
>> after that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened
>> it, say IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost
>> as if once it is cached it is ok.
>>
>> I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
>> Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run
>> Msconfig and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see
>> anything unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when
>> everything was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
>> this?
>>
>> Really appreciate any help guys!
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Go to the device manager, IDE ATA/ATAPI controller, Properties, Advanced
> Settings, and check that you hard disk is run in PIO (bad) or DMA (good)
> mode.
"geoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:SSLek.216514$3p2.133134@fe10.news.easynews.co m...
> The slowness is not surprising. After a new install of xp, from the time
> the desktop showed to the time that all the icons were up and xp is ready
> to be used took about 5 seconds.
>
> I installed some business apps like oracle, etc. and that time shot up to
> 50 seconds.
>
> Later, I uninstalled all of that but the time remained at 50 seconds.
>
> Back when tech tv was worth watching, the recommended a re-install of xp
> every 6 months.
"G" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:Z7adnX0w6vJi5ebVRVnyjQA@bt.com...
> Can someone please help me..
>
> I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
> Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
> FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
> and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
> drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
> then it has ground to a halt!
>
> It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my
> icon it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open
> after that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened
> it, say IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost
> as if once it is cached it is ok.
>
> I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
> Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run
> Msconfig and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see
> anything unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when
> everything was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
> this?
>
> Really appreciate any help guys!
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham UK
Just to add guys, I was playing around in Computer Management and used XP's
defrag to analyse my HD and it said it needed to be defragmenter, this
surprised me as I had only did it a couple of days ago with Disk Keeper. So
I decided to run XP defragmenter but after 13% it finished. I tried again
and it stopped after 13% again, saying some files could not be defragmented,
what does this mean? Could this be a sign my HD is failing? Is there a
better defragmenter I can try?
> It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I
> select my icon it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons.
> Anything I open after that takes ages to load, but the funny
> thing is once I have opened it, say IE for example, I can open it
> again and it loads quickly, almost as if once it is cached it is
> ok.
A lot of hard drive activity?
Check your swap file.
On Jul 14, 2:23 pm, "G" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote:
> "G" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>
> news:Z7adnX0w6vJi5ebVRVnyjQA@bt.com...
>
>
>
> > Can someone please help me..
>
> > I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
> > Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
> > FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
> > and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
> > drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
> > then it has ground to a halt!
>
> > It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my
> > icon it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open
> > after that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened
> > it, say IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost
> > as if once it is cached it is ok.
>
> > I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
> > Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run
> > Msconfig and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see
> > anything unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when
> > everything was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
>
> > Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
> > this?
>
> > Really appreciate any help guys!
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Graham UK
>
> Just to add guys, I was playing around in Computer Management and used XP's
> defrag to analyse my HD and it said it needed to be defragmenter, this
> surprised me as I had only did it a couple of days ago with Disk Keeper. So
> I decided to run XP defragmenter but after 13% it finished. I tried again
> and it stopped after 13% again, saying some files could not be defragmented,
> what does this mean? Could this be a sign my HD is failing? Is there a
> better defragmenter I can try?
>
> Thanks for any help again
>
> Graham
"G" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:Z7adnX0w6vJi5ebVRVnyjQA@bt.com...
> Can someone please help me..
>
> I have been running my P4 XP (SP3) PC for years without a problem. On
> Saturday I installed some scenery for my Flight Simulator X and after than
> FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled the software (Ultimate terrain Europe X)
> and still my FSX wouldn't run. I uninstalled FSX and decided to defrag my
> drive with disk keeper because my PC was running a little slow and since
> then it has ground to a halt!
>
> It loads to the login window as normal but after that when I select my
> icon it takes about 5 mins to load my desktop and icons. Anything I open
> after that takes ages to load, but the funny thing is once I have opened
> it, say IE for example, I can open it again and it loads quickly, almost
> as if once it is cached it is ok.
>
> I let XP run Check Disk, have run my Avast Virus Scan, Spybot, CCcleaner,
> Regedit and Registry Mechanic but it is still the same. I have run
> Msconfig and checked services running and my startup list but cannot see
> anything unusual. I have also done a system restore from a week ago when
> everything was fine but still very slow to load to the desktop.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can look to try and find what could be causing
> this?
>
> Really appreciate any help guys!
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham UK
>Do a system restore
In article <2ZCdnc0mrMAHBObVnZ2dnUVZ8vudnZ2d@bt.com>, "G" <graham.me
(nospam)@btinternet.com> ("G" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com>)
says...
> Just to add guys, I was playing around in Computer Management and used XP's
> defrag to analyse my HD and it said it needed to be defragmenter, this
> surprised me as I had only did it a couple of days ago with Disk Keeper. So
> I decided to run XP defragmenter but after 13% it finished. I tried again
> and it stopped after 13% again, saying some files could not be defragmented,
> what does this mean? Could this be a sign my HD is failing? Is there a
> better defragmenter I can try?
Try CHKDSK /F
I forget exactly how that works in Windows, because it can't fix the
disk when Windows is running. I think it sets up to run during the next
reboot.
It sounds like you may have a corrupted hard drive. CHKDSK will either
fix it, or it will be reformat time.
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