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A15G
05-27-09, 05:27 AM
My HDD's weird, I am on windows vista home prems, It reads everything so slow.

Example: If I download a 500mb program/game, and when it says complete, I click RUN it takes about a good one mintue for the setup box to come up. It never did this, Im not sure if its the HDD/CPU, Im very twitchy while surfing as well, I freeze alot while scrolling, and my computer doesnt run as smooth as it use to, IDK why. Can anyone tell me why?

It runs just fine, Its just that its not supposed to run that slow, I've done a HDD check with a HDD test program, and it shows up that all blocks on the HDD are 100% up and working just fine.


EVERYTIME I try to play a game, it takes years to load up.
WTH? I click on the desktop icon, my hdd led blinks like crazy but nothing comes up on screen till 20 secs later.

Larcen
05-27-09, 07:46 AM
Is there anything that has changed about your setup since it started happening?

Hardware or Software that you may have installed since this happened?
(Any type of software or Drivers)
Any new programs that may be running in the backround?
Last time you've defragmented?
Freespace on your primary partition? (One your OS is on)
How long have you had windows running since last format?

Might try running adaware or similar free program to check for any spyware type programs. Maybe get a disk utility, free ones exist, to check your registry for errors.

Try these unless others have idea's. Those are the usual things I check when my performance starts degrading significantly over a short period of time.

A15G
05-27-09, 08:54 AM
Well no new programs, Basic stuff... Photoshop/FLV player etc...
Ill try to check for errors and what not.

RJARRRPCGP
05-27-09, 09:28 AM
Check the event log for disk-related errors. It may be a bad SATA cable.

A15G
05-27-09, 10:49 PM
Check the event log for disk-related errors. It may be a bad SATA cable.

No errors, But ill replace sata cable anywase.

A15G
05-27-09, 11:00 PM
Man I swear, this computers is FKEN ****ing me off. Now my wifi is fken slow, my computer twitches while opening My Computer, WTF?!?!??!?! Wow, this is just stupid.. Im getting rid of this dumb.