HELP!!....XP Desktop too slow !!

adzidzor · 03-13-2005, 10:35 AM

My e-machine running XP sp2 for the past 2weeks has been 'crawling'. A click takes about 5-10minutes to establish the command. Sometimes hours if it's a program loading.

RAM is 128+256
2HDD 40gig each.
Partition running XP is 14gig with 5gig free sapce.

I run Mandrake 10.1 on the other HDD with about 35gig split into 3 window partitions. The linux runs clean without any problem. I even downloaded some stuff and before I realised the mandrake partition was full...I mean 0mb free space but was still running without any problem. Of course I had to backup some stuff to make extra space.

But my windows would not budge.It's slow when I shut it down.....slow to start...slow to run....I mean slow everything. I run Zone Alarm antivirus..... no virus, I run windows spyware beta....no spyware.

What could the problem be......

technobeast · 03-14-2005, 02:23 AM

What about the IDE controllers? Control Panel->System->find Device Manager... IDE/ATA controllers->properties->Advanced and the speed of the primary and or secondary IDE. If it's PIO that could slow you down a bit. And try to enhance the services a bit (Start->Run->type services.msc) - http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Black Viper's site is a good manual of Windows (XP/2k) services and tweaking

Good luck

adzidzor · 03-14-2005, 01:30 PM

Thanks....I'll try that.

03-13-2005, 10:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	HELP!!....XP Desktop too slow !! My e-machine running XP sp2 for the past 2weeks has been 'crawling'. A click takes about 5-10minutes to establish the command. Sometimes hours if it's a program loading. RAM is 128+256 2HDD 40gig each. Partition running XP is 14gig with 5gig free sapce. I run Mandrake 10.1 on the other HDD with about 35gig split into 3 window partitions. The linux runs clean without any problem. I even downloaded some stuff and before I realised the mandrake partition was full...I mean 0mb free space but was still running without any problem. Of course I had to backup some stuff to make extra space. But my windows would not budge.It's slow when I shut it down.....slow to start...slow to run....I mean slow everything. I run Zone Alarm antivirus..... no virus, I run windows spyware beta....no spyware. What could the problem be...... __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

03-14-2005, 02:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	What about the IDE controllers? Control Panel->System->find Device Manager... IDE/ATA controllers->properties->Advanced and the speed of the primary and or secondary IDE. If it's PIO that could slow you down a bit. And try to enhance the services a bit (Start->Run->type services.msc) - http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Black Viper's site is a good manual of Windows (XP/2k) services and tweaking Good luck __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

03-14-2005, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	Thanks....I'll try that. __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

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