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Lately i had planned to do a format as it has been about a year and you know that you get to that point when your PC is that much slower than when it's zipping along for the first week or 2 after a format. But as i fear forgetting somthing when i back up alot of files this time i thought i would do a big old clean of the drive and try to recapture some of that lost speed.
I went to alot of forums that i post on asking around for what software is most likely to help out with my speed woes and they suggested several things.
All of these have trail version or free versions.
Diskeeper: This is a defrag program, and has probably made the most difference to my overall speed, the windows defragger is ok, but this one you really notice.
[URL]http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp[/URL]
Ashampoo WinOptimizer Platinum Suite 2: This is really a replacement for disk clean, but it does it alot faster and it is able to clean up your registry without you having to do anything, it also has a start up tuner so you can see whats booting up when your computer starts and you can stop it if you don't want a curtain thing using resources at start up.
[URL]http://www.ashampoo.com/[/URL]
Tune XP: This is more for gaming, IGN have several articles on the settings to improve FPS on higher end games like battlefield 2 and Half life2, i wouldn't suggest just getting it and trying things out as you may do real damage to your set up.
[URL]http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php[/URL]
Ad-Aware SE Personal: most of you probably already run this, but it's a great anti-spyware program.
[URL]http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/[/URL]
AVG: good for removing viruses and other harmful things.
[URL]http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/1[/URL]
Spy Bot search and destroy: Everyone needs this if you are running Internet explorer.
[URL]http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html[/URL]
After running all these i have noticed a fair difference and i am thinking about not formating for a while more as i really don't think it needs it, sure nothing beats a good clensing but if you do all these you can put it off for a while.
I went to alot of forums that i post on asking around for what software is most likely to help out with my speed woes and they suggested several things.
All of these have trail version or free versions.
Diskeeper: This is a defrag program, and has probably made the most difference to my overall speed, the windows defragger is ok, but this one you really notice.
[URL]http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp[/URL]
Ashampoo WinOptimizer Platinum Suite 2: This is really a replacement for disk clean, but it does it alot faster and it is able to clean up your registry without you having to do anything, it also has a start up tuner so you can see whats booting up when your computer starts and you can stop it if you don't want a curtain thing using resources at start up.
[URL]http://www.ashampoo.com/[/URL]
Tune XP: This is more for gaming, IGN have several articles on the settings to improve FPS on higher end games like battlefield 2 and Half life2, i wouldn't suggest just getting it and trying things out as you may do real damage to your set up.
[URL]http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php[/URL]
Ad-Aware SE Personal: most of you probably already run this, but it's a great anti-spyware program.
[URL]http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/[/URL]
AVG: good for removing viruses and other harmful things.
[URL]http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/1[/URL]
Spy Bot search and destroy: Everyone needs this if you are running Internet explorer.
[URL]http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html[/URL]
After running all these i have noticed a fair difference and i am thinking about not formating for a while more as i really don't think it needs it, sure nothing beats a good clensing but if you do all these you can put it off for a while.
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Just seperate volumes on one had drive, recognised by the BIOS, right?
I *think* (ages since I touched stuff like this) you can give them boot orders, or ignore them. You could make a prompt menu to choose which OS if you have one on each drive/partition. Hard disks are memory, they're not dependant on an operating system, they store data.
I *think* (ages since I touched stuff like this) you can give them boot orders, or ignore them. You could make a prompt menu to choose which OS if you have one on each drive/partition. Hard disks are memory, they're not dependant on an operating system, they store data.
Damarus wrote:
> A defrag once in a while is great but a reformat is so much better.
>
> I have a seperate partition to store all my work etc so that I only
> have to reformat my windows and games partition.
What exactly are partitions?
I mean, apart from allowing you to have Linux and WinXP on the same machine...
Are they treated as seperate disks or do you have to log on to each seperately at start up?
> A defrag once in a while is great but a reformat is so much better.
>
> I have a seperate partition to store all my work etc so that I only
> have to reformat my windows and games partition.
What exactly are partitions?
I mean, apart from allowing you to have Linux and WinXP on the same machine...
Are they treated as seperate disks or do you have to log on to each seperately at start up?
I normally format every 3 months, but as i was said i was scared of losing things in my final year of uni so i haven't got round to it yet, plus it's running like a dream at the moment so i will wait till it really slows down.
I hope the suggestions help a few people. It's normally best if most f them are run at least every 2 weeks.
I hope the suggestions help a few people. It's normally best if most f them are run at least every 2 weeks.
A defrag once in a while is great but a reformat is so much better.
I have a seperate partition to store all my work etc so that I only have to reformat my windows and games partition.
I have a seperate partition to store all my work etc so that I only have to reformat my windows and games partition.
Recently formatted one of our PCs, runs like it did before my pron clugged it up.
Great.
Great.
I've run the defrag thing, apparently you're meant to have 20% space free on each drive for optimal de-fragging. That's 2 gigs on each of my partitions, which is a bit gay. Ad-Aware seems to crash after a while, which isn't helpful. Spybot found and fixed a few things, the blocked a load of 'bad' things for me, nice. Running AVG now.
Will probably uninstall CS:S, that's a fair ammount, will get rid of loads of music I'll never listen to too, then defrag again. YEAH!
Will probably uninstall CS:S, that's a fair ammount, will get rid of loads of music I'll never listen to too, then defrag again. YEAH!
monkey_man wrote:
> Damarus wrote:
> [URL]http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/WinXP/servicecfg.htm[/URL]
>
> That man puts the "eek" in "geek".
XD
Nice advice... But nothing beats a full reformat.
> Damarus wrote:
> [URL]http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/WinXP/servicecfg.htm[/URL]
>
> That man puts the "eek" in "geek".
XD
Nice advice... But nothing beats a full reformat.
Damarus wrote:
> [URL]http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/WinXP/servicecfg.htm[/URL]
That man puts the "eek" in "geek".
> [URL]http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/WinXP/servicecfg.htm[/URL]
That man puts the "eek" in "geek".
[URL]http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/WinXP/servicecfg.htm[/URL]
Ta Chip.
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