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Question

My computer is slow

Sep 27, 2018 8:43AM PDT

Hi, i was wonderng why my computer is so slow. Almost everything i do on it takes quite som time to load, even starting up the computer takes about 10 minutes, i have cleaned up my computer but it did not help so mutch. Is there anything else i can do to make my computer faster?

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Let's get up to speed (on what this PC is.)
Sep 27, 2018 8:59AM PDT
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That speccy is the example from my link.
Sep 27, 2018 9:38AM PDT

It's from 2011. Since I don't know if the PC is laptop or desktop since the wrong Speccy was supplied and the benchmark exclude HDD and more I have to ask you try again.

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This programme nevver worked om my desktop computer
Sep 27, 2018 9:46AM PDT
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So it's a desktop.
Sep 27, 2018 9:52AM PDT

I don't have a Speccy to read so there's no data to work with.

It's odd the HDD and GPU didn't show up. Can you get your Web Speccy report up on the forum or at least explain what this desktop is made of?

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This thread is longer than needed.
Sep 27, 2018 10:48AM PDT

You were pasting when a link would do the job. Next time, follow the instructions or let me delete the posts with the bad info.

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Link
Sep 27, 2018 10:55AM PDT

I just read it wrong, sorry about that, if you want to delate some post whit bad info you can go ahead

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Thanks. It will keep this thead from being pages long.
Sep 27, 2018 10:59AM PDT

It helps.

Post was last edited on September 27, 2018 11:00 AM PDT

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A Speccy reading. See link inside
Sep 27, 2018 10:54AM PDT

For the report at http://speccy.piriform.com/results/HHSIW1evzg1Ki0jVqkCsT26

1. The only clean drive is the WDC WDS240G2G0A. All the others are showing issues. Check those 01 and 07 values. This does get owners complaining of performance issues, hangs, delays and BSODs.
Not much mystery why this PC is performing badly.

Note: As we have more than one bad HDD discussion today I won't duplicate why this is a bad thing (01 and 07 issues.)

2. Everything else actually looks OK. RAM is in XMP, nothing suspect in apps or IP connections.
Looks like another HDD issue.

-> My bet is in task manager you will find HDD use at 100% very often as well.

Post was last edited on September 27, 2018 10:59 AM PDT

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HDD
Sep 27, 2018 11:00AM PDT

Does this have something that windows is on the HDD and not on an ssd? Or do i just have to get a new hdd?

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It's just those drives with out of sight numbers in 01, 07
Sep 27, 2018 11:04AM PDT

The first drive appears to be a SSD which is rare to see this issue. If this was mine I'd pull the HDDs with high value 01 and 07 first then see if the machine shapes up.

Really the machine has real potential as there isn't anything deeply wrong about it and good choices on CPU, GPU, XMP setting etc.

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Storage
Sep 27, 2018 11:36AM PDT

Your kingston ssd is junk it has internal faults.

Your seagate hdd is junk it has internal faults.

You have your storage system set up backwards.

You don't want the OS on a hdd.

If this was mine I'd get a 500GB ssd and a 2TB hdd.

Copy out 'your stuff' to some external media and then start over.

Remove all the disk and install the new ssd and the new hdd.

Install windows and the drivers onto the new ssd then install your apps on the ssd.

Then copy 'your stuff' onto the new hdd.

So what you end up with is a 2 disk system.

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Tips for computer make faster
Sep 28, 2018 10:40PM PDT

yeah!! you can do it.
I tell you how to make your computer faster.
Follow these:
•Turn off visual effects
•Uninstall unused programs
•Automatically delete temporary files
•Run a disk defragment
•Restart regularly.
•Change the size of virtual memory
•Give your computer a static IP
•Hovering out the dust
•Install a solid state drive
•More hard drive storage
•Prevent unnecessary start ups
•More RAM

I hope it will help.
Thanks

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Thank you for the help
Sep 29, 2018 1:28AM PDT

I gave done most of those things that is on the list like:

Turn off visual effects
•Automatically delete temporary files
•Run a disk defragment
•Restart regularly.
•Change the size of virtual memory (Dont konw how)
•Give your computer a static IP (Dont know what you mean by this)
•More hard drive storage
•Prevent unnecessary start ups
•More RAM

I have two ssd`s but as you can see in the post above, one of the ssd and the hdd is broken. so i think i need to buy a new one and install windows on the new ssd, And ill clean the computer for dust today.

Thank you for youre help