Computer seems to be really slow for one reason or another....

[NeoMega]

I have a 1.4 GHZ, 128 rambus memory, 40Gig hard drive, running on windows Xp and seems to run really slow before dat i was running on me and was still running slow so i thought upgrading it might fix the problem and seems it hasnt done a thing. so i think it might be the ram and i should add some more ram into the system to fix the problem... dont know if it will fix it or not and thought i might get some opinion on it from some ppl that know hardware and softwares for comptuers :-D if you could help i would really be thankful for you advice and help. Spanks for your time :-D
James D. E.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Windows xp is quite a lot more memory intensive than Windows Me.

So I would agree that more ram would help.

However there are some things you could do to help.

Run a defrag clean out any temp files including temporary internet files and cookies.

You can download CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/

I have found over the years that a little regular house cleaning can make a big difference to how fast a system will run.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[opraus]

I would like to also suggest DefragMyHardDrive [it is FREE]
for a simple and convenient way to defrag [also clean] your hard drives

 

[sllewe]

With all honesty I dont think Defragging a NTFS HD is worth the trouble more then once every couple of months. I would strongly suggest getting more RAM.

Just thought i would add my thoughts

Sean

 

[opraus]

I dont dispute that. But if our drives are full of clutter, and fragmented, they will operate inefficiently - my $0.02 also

BTW, how DO you add links in here - mine were rejected ??

 

[poertner_1274]

You need to have more than 3 posts, just to deter spammers and keep the site clean

BTW
:wave:Welcome to TechSpot

 

[Blakhart]

Have you looked in task manager to see what's using all the cpu or mem?
What are you doing when it slows down? Or is it slow in general?

 

[opraus]

Thanks

Thanks Poertner! :knock:

there's 3 :grinthumb

 

[xChuck]

that would definitely be a ram issue... the minimum suggested ram for XP is 128... so youre runnin at minimum. I would advise a RAM upgrade, definitely. However, it is always good to keep your drives clean and defragmented. I run a monthly defrag on my old machine (800mhz WinXP) and it runs like a charm.

Its said that even adding a little RAM can almost double the apparent speed of your machine. (obviously not processor-wise, but boot-up and program opening and pretty much everything will work faster and better)