Schmutz
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I have a problem installing applications and games on my computer and I think that if I can figure out what is causing it I'll be able to solve many smaller problems
On my computer* (specs listed below) Typical 8gb games/software take ~30minutes-1 hour to install. Installing the same things on my other PC takes less than 5 minutes.
I am installing these applications from .ISO images so there is no DVD/CD drive in question here
The computer plays these games and runs the applications very well, but does suffer from occassional hiccups in performance (stuttering in games/applications not responding for a few seconds)
My guess is there is something wrong with the Hard drive, or the OS installation, or that I need to defragment
Defragmenting takes an unimaginable amount of time, when I last tried I had my computer on for a full day and it progressed to just 22%
I really don't want to format and reinstall windows, I'd rather buy another hard drive to install on than take that option
Lastly, it would be useful if I can assess my hard drives performance. If you could recommend any software for that, it would be ideal
*my computer:
Q6600/2GB RAM/ATI 2900PRO/500 GB sata II (Western Digital)
*other computer:
AMD64 3500+/1GB RAM/Nvidia 6800GT/40GB IDE
>>> I thought that I should mention some more information that could be related...
Thank you very much for any help in advance
Schmutz
On my computer* (specs listed below) Typical 8gb games/software take ~30minutes-1 hour to install. Installing the same things on my other PC takes less than 5 minutes.
I am installing these applications from .ISO images so there is no DVD/CD drive in question here
The computer plays these games and runs the applications very well, but does suffer from occassional hiccups in performance (stuttering in games/applications not responding for a few seconds)
My guess is there is something wrong with the Hard drive, or the OS installation, or that I need to defragment
Defragmenting takes an unimaginable amount of time, when I last tried I had my computer on for a full day and it progressed to just 22%
I really don't want to format and reinstall windows, I'd rather buy another hard drive to install on than take that option
Lastly, it would be useful if I can assess my hard drives performance. If you could recommend any software for that, it would be ideal
*my computer:
Q6600/2GB RAM/ATI 2900PRO/500 GB sata II (Western Digital)
*other computer:
AMD64 3500+/1GB RAM/Nvidia 6800GT/40GB IDE
>>> I thought that I should mention some more information that could be related...
- If I copy a 1gb file to another folder, the process will take about 12 minutes
- If I transfer a 1gb file over my network it will take about 40 minutes (probably to do with network setup)
- I have 50gb free of 465gbs
- As a media student, I frequently transfer a lot of data around my hard drive (large video files/project files)
- CPU/memory usage while installing programs does not look unstable in any way, and is relatively low (using task manager)
- Uninstalling applications is very fast
Thank you very much for any help in advance
Schmutz