You don't tell us which OS, so that can make it a little more difficult to
diagnose.  However, from your description it sounds like classic hard drive
fragmenting.  I would start by running defrag.  If your drive is very
fragmented, you could be in for a long wait.  Depending on drive size, this
can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours.

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Paul Jordan" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Slow computer


> Hi
>
> I am having real problems with my computer. It's got 64 mb ram, Cyrix
P200+
> chip plus a 33.6 k modem (internal). 40 gig hdd Seagate I think.
>
> This beast has got slower and slower over the last few months. Most
> especially noticeable on the net. The hdd keeps thrashing and while it is
> doing that nothing else happens. Web pages won't load, applications won't
> open, mouse basically freezes or jerks across the screen. Have tried
> memcache but no appreciable difference. When first started it generally
> shows 11.9 mbytes free ram, Paging file useage 95.5 mbyte. When going
> through the options in memcache it shows (average) physical memory free
10/
> physical memory usage 52/ user resources free 42/ GDI resources free 64.
> Have used memcache wizards to try to get a good optimum but no luck. I
> really think my problems lie in the hdd thrashing so much and don't know
how
> to stop it. Any ideas here please?
>
> ta muchly
>
> Paul

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