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computer takes long time to start

  • 30-01-2012 11:38am
    #1
    pranal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi boards,

    I have a
    old Dell computer: 7 year old(ms windows xp media centre edition ver 2002)
    capacity : 169 GB (says 2 Gb of ram on system properties)
    Used : 91.7GB
    Free : 78.1GB
    It takes at least 15 minuter to work after i start the computer and also gets frozen during browsing or watching movie

    Do i need a upgrade the computer or does it need more RAM to function properly.( I assume it says 78.1 GB of memory left on the computer which is enough to run the smoothly)

    Not really a hardware guy, do i need to get it fixed from a professional or if i had to get more memory how to do it (sorry not a hardware guy)

    its very annoying to start the computer and wait for 15-20 minuter to work on it, and also the computer makes loud noise when downloading video or files

    can any one help how to go about it,

    thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Best thing to do is a fresh install of XP or put Linux on it. Linux is very easy to install and run. It's also free.
    Here are two versions of it. I put mint on my parents PC,run great.

    http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://linuxmint.com/


  • #3
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭uch


    Download Spybot search and destroy or malwarebytes do an update and do a scan, this will clean any unsavoury crap from the PC, you then need to remove unnessesary programs from Startup, to do this Click start--> Run and type msconfig, go to the startup tab and remove any unnessesary programs from the startup list.

    21/25



  • #4
    Firblog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭Firblog


    Could be that your harddrive is badly defraged or coming near end of life.

    Go to mycomputer(double click on it)
    C: Drive -> right click properties-> Tools -> Defragment now
    Let that run and should speed up pc.

    Go to start ->run -> cmd ->chkdsk C: /r

    This will check your hard drive and try to fix any problems with it, but can only do so much, if hard drive is badly damaged then it won't help too much.


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