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cem_devecioglu

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Re: Computer question
« Reply #15 on: 04 February 2008, 13:05:32 »
defrag will help a bit

but not sure will change the picture radically..
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« Reply #16 on: 04 February 2008, 13:09:49 »
so are we talking a software problem requiring a fresh install, or more a hardware/broken drive? If the latter, may be an insurance claim.  If the former, its only going to cost me a tenner for the docking station and my time for a reformat/fresh install....
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« Reply #17 on: 04 February 2008, 13:21:52 »
if it was a hardware problem you need to see exclamation mark on system devices..This mostly become a software issue meaning you need a fresh install...

By the way check the net for your drive model there are complaints about this drive for being slow/ incompatibilty with linux etc..

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« Reply #18 on: 04 February 2008, 13:30:23 »
No faults showing in device manager other than network adaptors that have been disabled deliberately and have been for a couple of years....

Will try a defrag later this afternoon as I am away to the hospital just shortly.

Looks like a fresh install is in the offing then...

Thanks all for your input thus far....   :y
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« Reply #19 on: 04 February 2008, 13:31:29 »
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No faults showing in device manager other than network adaptors that have been disabled deliberately and have been for a couple of years....

Will try a defrag later this afternoon as I am away to the hospital just shortly.

Looks like a fresh install is in the offing then...

Thanks all for your input thus far....   :y

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« Reply #20 on: 04 February 2008, 13:33:15 »
Also:

if those network adapters are not on board take them out..

if onboard make them hidden-disable from the bios..
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #21 on: 04 February 2008, 13:41:24 »
H21 - disable all the USB controllers, see if that speeds it back up (obviously, USB ports won't work)
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #22 on: 04 February 2008, 14:09:53 »
It may be irrelevant but if your speed issues began since the spillage, have you tried booting without the cradle plugged in? If that speeds up again then it's likely to be damaged contacts in the docking station (as you mentioned I think?) causing the PC to scan for hardware it can't detect or communicate with properly resulting in wasted time during boot.

If it's still slow without the cradle plugged in the first port of call should be a thorough defrag.

Also look at the amount of free space on the disk (if it gets too low it forces Windows to use the page file excessively which severly affects performance), the size & location of your paging file (virtual memory), RAM allocation etc. Different versions of Windows require different amounts of free RAM to perform well.

Google "performance tuning your PC" and have a trawl through the results...

Hope that helps a bit :)
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« Reply #23 on: 04 February 2008, 16:11:49 »
I have unplugged the damaged dock station from the USB then shutdown and rebooted.  Still sloooooow boot but no error messages such as USB Root Hub failure or similar.  

Plugged seperate USB device into same port and all worked OK.

Run scandisc - all ok - and also defragged C with no change.  Shutdown and reboot again and stillas slow as a slow thing....

Looks like a reinstall... :(  But it will at least get rid of some accumulated crud in the process....  :D
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« Reply #24 on: 04 February 2008, 17:52:52 »
Now I finished eating , so brain start working ;D

can you list the external devices attached to the system

usb camera, usb printer,

some devices on com port

more than 1 ethernet card etc..

also
is there any extra firewall (except xp orignal)

or complicated graphic design tools what have working

services on the background

These questions are important will give some idea about the picture..

Also if you start re-installing the system after every device driver

install re-boot and check the boot times so you can see one of the device drivers create problem or not..
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« Reply #25 on: 04 February 2008, 17:56:43 »
dont forget to backup critical files and before starting check every device driver is under the hand..

and check the bootable op.systems cd when xp is already working..
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #26 on: 04 February 2008, 17:58:53 »
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I have unplugged the damaged dock station from the USB then shutdown and rebooted.  Still sloooooow boot but no error messages such as USB Root Hub failure or similar.  

Plugged seperate USB device into same port and all worked OK.

Run scandisc - all ok - and also defragged C with no change.  Shutdown and reboot again and stillas slow as a slow thing....

Looks like a reinstall... :(  But it will at least get rid of some accumulated crud in the process....  :D
Always a good idea to reinstall periodically, it's amazing how much junk you collect on the HD that slows down the whole system.
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #27 on: 04 February 2008, 18:26:43 »
H21, did you try disabling USB stuff in BIOS to see if that speeds up.
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #28 on: 04 February 2008, 18:27:05 »
or try removing activesync
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Re: Computer question
« Reply #29 on: 04 February 2008, 18:32:02 »
Just this moment back in, done nowt more than earlier today.

Not really in the mood to do much with it tonight.  This evening, something may well find itself leaving via a window.  Just not decided yet whether its going to be animal, vegetable or mineral.....   :(

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