Diagnostics software (slightly O/T)
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From: GT on 21 Dec 2006 04:36 My computer is getting slower and slower to start up as the months pass. The hard disk rattles on for a good couple of minutes after windows 'looks' ready and I want to know what is going on! I don't detect any hardware problems (hence the O/T), but there must be software that you 'hardware guys' use to diagnose exactly what a PC is doing during boot. I know that the registry gets clogged up with junk after a lot of installing and uninstalling, but I want to log what the PC is loading during boot. Incidentally, can anyone recommend which of the few thousand software groups might have been a better place for me to ask this question. Thanks GT
From: Shep� on 21 Dec 2006 07:26 On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:36:46 -0000 Too Much Ying and you will Pay With Yang then "GT" <ContactGT_remove_(a)hotmail.com> sent this : >My computer is getting slower and slower to start up as the months pass. The >hard disk rattles on for a good couple of minutes after windows 'looks' >ready and I want to know what is going on! > >I don't detect any hardware problems (hence the O/T), but there must be >software that you 'hardware guys' use to diagnose exactly what a PC is doing >during boot. I know that the registry gets clogged up with junk after a lot >of installing and uninstalling, but I want to log what the PC is loading >during boot. > >Incidentally, can anyone recommend which of the few thousand software groups >might have been a better place for me to ask this question. > >Thanks >GT http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/startup.html http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html HTH :) -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=88558
From: Citizen Bob on 21 Dec 2006 08:18 On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:36:46 -0000, "GT" <ContactGT_remove_(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >My computer is getting slower and slower to start up as the months pass. When was the last time you defragmented it? Also, what percentage of the boot disk is free space? -- "All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of religion to fit man into this lawfulness. Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themsleves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be'." --Frank Herbert, "Dune"
From: GT on 21 Dec 2006 10:39 "Citizen Bob" <spam(a)uce.gov> wrote in message news:458a8982.103320921(a)news-server.houston.rr.com... > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:36:46 -0000, "GT" > <ContactGT_remove_(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>My computer is getting slower and slower to start up as the months pass. > > When was the last time you defragmented it? > > Also, what percentage of the boot disk is free space? > Of 20GB, 3GB is free. Defragmentation - I used to use defragmentation tools fairly regularly, but I don't use them anymore for 2 (linked) reasons: 1. I read that a defrag on the system drive can actually moves files (normal file, not system files) that the system deliberately places on fast parts of the drive, thereby reducing performance at boot. 2. I experienced things running slower following a defrag and assumed point 1 above, was correct. Any comments on this. I can't quote web pages, it was a couple of years ago! GT
From: GT on 21 Dec 2006 10:43
"Shep�" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:vavko2hn8vtobf4p7ljoenc6u743bsvhac(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:36:46 -0000 Too Much Ying and you will Pay With > Yang then "GT" <ContactGT_remove_(a)hotmail.com> sent this : > >>My computer is getting slower and slower to start up as the months pass. >>The >>hard disk rattles on for a good couple of minutes after windows 'looks' >>ready and I want to know what is going on! >> >>I don't detect any hardware problems (hence the O/T), but there must be >>software that you 'hardware guys' use to diagnose exactly what a PC is >>doing >>during boot. I know that the registry gets clogged up with junk after a >>lot >>of installing and uninstalling, but I want to log what the PC is loading >>during boot. >> >>Incidentally, can anyone recommend which of the few thousand software >>groups >>might have been a better place for me to ask this question. >> >>Thanks >>GT > > > > http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/startup.html > http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html > > > HTH :) Thanks for the links. I tried the first application and unfortunately, there is nothing listed that I didn't already know about. Perhaps it is a defrag issue as Citizen Bob has suggested. |