slow computer?

right, the last time this happened i took it to a shop, and they charged me £30 to format(?) it, which resulted in me losing all my pictures and music.

i was later told by quite a few people on here that you should never have to format it, so............ what do i do?

it seems to take a lot longer to start up. and its also a bit longer to search for things.

bear in mind, that i dont know much about computers, so dont try to trick me with your geeky talk


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[Bluepete]

It needs a wash. Plenty of hot, soapy water and an abraisive sponge should do the trick!

HTH!

Pete

Originally Posted by BluePete

It needs a wash. Plenty of hot, soapy water and an abraisive sponge should do the trick!

HTH!

Pete

will a jetwash be ok, or should i put it in the bath?

oh............ do i need to unplug it first?

[fizzwheel]

Have you got any anti spyware software on your PC yet such as Adaware. If not install it and run it then reboot it'll probably run alot faster then.

After that give the hard disk a defrag

After that get onto the microsoft website and download all the latest hotfixes and updates for your version of windows and then install them.

Reboot it again and then see what it runs like.

Formatting and starting again will definately sort it, but it can be a bit tricky if you are'nt very computer literate and you'll need to backup all the stuff you want to keep before you start if you are going to format it that is.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Have you got any anti spyware software on your PC yet such as Adaware. If not install it and run it then reboot it'll probably run alot faster then. i have avast v4.7

After that give the hard disk a defrag how

After that get onto the microsoft website and download all the latest hotfixes and updates for your version of windows and then install them.

Reboot it again and then see what it runs like. how do you reboot?

i did say i did not know much

[fizzwheel]

Google for how to do a defrag, it'll explain it better than I can, its not difficult, its just I'm not very good at explaining stuff.

Reboot : click on start, shut down then click restart.

[dirtydog]

DIsk defrag is

Start

Programs

Accessories

System tools

then disk defragmenter

Originally Posted by dirtydog

DIsk defrag is

Start

Programs

Accessories

System tools

then disk defragmenter

Or simpler go to mycomputer, right click on the Hard drive (C is standard) go down to properties, click that. Then a window will open click the tools tab and it will be there. Pretty simple once you find it.

There is also the problem of too many programs you dont need starting up when you turn on the comp. To get rid of these click start -> Run then type in "msconfig" and click enter. A new window will appear and on the right there will be a tab called startup, click that then look at all the things that windows starts up.
If you see something in the list you *KNOW* you dont need or want at start (you can still use the program it will just take a tiny bit longer to open when you want it - but removing it will obviously speed up start up) remove the tick on the left next to the program. Once you have done this and closed the window the computer will ask you to restart, do it. Hopefully if you have removed loadsa crap it will start quick(er).
Once it has restarted it might bring up a box asking you to have another look at the startup, click (i cant remember the exact button) whatever looks like most likely to get rid of the dialogue box.

If this and the above doesnt work then best thing to do would be to buy and external Hard disk, copy everything you want to keep to there then get it formatted...

Then off you go

Lots to read... sorry.

Have you painted it yellow? That makes everything slower.

Originally Posted by Razor

Have you painted it yellow? That makes everything slower.