Boot and general performance
- From: "Hugh Jeego" <id@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:52:17 +1000
Hi all,
I have a HP laptop that is a C2D 1.86Ghz which is almost 2 years old, has 3gigs ram and the hard drive on it still had around 50gigs free. I normally set the virtual memory manually but because the machine is slowing down badly decided to put it all back to auto for a test. It appears to have helped a little so it remains on Windows automatically deciding what is best for now though the option to use it more for progs rather than background processes is chosen. I tried the other way and it seemed to slow down some programs so back to programs it is.
Anyway, over time on its Vista SP1 (64 bit ultimate, BTW) it has slowed dramatically. I have:
1) Defragged, cleaned out garbage of all sorts using ccleaner and also removed old restore points and so on using Disk Cleanup.
2) Gone through registry using JV16 Power Tools 2009 and cleaned out any mistakes that were possible to remove.
3) Checked out what is starting up and uninstalled any program that I no longer used and adjusted ones I still use to only load what they need when I actually click on them to start.
4) Did an image backup of "C" drive and then deleted all partitions and formatted the drive as one partition and blank then used another machine to attach the drive to and check for any faults including bad sectors then put the image back.
5) Downloaded HWMonitor to check heat and it SOMETIMES gets up to 56C when I really am pushing it but for the most part hovers around 40C. So overheating isn't it.
I cannot get to the thermal exchanger so cannot be entirely sure but with the best inspection I could do, I could see there was nothing blocking the vents or exchange unit. I also stand the laptop on a cake stand (which is the metal wire stand thing you put cakes on to cool down) so that air flow under and around it is maximised.
All those things did nix to help. So I decided to use SFC /SCANNOW and it went through the entire process and reported that two files appeared to be a problem but couldn't be fixed because they were locked. OK, so I tried to use SFC /SCANBOOT as I used to on XP but that option doesn't exist for SFC under Vista so I cant reboot and have a windows OS file scan be performed when no file is locked. Not daunted I thought about "repair install" which *CAN* be done on my desktop Vista Business if needed with the DVD there but the laptop came with Vista Ultimate 64 bit already installed and with a restore partition on it, no disk, as usual and I cannot actually DO a repair install because of that.
The machine works slower than it really should because at most times I have only Outlook 2007 loaded which doesn't automatically check for mail but I use it extensively for reminders and appointments which is why it is almost always open when I am awake. So when I go to the machine, when it is using wall power and never goes into hibernation or sleep mode at any time (my choice) until I either shut the lid or take it off wall power and I load IE7 when it was what I used or IE8 as I now use (and yes, Firefox is installed for a test and does no better than IE7 or 8 on this machine) it is slow to actually come up from when I click on it until the screen finally appears. The machine also, as I said above, generally is running slower.
I have Kaspersky AV installed (no firewall other than the Vista one), Adaware 2009 Anniversary Edition running and that is about it apart from Outlook 2007. The machine takes a reasonable amount of time from a turned off state to get to where I have to either use the fingerprint scanner to logon or type in the password to logon (2 users on the computer, the second one not used any longer but there in case things change) but once I use either of those options to logon, you could go away on a day trip waiting for it to load just to get into where it is ready for you to load something. Even when it gets there it is slow to load anything. Safe mode isn't slow like that at all and this is why I suspect the two files that SFC said it cant fix due to them being locked are the problem.
Does anyone know of a way to fix those two files short of a format and reinstall given the above, please? I cant think of another way to fix them. HP isn't really any help on this either, surprise, surprise!
Oh and lastly, I have the machine set for "HP recommended BALANCED" power use when plugged in. I did try "high performance" once but it didn't seem to make any difference whatsoever.
Thanks for any help.
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