Re: PLEASE HELP: PERFOMANCE
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:45:23 -0000
Your objective should be to achieve15% to 20% free space!The more the better. However, remember
that further Windows Updates will bring that down again.
To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure that you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.
Download Dirsize.dll plug-in and place the file in Windows\System32 folder. Select Start, Run and type "regsvr32 dirsize.dll" without the quotes and hit ENTER. Next in Windows Explorer open a folder and set it to Detail view. From the View menu, click Choose Details. Put a checkmark near Folder Size, and click OK. Use CTRL and + key (Numeric Keypad) combination to resize the column width, so that the Folder Size column is displayed correctly. To apply this setting for all the folders, click Tools, Folder Options. In the View tab and click Apply to all folders. You can download Dirsize from: http://markd.mvps.org/
You can most likely create extra free space by a number of measures.
You can limit the disk space used by System Restore. Right click on the
My Computer icon on your Desktop and select, Properties, System Restore,
Settings. This will give you the amount of Disk Space allocated to
System Restore in terms of % of size of Drive and megabytes or
gigabytes. The default maximum is 12%, which is often excessive. You can
move the slider to the left to reduce the size of the allocation to 2%. Once
the allocated space is fully taken the oldest restore point is removed
when a new restore point is created ( or it should be ).
Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). Run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS? To get this information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on the C drive, right click and select Properties? More opportunities here depending on the answer.
Select Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, Temporary Internet Options, Settings. What is the Disk Space Allocation?
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"JOE X5" <JOEX5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E22771E3-8151-4D71-90A9-FFEEAF3E5236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Leaned Friends,
My machine is having performance issues. For the past three-four days my PC
has been running very slow. Not only that, but also when it comes to the
sign-in screen and I select my user area the PC will not enter my area
although it will isolate my selection as usual. Then I have to do an improper
shut-down, get into windows through safe mode and run chkdsk. This however,
only solves the problem temporarily.
Also when I enter “My Computer” It will take about 10 minutes to search and
list the drives (before, this action was instant). Moreover, when I am, for
example, doing a search on C drive and try to narrow the search using the
“Look in” option only about 8 folders are listed and not the full selection.
I have a Desktop with 1 GB RAM and 120GB Hard drive. I do not think the
problem rests with the RAM (as I run Norton cleansweep regularly) but I am
unsure. Could it be that space in my Hard drive needs to be “Freed-up” a
little because of the 111GB of space I currently only have 1.5GB of free
space (1%)?
Please advise
Joe
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