Q: I regularly run things like adaware and virus scans and defrags, but is there anything else I can do to help speed up my computer other than formatting? (Can not afford to take all my precious stuff: P losses).
Best Answer: If you really love your girlfriend, buy her a new computer =) Besides, going that far to fix it up, how long can it last? really? Overall it would be cheaper to just get a new system, and stick in the old hard drive to save your (her) stuff. Oh, and its not the hard drive thats making it freeze. Or the power supply for that matter.
It might be the cpu, since you seemed to have destroyed it in the process, but you said you got a different one anyways.
I kind of doubt its the video card, and I'm leaning toward either the motherboard, or possibly the incompatibility with the motherboard and memory, either type of memory on the mobo, or the different types of memory that the mobo doesn't like (you should really stick to just one brand).
I had a computer that shut down on me as soon as it loaded windows. For the longest time, I couldn't figure it out, but i eventually found that it was the heatsink that wasn't properly set on the cpu, which made the cpu overheat and shut down. The heatsink had tore out of the hole that was holding it down. That was my socket 478, by the way
Either way, socket 478 is not only old, its discontinued. A more popular nowadays one would be the 775. If you switch mobos for the not discontinued socket type, that means switching cpu, and might as well get ddr2 or 3 memory…etc… get a new system.
Re:Np.
Backing up with images and restoring them is easier than reformatting as well.
I agree. I make a Ghost image of all my systems (server, customer loaner, workstation, wife's computer, laptop) on a bi-monthly basis or before installing any MAJOR updates or drivers. I also do this for clients. Bailed my ass out of trouble lots of times. Much easier to restore a known good image than do a clean install.
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Re:Very interesting pages you have on your site, guy.
Re:Backing up with images and restoring them is easier than reformatting as well. Although I prefer just to do a good ol' reformat every once in a while, to keep Windows on it's toes.
Tas.
Re:Thanks a ton man I went through the steps and I think it helped a lot
Re:If your computer is slower than it used to be, it's either due to spyware and/or too many background apps running.
Use MSCONFIG to prune your startups and keep backgrounds apps to a minimum.
Adaware is a joke – I haven't used that program in 9 months. They sold out to the enemy. Please refer to my detailed spyware cleaning instructions here: http://theflyingpenguin.com/spyware-removal.shtml
Hope this helps…
Re:more RAM.
Faster HDD.
There are alot of sw that claim to be able to speed up systems, but um…. no. They each work on certain algorithms and are optimised for certain setups.
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