PleaSE help me! I'm DESPERATE

dreioncytherea · 03-26-2007, 12:20 PM

A week ago, I asked for advice here regarding my computer. Well I already bought a 40 gb hdd for my Pentium 3 800 mhx computer. The tech guy from the shop I bought it from made the 40 gb my slave disk and the original 10 gb as the masterdisk. Now, the problem is eversince that was done, my computer has been running real slow. It starts up slow, opens programs and folders slowly and websites are accessed slowly too and sometimes if I want to change programs the windows disappear oh so SLOWLY..like they fade away in parts..you know like the upper part disappears, then the lower part etc. What am I going to do? I already called the computer shop and another tech guy told me I have to make the 40 gb as the master disk and that'll make things ok. Is that right? also, when I installed Photoshop it told me that the scratch disks are full and so I cannot make a new document because of that. Through the help files, I used the local disk E (the one containing 40 gb) as the scratch disk..I made that the scratch disk for every options there and then when I restarted Photoshop, it told me that an error occured and I would have to reinstall it. I'm getting so desperate I need a quick advice.

Thanks

elitehacker · 03-26-2007, 01:12 PM

I think that should be right, I usually don't put a slow drive with a fast one. Your 10GB will not have the same transfer speed as your 40GB so I wouldn't be putting that in with the same IDE channel as the faster 40GB, if you really have to, make the 40GB master.

elitehacker · 03-26-2007, 01:14 PM

Your computer is not that faster anyway, and i don't think you would have alot of ram, so it will rely on the pagefile heavily, the fact that you have you slower drive as the master, doesn't help.

dreioncytherea · 03-26-2007, 01:19 PM

meaning...I would have to make the 40 gb the master drive? cos some techs are also telling me to buy 128 mb of memory to make the computer faster? would that help? or is that just pure sales talk?

PohTayToez · 03-26-2007, 03:28 PM

It would definitely help, but that's not the only problem... how much are the trying to sell you a 128MB for?

Styrak · 03-26-2007, 05:10 PM

Is the 10GB hard drive (I'm assuming that's where the OS is installed) full, or nearly full? Sounds like it's having problems with virtual memory, like was previously said. You don't have enough free hard drive space, perhaps?

dreioncytherea · 03-26-2007, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PohTayToez

It would definitely help, but that's not the only problem... how much are the trying to sell you a 128MB for?

well I'm in the Philippines and they;re selling it to me for 800 pesos

dreioncytherea · 03-26-2007, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styrak

Is the 10GB hard drive (I'm assuming that's where the OS is installed) full, or nearly full? Sounds like it's having problems with virtual memory, like was previously said. You don't have enough free hard drive space, perhaps?

yes you're right about the 10 gb with the OS. I don't have enough HDD on that 10 gb.

Styrak · 03-26-2007, 10:57 PM

Then that's why your computer is slow. You should have at least 20%-25% free space on your OS drive.

dreioncytherea · 03-26-2007, 11:06 PM

I still have 3.73 space left on my OS drive

03-26-2007, 12:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
dreioncytherea New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 24	PleaSE help me! I'm DESPERATE A week ago, I asked for advice here regarding my computer. Well I already bought a 40 gb hdd for my Pentium 3 800 mhx computer. The tech guy from the shop I bought it from made the 40 gb my slave disk and the original 10 gb as the masterdisk. Now, the problem is eversince that was done, my computer has been running real slow. It starts up slow, opens programs and folders slowly and websites are accessed slowly too and sometimes if I want to change programs the windows disappear oh so SLOWLY..like they fade away in parts..you know like the upper part disappears, then the lower part etc. What am I going to do? I already called the computer shop and another tech guy told me I have to make the 40 gb as the master disk and that'll make things ok. Is that right? also, when I installed Photoshop it told me that the scratch disks are full and so I cannot make a new document because of that. Through the help files, I used the local disk E (the one containing 40 gb) as the scratch disk..I made that the scratch disk for every options there and then when I restarted Photoshop, it told me that an error occured and I would have to reinstall it. I'm getting so desperate I need a quick advice. Thanks

03-26-2007, 03:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,541	It would definitely help, but that's not the only problem... how much are the trying to sell you a 128MB for? __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

03-26-2007, 05:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Styrak Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 517	Is the 10GB hard drive (I'm assuming that's where the OS is installed) full, or nearly full? Sounds like it's having problems with virtual memory, like was previously said. You don't have enough free hard drive space, perhaps? __________________ Athlon X2 4200+ S939 1GB RAM Radeon X1950 XT 256MB 1x160GB HD 1x320GB HD Antec TPII 550W PSU 20" WS BenQ LCD WinXP

03-26-2007, 10:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
Styrak Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 517	Then that's why your computer is slow. You should have at least 20%-25% free space on your OS drive. __________________ Athlon X2 4200+ S939 1GB RAM Radeon X1950 XT 256MB 1x160GB HD 1x320GB HD Antec TPII 550W PSU 20" WS BenQ LCD WinXP

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03-26-2007, 01:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	I think that should be right, I usually don't put a slow drive with a fast one. Your 10GB will not have the same transfer speed as your 40GB so I wouldn't be putting that in with the same IDE channel as the faster 40GB, if you really have to, make the 40GB master.

03-26-2007, 01:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	Your computer is not that faster anyway, and i don't think you would have alot of ram, so it will rely on the pagefile heavily, the fact that you have you slower drive as the master, doesn't help.

03-26-2007, 01:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
dreioncytherea New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 24	meaning...I would have to make the 40 gb the master drive? cos some techs are also telling me to buy 128 mb of memory to make the computer faster? would that help? or is that just pure sales talk?

03-26-2007, 11:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
dreioncytherea New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 24	I still have 3.73 space left on my OS drive

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