GazSi Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 my pc has been running slow for awhile now i deleted loads of stuff i dident need and removed 5 virus affected tracklists that have appeard and its still doing it, any ideas, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 how much room have you got left on your hard drive?what are your system specs?have you emptied your recycle bin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazSi Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 bin empty yeah, no idea on system specs, dunno much about computer systems i just use them lol whats best way to check drive space found it lol hard drive d is fulll but says no used bytes or no unused, hard drive see has 3 quaters used, found it lol hard drive d is fulll but says no used bytes or no unused, hard drive see has 3 quaters used, had computer 4 years so its lasted awhile i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvillax Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 bin empty yeah, no idea on system specs, dunno much about computer systems i just use them lol whats best way to check drive space found it lol hard drive d is fulll but says no used bytes or no unused, hard drive see has 3 quaters used, found it lol hard drive d is fulll but says no used bytes or no unused, hard drive see has 3 quaters used, had computer 4 years so its lasted awhile i guess spyware the baine of all internet users backup all your data reinstall windows it'll fly then thats what i do if i notice the pc slowing down a lot realy cant be arsed with running a million programs trying to remove all the crap just to have the pc not much better than before..... backup format install easy as 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazSi Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 how mate, i aint got a clue what am doing lol i tryed disk cleanup but it wants me to delete files, internet related ones aswell, don't wana mess it up, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvillax Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 how mate, i aint got a clue what am doing lol i tryed disk cleanup but it wants me to delete files, internet related ones aswell, don't wana mess it up, you got not mates that are a bit Pc savy? if you dont know what you are doing youa re likely to delete a lot of files you wanted to keep backing up your data and reinstalling windows is not for the novice realy.. ask around your mates see if any can help or failing that look in your local paper for a locar pc repair guyone problem there they will not be cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 i assume its windows your using? so try this little trick C:\Windows\Prefetch go to here and delete everything in the folder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazSi Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 i assume its windows your using? so try this little trick C:\Windows\Prefetch go to here and delete everything in the folder!Done that, empyed to recycle bing, had 60 items in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Stop watching/downloading all that porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazSi Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Stop watching/downloading all that porn Been waiting for someone to pop along and say that lmao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexwatling Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 start/run, type msconfig, click startup, untick everything that is not your antivirus software, restart, should speed things up loads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 btw disk clean wouldnt delete unsafe files! if you run it just tick every box and delete them all it is stored cookies and downloaded offline web pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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