I built my CPU last spring and it is as follows...
Dua core 3mhz
2 gig memory
8800 GTS video card
1 SATA 500 gig drive
1 old IDE 350 gig drive (used for back up)
I have been having the slow downs hard core. Defrag has been going for 24+ hours and its only at 9%. Folders take 5 seconds to load and the icon pictures within the folders take about 10 seconds to appear. Games run fine and programs do to once they load, but its almost like the computer has a 5 second hicup every 10 seconds and freezes. I have ran registry fixer, spy bot, avg, I have ran tests on all my components with a program called cpu tester (r something like that). I was grabbing wi-fi spots within my neiborhood to get internet with a wireless usb adapter. Funny thing is this is when all the problems starting happening or at least getting worse after a couple weeks of installing the Belkin software for the usb adapter. For the past week I can't get a signal I usually could always get. I guess my question is should I just wipe the drives and start fresh? or should I try something else? Can anybody give me a better propgram to use other then D-Ban?
http://asknerd.net/slowcomputer.html
http://www.registrycleanerscomparisons.com/
http://www.tweak3d.net/joomla/tweak-guides/windows-xp/15-minute-xp-tune-up
Usually in the past and after a year or so I D-Ban my drives to start fresh and new, but its only been 4 months and I really do not want to have to install everything again. Is D-Ban still the good method of wiping drives clean? I figure they maybe have a better way and/or a different program by now.
Dua core 3mhz
2 gig memory
8800 GTS video card
1 SATA 500 gig drive
1 old IDE 350 gig drive (used for back up)
I have been having the slow downs hard core. Defrag has been going for 24+ hours and its only at 9%. Folders take 5 seconds to load and the icon pictures within the folders take about 10 seconds to appear. Games run fine and programs do to once they load, but its almost like the computer has a 5 second hicup every 10 seconds and freezes. I have ran registry fixer, spy bot, avg, I have ran tests on all my components with a program called cpu tester (r something like that). I was grabbing wi-fi spots within my neiborhood to get internet with a wireless usb adapter. Funny thing is this is when all the problems starting happening or at least getting worse after a couple weeks of installing the Belkin software for the usb adapter. For the past week I can't get a signal I usually could always get. I guess my question is should I just wipe the drives and start fresh? or should I try something else? Can anybody give me a better propgram to use other then D-Ban?
http://asknerd.net/slowcomputer.html
http://www.registrycleanerscomparisons.com/
http://www.tweak3d.net/joomla/tweak-guides/windows-xp/15-minute-xp-tune-up
Usually in the past and after a year or so I D-Ban my drives to start fresh and new, but its only been 4 months and I really do not want to have to install everything again. Is D-Ban still the good method of wiping drives clean? I figure they maybe have a better way and/or a different program by now.