Hello chaps
My 4 year old Pentium 4 (2.4Ghz, 1Gb, GeForce 6600) was beginning to get really slow. It was 2 years since I last reformatted the hard drive, so I gritted my teeth and got on with it.
Since reinstalling the essentials, the machine is quicker, but still nowhere near as quick as I remember it being when new (and full of rubbish trial software courtesy of Dell.) Apps still take a lot longer to load than I would like.
When I bought my PowerBook G4 laptop in October 2004, I always felt that it was slower at just about everything than the Dell PC. However, this is no longer the case.
Having said all this, I have no quantifiable information to back it up.
So my question is: Can a hard drive become mechanically old and slow over the years? This one has had quite a hard life. Or might there be some other reason for the slow down.
I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining it....it's not that I use computers at work and have gotten used to newer faster machines.
Any thoughts?
Regards
Gav
My 4 year old Pentium 4 (2.4Ghz, 1Gb, GeForce 6600) was beginning to get really slow. It was 2 years since I last reformatted the hard drive, so I gritted my teeth and got on with it.
Since reinstalling the essentials, the machine is quicker, but still nowhere near as quick as I remember it being when new (and full of rubbish trial software courtesy of Dell.) Apps still take a lot longer to load than I would like.
When I bought my PowerBook G4 laptop in October 2004, I always felt that it was slower at just about everything than the Dell PC. However, this is no longer the case.
Having said all this, I have no quantifiable information to back it up.
So my question is: Can a hard drive become mechanically old and slow over the years? This one has had quite a hard life. Or might there be some other reason for the slow down.
I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining it....it's not that I use computers at work and have gotten used to newer faster machines.
Any thoughts?
Regards
Gav