junk or not?

coreyw2000 · 04-04-2004, 04:03 AM

my computer is really messed up. i have a win 98 se with a 8 gb HD and a 233 cpu. About 1/4th of my hard drive has stuff on it because i just did a clean install, but my computer is as slow a a snail. whenever i try to do a defrag, it stops at 10% and starts over again in a continuous loop. HELP! if you can, of course. i really need it faster. it takes 15 seconds to open internet explorer

borodar · 04-04-2004, 04:19 AM

Ctrl-Alt-Delete, end all not critical processes, then run defrag.

but imho - junk it.

ThugsRook · 04-04-2004, 06:49 AM

update the chipset drivers.
enable DMA on your drives.

run defrag from safe mode if you have to.
run a thorough scandisk from DOS.

HTH

coreyw2000 · 06-04-2004, 05:36 PM

thanks for the ideas ill try those. i managed to get a defreg done erlier but its still slow

TweakHound · 06-04-2004, 05:46 PM

The only hope for a machine that old is an older distro of Linux. Maybe Suse 8.2? Not sure of the requirements on that.

**pointreyes** · 06-04-2004, 05:55 PM

I think Slackware 7.0 would be better.

**SubZero** · 06-05-2004, 06:12 PM

Do I hear "LINUX RULES"!!

mr. Charles · 06-05-2004, 10:13 PM

.................well sorry say; I DO have a system here in the closet that is older/ smaller/ slower that the 233 system stated earlier in this thread.............i have a "Compact Pentium 200" with a max'd out ram of 48mb..........LOL.......think i might be able to set this up just for folding?????................might take forever to complete one task, eh??? ! ! !..........LOL.............

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.................btw......oh yeah, it also has win95 for an OS......

sandman55 · 06-06-2004, 12:05 AM

When you have trouble defragging like your having something is working in the background interupting the process and its starting again the best thing is to start in safe mode because safe mode uses minimum system resources and you get a more complete defrag this way because files that are in use when you do it normally wont be defragged.

To start in safe mode tap F8 on and off while booting up when a selection comes up arrow key down to safe mode hit enter this selection will come up again dont do any thing here, just wait a minute, at the next prompt that says "Windows is running in safe mode" hit OK then defrag as you would normally restart as normal your desk top icons may have moved a bit because of screen resolution so drag and drop them back where you like them

Zeppelin · 06-06-2004, 12:13 AM

My 233 PII used to do the same thing with 98SE, until I turned off the screen saver...

Ice_abx · 06-06-2004, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeppelin

My 233 PII used to do the same thing with 98SE, until I turned off the screen saver...

Norton Antivirus will also disrupt the defragging process if you have auto-protect enabled. Make sure to disable it before running the defrag program.

traveler · 06-06-2004, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr. Charles

.................well sorry say; I DO have a system here in the closet that is older/ smaller/ slower that the 233 system stated earlier in this thread.............i have a "Compact Pentium 200" with a max'd out ram of 48mb..........LOL.......think i might be able to set this up just for folding?????................might take forever to complete one task, eh??? ! ! !..........LOL.............

.....

.......

.................btw......oh yeah, it also has win95 for an OS......

I must get my 486 system with win3.1 to start folding. Which version of folding should I use? Will that version automatically upload the finished unit?

04-04-2004, 04:03 AM	#1
coreyw2000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Britsh Columbia Posts: 53	junk or not? my computer is really messed up. i have a win 98 se with a 8 gb HD and a 233 cpu. About 1/4th of my hard drive has stuff on it because i just did a clean install, but my computer is as slow a a snail. whenever i try to do a defrag, it stops at 10% and starts over again in a continuous loop. HELP! if you can, of course. i really need it faster. it takes 15 seconds to open internet explorer
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04-04-2004, 04:19 AM	#2
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04-04-2004, 06:49 AM	#3
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mr. Charles Lost > but still at it Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: P.N.W. Posts: 1,403	.................well sorry say; I DO have a system here in the closet that is older/ smaller/ slower that the 233 system stated earlier in this thread.............i have a "Compact Pentium 200" with a max'd out ram of 48mb..........LOL.......think i might be able to set this up just for folding?????................might take forever to complete one task, eh??? ! ! !..........LOL............. ..... ....... .................btw......oh yeah, it also has win95 for an OS...... __________________ .....Gaming_rigg#1 ..... _AMD Opty 170 {CCBWE 0530 TPMW} dual core@2.8 * [now] ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mthrbrd * 2GB G.Skill {HZ} * 2(ea)=Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB=>>SLI<< * HHD's = WD 74GB Raptor & Maxtor 250GB/16mb/7200 rpm * PSU=OCZ-600w_Adj SLi PwrStream * SB X-Fi XtremeMusic * Swiftech H2O "Xtreme Duty"_cooling(w/*Storm_wb* ) * . ..."Gaming"_rigg#2... AMDFX-55 MSI K8N Neo2 Plat. nVidia nForce3 mthrbrd2GB Mushkin's XP4000ATi (R) X800* XT Plat.Ed.(cat's 5.20)* OCZ-520w_Adj PwrStream PSU*H2O-cooling = CPUAC_Silencer4-cooling = GPUAudigy2 ZS_Gamer* >>>Ground Poundin<<< Logitech's Z680 spkr.systm. * Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard & Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse * Samsung 940b LCD * yeah >>> yeah ..... i-No * . _ the "other" rigg: P4 2.4C@3.4 {SL6Z3}Asus P4C800-E Dlx_rev2.0 {Bios=1016}OCZ PC4000(2x512) dl ch GOLD's* H2O-cooled = Koolance/EXOS-AL { rad, CPU, GPU, res/pump }NB = Swiftech's MCX159-P ATi (R) X800 Pro {cat's 5.20}Aerogate-2 {mntr-temp's/fan rpm's}Enermax-550w psu* 2(ea)=Maxtor hhd's 160gb w/8mb buffer_7200Lian-Li PC60usb (mid_Alum.cs) Audigy 2 ZSViewSonic PF790 (19" mntr.) ..... ..... .
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06-06-2004, 12:05 AM	#9
sandman55 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,016	When you have trouble defragging like your having something is working in the background interupting the process and its starting again the best thing is to start in safe mode because safe mode uses minimum system resources and you get a more complete defrag this way because files that are in use when you do it normally wont be defragged. To start in safe mode tap F8 on and off while booting up when a selection comes up arrow key down to safe mode hit enter this selection will come up again dont do any thing here, just wait a minute, at the next prompt that says "Windows is running in safe mode" hit OK then defrag as you would normally restart as normal your desk top icons may have moved a bit because of screen resolution so drag and drop them back where you like them __________________
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06-06-2004, 12:13 AM	#10
Zeppelin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,203	My 233 PII used to do the same thing with 98SE, until I turned off the screen saver...
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