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#1 User is offline   Stanislavs 

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  Posted 19 August 2004 - 09:37 AM

Here it is: 2 months ago , my Windows stopped responding every second for 3 seconds when i copy files anywhere (install, burn a CD , etc...)
Since then, my PC was horribly laggy.
Can anyone help please?

Im new here :hello:

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 09:48 AM

Stanislavs, on Aug 19 2004, 05:37 PM, said:

Here it is: 2 months ago , my Windows stopped responding every second for 3 seconds when i copy files anywhere (install, burn a CD , etc...)
Since then, my PC was horribly laggy.
Can anyone help please?

Im new here  :hello:

Virus?

What virusscanner do you have?

Have you done a format and fresh install?

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 12:55 PM

It could also be a hardware problem. If it only happens when you are writing data, then it could be the hard drive.

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Posted 19 August 2004 - 02:38 PM

Is your drive properly defragmented?
Have you enabled DMA for it?

Or have the drivers for the MoBo chipset got corrupted in anyway?
Also, see in System Properties whether windows is accessing your HDD in LBA mode (which is _extremely_ slow).


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I'm new here
Welcome here Stanislavs! :thumbup

#5 User is offline   Stanislavs 

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  Posted 18 September 2004 - 04:51 AM

I defragemented drive, put in another one. But still same problem.
I think it has something to do with the CPU, it hangs. :no:

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Posted 18 September 2004 - 05:05 AM

Sounds simular to something i had a while back!
Norton Antivirus 2004 on a system with not too much resources free caused that.
It kept scanning everything what was accessed or moved/copied, and when you have a ...let's say.. light configuration of hardware it's really lagging the whole system!

Removed NAV2004 and voila! no probs anymore, went back to nav2003.
Hope it helps.

But if it's the CPU you can check on your temps...
How about an new clean install on that other disk of you?
What happens then?

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  Posted 18 September 2004 - 05:20 AM

I had Norton Ant-Virus 2 years ago.
Maybe the processor burned up? :no:

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  Posted 18 September 2004 - 05:24 AM

Maybe it's processor? Maybe it burned? :no:

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Posted 18 September 2004 - 05:50 AM

It could be some kind of overheating, check that fans work ok and have a look at task manager what you have running.

I had a friend with same kind of problems that had a virus that used tftp.exe to download itself, once downloaded the antivirus cleared it, but it started again tftp.exe.....thus stalling system.

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  Posted 18 September 2004 - 06:25 AM

I checked, i dont have tftp.exe and my fan works.
The problem is even when i started Windows for a min. :}
In my CTRL-ALT-DELETE window i have only 5 progs running :}

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Posted 18 September 2004 - 10:52 AM

I am sorry to say that, but if you are positive that:

1) Hardware is OK(no overheating)
2) NO VIRUS/SPYWARE/ETC is installed
3) NO memory/processor hungry processes are running in background
4) NO conflicts between devices

your next option is to re-install from scratch.

One last possibility before taking the suggestion above is trying to see if there is some "non-due" activity on the PC by means of these tools:

Filemon and Regmon

http://www.sysintern...utilities.shtml


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  Posted 23 September 2004 - 11:40 AM

And how should i find out if i have any of these problems? :}

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Posted 23 September 2004 - 02:53 PM

maybe some worm in the system

or a network card / driver problem

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  Posted 24 September 2004 - 11:50 AM

waaaaaah :P . I'll just buy a new PC in a year. (i'll install Win 98, my fave)
But anyway if anyone knows anything more about this problem, continue posting.
Trying to help never hurt anyone :D

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  Posted 28 September 2004 - 01:53 PM

Hey guys, i just found out what the problem was. It was both of my hard disks on which i installed Windows about 5 times each. Now i have a new one and no problem. Anyway, thanks to those who tried to help!

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Posted 29 September 2004 - 09:11 AM

So you had a faulty drive, and more than likely the (forgive me I just woke up here) li'l thing that reads/writes data was off a bit and misreading the drive causing the freezes/hangs.

I had a similar problem, my hard drive made a nails on a chalkboard noise and did much as you said, it would stop responding for some time, though it also would make the noises..

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  Posted 30 September 2004 - 09:53 AM

:o :no: MY SECOND DRIVE STARTED DOING THAT !!!! :realmad:
Maybe i placed it upside down?

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:07 AM

somethings wrong with your ide controler

o yeah, check if S.M.A.R.T is enabled in your bios, i't might prolonger the life of your hdd-s...

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  Posted 05 October 2004 - 08:10 AM

Sorry that i was not online for a long time...
Ok, so i have to enable SMART and what does that do?

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Posted 05 October 2004 - 03:34 PM

No, SMART is not going to prolong the life of your HD in any way. It just alerts you to any possible problems, and tells you if its going to fail anytime soon.


SMART - the full-form of it:

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SMART is an abbreviation for Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test
:blink: huh? :blink:
naah.... just messing with ya, here's the correct one:

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SMART:  Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

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