Computer Help??

[jjeling]

There is almost nothing on the computer. I keep everything on external hard drives in case of a crash. Ill try defragging. Ive processed a LOT of work in the time since Ive reinstalled windows.

[jjeling]

Fante - Ive reformatted this computer on several occasions. Most recently just before I joined this forum. So maybe 6 months ago? I think Greg is right

Greg - I went to defrag the computer and analyzed it first. The computer said. DO IT!!! I also did the disk cleanup first and it cleaned up over 50,000 kb of stuff. Hmmmm. I started the defrag almost 3 hours ago and its still not done. I should have been taking screen shots to show the progress. Its an 80gb hard drive and only 13gb are being used. However, the defrag analyzer thing is having a party. It seems to be getting faster as the defrag continues.

[jjeling]

Yep, that did the trick. Thanks Greg. Should have checked that in the first place. Funny how we miss the most obvious things sometimes.

[GregL]

jjeling No worries. Glad to help. Often it's not that simple.

I've been struggling with my main PC for a few days with Outlook freezing. Finally realised today that it may have coincided with putting Google desktop seach on my machine. Sure enough, disabling Google search, Outlook works fine. Too many dependencies across hardware, software etc.

This is usually where Mac users come out saying there set up is much more stable and reliable

[jjeling]

I like my PC personally. Its been going strong since 2003. Runs like brand new for the most part. Those internet toolbars are always a joke. I only run Photoshop, firefox and Itunes. As long as you know what you are getting into with a PC, it will run anything as good as a Mac imo. You just have to know how to use them properly and have the hardware to support it.