My computer is running slow what steps can I do to fix it?
Cause:
This issue can be caused by any of the below possibilities.
Hard disk drive is short on available disk space.
Several software programs have been installed/uninstalled leaving behind bad files and/or confusing the software.
Data Corruption.
Missing Windows updates / Outdated drivers.
Computer is overheating.
Corrupt OS.
Bad Hardware.
Solution:
Below are steps for Microsoft Windows users that should help speed up the computer or determine why the computer is running slow.
Note: If it is just your Internet that is slow see document CH000986 for reasons why this may be happening.
Not enough hard disk drive space
Verify that there is at least 200-500MB of free hard disk drive space. This available space allows the computer to have room for the swap file to increase in size as well as room for temporary files.
Steps on how to determine how much disk space your computer has can be found on document CH000369.
See document CH000528 for additional information about regaining lost hard disk drive space.
Hard drive corrupted or fragmented
Run Scandisk or something equivalent to help ensure that there is nothing physically wrong with the computer hard disk drive.
Run Defrag to help ensure that data is arranged in the best possible order.
Background programs
Remove or disable any TSRs or programs that automatically start each time the computer boots. See document CHTSR for additional information. If you're wanting to see what programs are running in the background, how much memory they're using, and their CPU usage open Task Manager. Also, if you are running Windows 7, you can run Resmon to find out which programs are taking up a lot of space.
If you've got an anti-virus scanner on the computer, spyware protection program, or other security utility make sure it's not running in the background as you're trying to work. Often when these programs begin to scan the computer it can decrease the overall performance of your computer.
Hardware conflicts
Verify that the Device Manager has no conflicts. If any exist resolve these issues as they could be the cause of your problem. Information about how to get into Device Manager can be found on document CH000833.
Update Windows
Make sure you have all the latest Windows updates installed in the computer. Additional information about making sure Windows is up-to-date can be found on document CH000545.
Update your drivers
Make sure you've got the latest drivers for your computer. Especially the latest video drivers. Having out-of-date drivers can cause an assortment of issues. See document CH000546 for additional information.
Computer or processor is overheating
Make sure your computer and processor is not overheating, excessive heat can cause a significant decrease in computer performance some processors will even lower the speed of the processor automatically to help compensate for the heat related issues. Additional information about your processor temperature and was of determining how hot it is can be found on document CH000687.
If you've had your computer for more than one year it's likely you're computer is not meeting the memory requirements for today. We suggest at a minimum the computer have 1GB of memory. Additional information about determining how much RAM is installed in your computer can be found on document CH000149.
Erase computer and start over
Finally, if none of the above solutions resolve your issues, it is recommended that you either reinstall Windows and/or erase everything and then start over. Additional information about how to do this can be found on document CH000186.
Hardware issues
If your computer continues to be slow after going over each of the above recommendations it's possible that your computer is experiencing a more serious hardware related issue such as a failing component in the computer. This could be a failing or bad CPU, RAM, Motherboard, or other component.
PC restarts after few minutes and restarts continuously ?
1) the first reason is it a virus because only virus will close the windows normaly or it is a windows damge or some thing in oyur mother boared cause that but if so it will studenly restart so scan for virus and update your anti-virus and i am sure u have more than one ram so open the computer with one ram if the problem still exist install new windows and thank you.
2) There may be many reasons, for example, low power supply, virus, losing system files. You may try like this:
1. Connect this drive to another healthy computer and check whether there is virus.
2. Use system installation CD to repair your OS.
If these steps failed, there must be some hardware problem, like the RAW.
Display is not coming when I start my the computer?
1) If you removed the ram, computer will hang, is this new computer?
check your motherboard specs, if it supports the type of ram you have.
when you turn on your computer, go to Bios Setup, so thet ou can check all your system's hardware and pheriperals. by pressing "del" before it boot up..
If no any display, check your videocard may be loose. if it is on board, check your connection, otherwise you have motherboard problem...
2) the changes must have been made to your computer is a software thing. where you might have changed a registry
and it cant read the new setting so...
unplug power cord
now does it beep and not turn on at all?
if so, its could be a ram problem.
take out the ram that installed
and reinsert back make sure it fits all the way
and restart.
if it still beeps, then its a software problem
where u make some changes to the windows registry
so you can try reseting the cmos
it works most the time when someone changed something on the computer.
look at the last picture-its near the big battery to the side of it is a black pins you can take that out and is labeled cmos, take out the pins from 1-2 and put on 2-3 and then put it back again to 1-2 and the battery too take out and put back in.
You can easily recover your data from crashed hard disk ?
In the situation when we are not able to open our OS due to any problem or harddisk has been crashed.
We always think to format the drive and install new OS, but by doing so we will lost our data from that drive.
If our harddisk has been crashed, it does not mean that harddisk does not contain the data, it contains all the data, but we lost the address of thedata, so to get data back we need a data recovery software, this software will access the System Area of the harddisk and give your data back.
So In this situation we must first recovery our data by help of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.
This software provides bootable disk, when we insert this disk it will boot your machine automatically, and will show you all the volumes in the disk and now you can select your files and take a clone in the other harddisk.
So you need to attach a second harddisk where you will store the data.