HD jacked?

[soup lightning]

after i moved out for college everything started to run a lot slower on my comp. it takes forever to boot up, load times in games are ridiculously slow. i ran spybot, adaware, that regcleaner thing, defragged and it was still slow. i did the memtest too and it didnt show any problems

whoops
amd 3200
evga 6800gt
1 gig of ram
wd raptor

 

[Spork 2.0]

Try looking through the list of startup items and try using a program like WinPatrol to figure if you have a lot of startup programs eating up your memory and turn some off.

 

[LoTeX]

hd tach?

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

 

[waynejkruse10]

format and see what happens. I formatted and things seem to run faster.

 

[Apokalipse]

formats always make things run faster, it gets rid of all the crap Windows accumulates.
but if you can't/don't want to format, just make sure you haven't got heaps of programs open at one time.

 

[soup lightning]

formatting dosnt help. i tried a few times when it first started. i already went through and turned off everything i dont use and it didnt help either

 

[Apokalipse]

what about using a different IDE cable?
check that it's an 80 wire, and not a 40 wire cable

 

[GrimReaper23]

hmm I would say if you can test out a hd that actually works same with the Ram. see what that does.

 

[waynejkruse10]

formats have always sped things up for me.

 

[LoTeX]

hd tach?

http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach

"HD Tach will test the sequential read, random access and interface burst speeds of your attached storage device (hard drive, flash drive, removable drive, etc). All drive technologies such as SCSI, IDE/ATA, 1394, USB, SATA and RAID are supported. Test results from HD Tach can be used to confirm manufacturer specs, analyze your system for proper performance, and compare your performance with others. HD Tach is very easy to use, quick, and presents data in easy to read graphs, including the ability to compare two storage devices on screen at the same time for easy analysis."


tried it yet?

i remember benchmarking 2 similar drives (45 gb ibm deathstars). the other one was a bit faster (had a better burst rate or something).