Can anyone help with extremely slow load and operation of some progs?

dalchina · 26 Sep 2018

Neil23 said:

ps - "Download and run Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) (includes SSDs)"
This is downloaded okay and runs but the results don't get displayed... or if they do not on the visible window... are the results stored anywhere in a 'Sentinel' Folder?

Should be a straightforward window on your screen.

Check if it's still running via task manager. The only time I've known of it quitting was a totally messed up badly faulty disk.
So far no attempt to read SMART params above has succeeded- which is in itself quite worrying. I believe I left another idea..but you really should make a determination of the state of your disk.

Try a REALLY simple program - no installation ...
Download Macrorit Disk Scanner Portable 4.3.0

This should create a simple sector map.

Can anyone help with extremely slow load and operation of some progs?-1.jpg

However, even if that passes, could be other types of problems.

Neil23 · 26 Sep 2018

Currently scanning hard disk... 2 hours +

dalchina · 26 Sep 2018

Predicts 2hrs 19 on my 1Tb SSHD

dalchina · 26 Sep 2018

I can't read this...

DRIVES
3486.40 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity1520.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free SpaceHL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [Optical drive]Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6Generic- SD/MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4HP Photosmart C4400 USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2Seagate Expansion Desk USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 8, s/n NA4J71K5Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (2000.40 GB) -- drive 7, s/n NA4AVPZEST3500418AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 6VMATNQG, rev CC44, SMART Status: HealthyWD 10EAVS External USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WCAU4C223770

- how many drives actually are there in the PC?
- really need a SMART analysis for each.
HD Tune portable
Download Portable HD Tune 2.55

I assume you're scanning the system drive presently.

Neil23 · 26 Sep 2018

No errors on the HD Portable Scan
Macrorit Disk ScannerDevice: 0. ST3500418AS (465.8 GB) Disk Signature: 64850F04

Scan area: 0 Byte ~ 465.8 GBStart time: 26/09/2018 18:51:03

Elapsed time: 01:37:39 Completed: 100%

Macrorit disk scanner has checked the storage device and found no problem.

Neil23 · 26 Sep 2018

From earlier...

3486.40 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
1520.82 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [Optical drive]

Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6
Generic- SD/MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
HP Photosmart C4400 USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Seagate Expansion Desk USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 8, s/n NA4J71K5
Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (2000.40 GB) -- drive 7, s/n NA4AVPZE
ST3500418AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 6VMATNQG, rev CC44, SMART Status: Healthy
WD 10EAVS External USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WCAU4C223770

Porthos · 26 Sep 2018

Personally, I would get a SSD for the machine. Get up to 4 gigs better yet 8 gigs of memory. You will see a night and day improvment.

I only use and sell SSD's to my clients and all they say is WOW my computer is better than new.

dalchina · 26 Sep 2018

Good, that's one disk. Now try the portable HD Tune to check the rest...

- really need a SMART analysis for each.
HD Tune portable
Download Portable HD Tune 2.55

Health tab for each of your n disks, where n is unknown

Please don't ask me to take that continuous list of text about disks apart for you.

Here are mine: (two ways to do it):

MeAndMyComputer · 27 Sep 2018

Please stay on track to verify the health of your HDD’s.
Are you able to shut down the computer by now w/o have to use the ON/Off button?

I agree with Porthos thoughts on memory in post #57.

Although more RAM doesn’t technically speed up the PC, it allows for more efficiency & multitasking.

According to the manual you posted, there should be 4 slots available for “matching memory connections”.
Microsoft minimum RAM requirement for Windows 10 64-bit is 2GB
Windows 10 System Requirements Specifications | Microsoft
--- In my experience I recommend a minimum of 4GB RAM for 64-bit real world usage. Theoretically that would decrease your RAM % usage from the 81-83% area down to about 62% with everything else being equal.
--- I’ve seen posts indicating the users Win10 runs just fine on 2 or 3GB and I know it’s possible but the computer you are working on needs more flexibility. But running Win10 64-bit on only 2GB-3GB RAM is equivalent on running on fumes in the real world once the computer runs with everything the user wants to use it for.
--- If you increase the amount of memory from 3GB to 6GB, that’s a theoretical improvement to about 42%.
--- If you increase the amount of memory from 3GB to 8GB, that’s a theoretical improvement to about 31%.
--- My theoretical usages are just that: theoretical. But let’s say you decide to go with 8GB and instead of only 31% usage, it actually comes out to 40%: that’s still quite a bit of improvement from your 81%-83% usage.
--- I know it will cost a few dollars but I believe it’s worth considering that information.

EricJ · 27 Sep 2018

Neil23 said:

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Hopefully readable?

The reason your computer is running so slow could be because you don't have enough usable memory for your computer and other programs to run well because you have so many other programs using it all up. I also owned a computer with 3GB ram, I have experienced the same problems you are experiencing now.

What I did to fix my problem was to uninstall programs I didn't use anymore, such as uninstalling BitDefender and replacing it with Windows Defender or Google Chrome with MS Edge. I also added a custom amount of virtual memory and changed the systems visual effects from letting windows choose what's best for this computer to best performance. Also changing the power settings from Balanced to High Performance helped a lot (your computer will become a lot hotter when running on High Performance). Lastly, I used Wise Disk Cleaner (use with caution, Wise Disk Cleaner can cause problems with Windows or even destroy your Windows installation completely if not used right) to clean out unnecessary files and did a full optimization and defrag of my hard drive, but you can also use the inbuilt Windows programs (which is a lot safer than using Wise Disk Cleaner, but not as effective): Storage Sense or Disk Cleanup to clean unnecessary files and Defragmenter to defrag your hard drive.

"Start button won't shutdown
CTL -ALT-DEL where shutdown blue screen and spinning which doesn't seem to shutdown after 30 mins or so... only way to shutdown is via on/off button on base unit."
Running Tweaking.com's Windows Repair Tool could maybe help.