Dell D620
Windows 7 Pro x64
1.5 GB RAM
160 GB HDD (I think)

Sometimes it's slow from boot-up; sometimes it's fine then all of a sudden goes to shit; sometimes the wonkiness begins as the desktop is loading. HDD light will constantly be on/can hear R/W on HDD. Have to reboot to things back to working.

I realize 1.5 GB for W7 x64 is low, but it ran just fine/very quickly for 1+ years. The slowness is a relatively recent issue.

chkdsk didn't find any errors
Still reading 1.5 GB RAM via computer properties
HDD isn't close to full
I've checked the events log and task manager, but didn't see anything that stood out.

I don't have any hardware sitting around to swap & check (well I might have another HDD that I can load XP, Vista, or W7 on)

I can get further specs/screenshots/etc. later when I get home.

Thanks

2/17/2012 11:02:36 AM

well a newly formated computer doesn't have nearly as many programs that start on boot as one that's a year and a half old.


My thoughts are... get more ram or format the pc.

2/17/2012 11:15:34 AM

put a 60GB SSD in there. it'll fly.

2/17/2012 11:22:17 AM

^ha, not dumping that kind of money into an 8 year old laptop and 60GB isn't large enough.
^^yeh, thought about nuking and reinstalling, but my concern is if this is a HW issue. I thought about getting more RAM, but if it ran fine for so long, why would I need more now? I haven't added any programs since I last reformatted.

2/17/2012 11:29:33 AM