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Repaired computer takes an hour to boot up....

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Testosterone boy

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It isn't the repair facilities fault either.

I installed a hella lot of programs after getting back what was almost a "new" computer since the main hard drive got replaced.

Good thing I have a lap top to bang on until the desk top wakes up.

Ideas?
 
Testosterone boy said:
I need to intercept this thread hi-jacking right now.

This problem needs addressed!

It actually took 1.5 hours to finish booting up!
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Helloooooo more memory!
RADAR
 
I could mow my lawn
do the laundry
vacuum and shit
in the time it takes you to boot up

maybe this is a good thing
 
hamstershaver said:
how much can memory can you put in it?
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They say it can handle 2 GB.

It has a 512 stick and a 256 stick. I am looking for a 1 GB stick but they are a tad rare. I want one where I can send it back if does not work.
 
Testosterone boy said:
They say it can handle 2 GB.

It has a 512 stick and a 256 stick. I am looking for a 1 GB stick but they are a tad rare. I want one where I can send it back if does not work.
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thats pretty good, mine can only go up to 768 lol, its old
 
If it's taking that long to boot up, there's a lot more wrong with it than just needing more memory. I suspect that the new hard drive is duff. Do you see continuous hard disk activity during this lengthy boot process? And how does the system behave after it finally boots?

Take it back to the shop that "fixed" it.
 
Mr. dB said:
If it's taking that long to boot up, there's a lot more wrong with it than just needing more memory. I suspect that the new hard drive is duff. Do you see continuous hard disk activity during this lengthy boot process? And how does the system behave after it finally boots?

Take it back to the shop that "fixed" it.
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It booted quick when I got it back.

I installed and dowloaded about adozen programs within two days. Then it went bonkers.

The previous drive is within 250 MB of being full and still has its operating system I believe. Hoping I can delete some data and address this slow boot up problem.

The new hard drive is the official boot up hard drive however.
 
Well, it depends. did they back all that up for you, or do you know? That would be all of your old My Documents stuff and the like. All your favorites, Desktop stuff, all that. If you have that saved somewhere else, you can probably delete it. If not, I wouldn't. Did they just put in another hard drive for you, or did they reinstall windows on a new drive and copy all your old stuff to it?
 
Its not the ram, you have more than enough. Something else is messed up and 4everhung probably hit it right on. Registry fixing program?... Reformat?...

and Apple's are geigh.
 
Testosterone boy said:
Documents and Settings from the old main hard drive has 42 GB of data!!!!!!!!!

What if I deleted that?
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damn porn video
 
Testosterone boy said:
It booted quick when I got it back.

I installed and dowloaded about adozen programs within two days. Then it went bonkers.

The previous drive is within 250 MB of being full and still has its operating system I believe. Hoping I can delete some data and address this slow boot up problem.

The new hard drive is the official boot up hard drive however.
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That doesn't mean the new drive isn't failing.
 
Odds of a new drive failing are a bit slim I would think.

I'll see what they say about that.

Its hard to take in a computer with a cracked hip. Two man job these days.

Cracked hips are basically.........nightmarish.
 
No matter how much shit you've got on your computer it should never take more than a few minutes to boot. If it's taking 1.5 hrs then you've got more problems than memory space.

I use two 80GB hard drives, one for downloading, the other for running programmes and surfing around. I've serious amounts of crap on my computer and it boots in 30 seconds.

I recommend that you back up your files, format the hard drive and re-install, failing that run a registry cleaner to see if it helps.

Registry cleaner and other free shit --> http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
 
I would do a recovery to the date you brought it back, also check ctrl, alt delete at same time and see what kind of services are running ,also look at cpu load, sounds like an memory allocation problem to me, when it boots run defrag, let me know if it helps
 
open task manager and see whats going on, it could be a registry thing or some program using 99% of your cpu because something is fubar, and needs removing
 
Testosterone boy said:
Odds of a new drive failing are a bit slim I would think.

I'll see what they say about that.

Its hard to take in a computer with a cracked hip. Two man job these days.

Cracked hips are basically.........nightmarish.
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not really. it can fail early if its defective
 
software: Virus check, spyware check, empty recycle bin, run chkdsk to scan for hard drive errors, defrag, increase virtual memory paging. Benchmark your PC by running a test like the free version of PCMark to see if there are any obvious bottlenecks, and compare it to other systems' benchmarks. It'll cost you 200MB of space though. Speaking of which, try to keep a minimum of 15% free hard drive space.

hardware: even out the memory slots at 512 each or just use one 1GB (i remember having unbalanced memory causes a slowdown but it wouldn't be THAT bad). If you have multiple hard drives and optical readers (CD & DVD drives) google the optimal positioning and master/slave settings; it's been awhile so I don't remember if the boot drive should be the first or the last on the cable, that does make a difference too.
 
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