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inkmon

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I have a Vista Laptop with better specs than an old XP PC. Even after I re loaded the set up disks created when I first bought it ( A Toshiba) It always seems to churn away and it is a lot slower at just about everything than the XP PC.
So much so that I am considering dumping Vista and load XP. I Formatted the 120 gig drive prior to re loading the system back to factory standard. This did not seem to help. Any clues appreciated. I have even tried dumping a lot of the programs that load on start up and any that seem to be using processor time.

Terry
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Wow! I tried some of these steps but only a couple of the well known ones not being a Vista expert. I think that is why my XP PC is faster it is lean and mean.
Programming is a hobby of mine, one that started back in the 80's when I was sat in front of a 286 and told to turn it into a real time production tester for an Electric Motor manufacturer. With a laptop I can hammer away whilst watching TV and supposedly listening to the wife.

Thank you for your reply and help.

Terry
 

My Computer

System One

Without knowing your Toshiba specs, it is hard to say (RAM, CPU, HDD). My guess would be that most of the loafing comes from the HDD. It is probably a 5400 RPM unit which is slow in nature. That is why I put SSDs into all my systems including our laptops. That makes a world of difference.

As a fun test I suggest you make an image of your current Vista (or make an extra partition) and load the free Windows 8 test system (which works very well). Take the 32bit version: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Thanks for that. downloading now, probably take a couple of hours. We do not have the super fast Broadband in our neck of the woods yet here where I live in Australia.

I guess I can try out my programs in the operating system. Luckily they run in all other Windows OS's. I will try and install in a usb Seagate drive. Not solid state but pretty fast and quite large 1 terabyte. Wonder how long it can be used for. I will worry about installing it when I get it down loaded

Terry
 

My Computer

System One

How did it work out??
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
How much ram do you have? That is an important factor. For Vista and 7 I recommend at least 2 gb.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Well My Broadband is too slow. Downloading nearly 2GB is not a possibility I gave up. But the good news I followed the tutorial and it has improved the speed. I have Intel® Core™ i5 processor 2410M (2.30/2.90GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache).

I have removed a lot of unnecessary bloatware. It will do for now.
Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

Too nad you have such a slow line. But looking at your CPU, it should be performing adequately. You probably also have 4GBs of RAM. So the only possible bottleneck left is the HDD.

Cleaning up the system is a good exercise. But do not expect wonders from it. The best performance you still get with raw muscle.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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