Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Your HDD transfer graph looks MUCH better now, I guess whatever was wrong is now better

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

so i guess, even the world's fastest pc can still run as slow as an old 1990 pc, right?

[c_hegge]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

^
He already has it. I got him to install it in another thread over a different problem.

[kc8adu]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

try speedfan.
it always displays smart for me.

[stj]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

i think so - it's a big improvement.

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

so is it this one?:

[stj]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

he wants you to run the test that creates a graph for hd transfer rate.

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

how do I do that? You told me to show HEALTH details, and none

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

That was not what I asked about, I asked you to run the benchmark again.

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

I did, and it still shows nothing (n/a), but actually, it seems like now that I enabled SMART, the computer runs fast like its supposed to, when I log onto all users.

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

To run this test again that I asked in post #107
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...0&postcount=26

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

It would be something along the lines of "IDE Channel 0" or similar

Okay I disabled the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller". What's next?

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

It would be something along the lines of "IDE Channel 0" or similar

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Vivi,
Click [Start] the type: cmd in the search box, right click on cmd.exe then select run as administrator
That will open up DOS screen then type the following commands to check disk for errors
chkdsk /r /f [press Enter]

you will be prompted with with something like below

C:\Users\BADCAPS>chkdsk /r /f
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

NExt, click [Yes] then reboot your computer....it'll take a while to scan and fix the disk.

I ran chkdsk before, twice actually, and I saw no difference.
How do I disable "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" in BIOS?

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Nothing still not showing under Health tab:

Ok, it's probably because of your "NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller", it's using a SCSI implementation and so SMART data can not be read.
What you enabled in the BIOS was probably for the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller"
You can actually disable that whole IDE controller in the BIOS if possible, because I see from your photos there is no IDE connector, only an empty spot for one...

[TVRepairNoobie]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Vivi,
Click [Start] the type: cmd in the search box, right click on cmd.exe then select run as administrator
That will open up DOS screen then type the following commands to check disk for errors
chkdsk /r /f [press Enter]

you will be prompted with with something like below

C:\Users\BADCAPS>chkdsk /r /f
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

NExt, click [Yes] then reboot your computer....it'll take a while to scan and fix the disk.

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Nothing still not showing under Health tab:

[domas]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

run as administrator:
chkdsk C: /f
y
reboot

then again as admin:
sfc /scannow
reboot

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Good, now run this test again: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...0&postcount=26
And post the details from the HEALTH page: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...8&postcount=49

[Vivi]

Re: Dell inspiron 531 4gb ram 64 bit OS running very slowly

Okay I logged in on the new user, and... ehm, it loaded alot faster than it did the previous user. I'm on the new user now. I enable SMART in BIOS too. I now know the SATA cable.