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

[stj]

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

create a new user and try with that one.

[Vivi]

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

Just did, I have two users now, and for reason, its loading up fast now. Without freezing, I'm on the new user now. Again, is this weird?

[Per Hansson]

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

It points to the hard drive being bad, please try to enable SMART in the BIOS
And as has been adviced before it would be a good idea to try with another SATA cable to the harddrive.

[Vivi]

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

I can enable SMART in Bios, though that would require rebooting, so, I must prepare for the "snail like" loading time... I'm doing this now.

That SATA cable is confusing me though. I have no idea what it is.

[Agent24]

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

When you reboot, login to the new user account. We need to know if you get the slowdown problem on a new account after a reboot.

Logging off and logging on after it's all up and running doesn't prove if it's the account or the computer.

The SATA cable is the data cable for your hard drive, which uses the SATA interface as shown by your photos.

[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.

[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

[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

[Vivi]

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

Nothing still not showing under Health tab:

[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.

[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...

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

so is it this one?: