Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II - Page 171

caketastydelish · Jul 24, 2012, 06:33 PM

I have tried both the alcoholed cue-tips and spraying water. Both seem to have helped. Thanks!

PlutonianEmpire · Jul 27, 2012, 06:18 PM

What's a good, free web host that allows free storage and sharing of large video files?

Zelig · Jul 27, 2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PlutonianEmpire

What's a good, free web host that allows free storage and sharing of large video files?

There aren't any, you get what you pay for.

Not quite webhosts, but check out skydrive or dropbox.

cardgame · Jul 27, 2012, 07:06 PM

large video files?

... Youtube, Dropbox.

PlutonianEmpire · Jul 27, 2012, 08:33 PM

I already have Dropbox, and it's filling up fast. That's why I asked.

And I can't upload the ones I actually like (which are the ones with music) to youtube without setting off the damn copyright alarms or risk having my account deleted.

Zelig · Jul 27, 2012, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PlutonianEmpire

I already have Dropbox, and it's filling up fast. That's why I asked.

Pay for more storage space. $100/yr for 100GB.

Or $50/yr for 100GB on skydrive.

cardgame · Jul 27, 2012, 11:59 PM

Dropbox has promotional offers that will more than double your space... invite your friends, etc.

Narnia · Jul 28, 2012, 01:00 AM

I've heard that small amounts of hard drive space can slow down a computer. How accurate is this? I know that it does have some effect, but just how noticeable is it?
I have a laptop that is starting to get pretty slow. It has a 453 GB hard drive with only 23 GB of free space left, is lack of drive space the most likely cause of the slowness? It takes a while for programs to start (I once opened after effects and it didn't open until the next morning lol, normally programs like photoshop take about 5 minutes to open).Finally, I've been having to turn the graphics down on games lately, however strangely enough, games seem to be the least affected (new games like bf3 and Skyrim). However load times have been getting longer and longer and it will freeze from time to time (does not appear to be affected by graphics settings). Even stranger, other programs that are much less resource intensive than videogames will also sometimes freeze for a second or two (generally Google Chrome, however that is just because I use it more than any other program. Word has also done so). Is the kind of slowness my computer is facing something that a full hard drive could be the cause of, or is it probably something else? Thanks
PS: if it is most likely something else, any ideas of what to check first? thanks

cardgame · Jul 28, 2012, 01:52 AM

Seems like your RAM is being overloaded so it's resorting to a page file, which is now on the innermost and slowest part of the drive. The read/write speeds are best on the outer layers, which are the first to be used (as i understand it). Therefore the page file is taking longer to be accessed.

Of course I could just be blowing smoke here, these are just my semi-educated guesses.

Zelig · Jul 28, 2012, 07:08 AM

Windows defrag stops working if you less than 15% free space.

Narnia · Jul 28, 2012, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardgame

Seems like your RAM is being overloaded so it's resorting to a page file, which is now on the innermost and slowest part of the drive. The read/write speeds are best on the outer layers, which are the first to be used (as i understand it). Therefore the page file is taking longer to be accessed.

Of course I could just be blowing smoke here, these are just my semi-educated guesses.

So, should I add more ram or fix the harddrive problem? (or both)

cardgame · Jul 28, 2012, 01:35 PM

The overall specs of your machine may be helpful to know.

Narnia · Jul 28, 2012, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardgame

The overall specs of your machine may be helpful to know.

Toshiba Satellite A660
4 gb ram
41.8 GB free of 453 GB hard drive (cleared out a bunch of junk this morning)
windows 7x64 home premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q740 @ 1.73 GHz, 1734 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logic...
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory (RAM) 3.93 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.28 GB (this changes based on when I run MSINFO32, I've seen it as low as 0.05 GB before). This was done when my computer was working perfectly
Total Virtual Memory 8.91 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.07 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 2735 MB

Is there any stats that I am missing?

aimeeandbeatles · Jul 28, 2012, 03:43 PM

Speaking of swap files, when I get my second drive, is it better to put a swap file on the system drive? Or does it really matter?

Zelig · Jul 28, 2012, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimeeandbeatles

Speaking of swap files, when I get my second drive, is it better to put a swap file on the system drive? Or does it really matter?

Put a system managed swap file on all of your internal drives.

aimeeandbeatles · Jul 28, 2012, 10:22 PM

So that means 2 swap files? Why would you do this?

GoodGame · Jul 28, 2012, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimeeandbeatles

So that means 2 swap files? Why would you do this?

Pretty much because you can, but if you have lots of RAM and a 64bit OS, then the swap files rarely get accessed anyways.

Zelig · Jul 29, 2012, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimeeandbeatles

So that means 2 swap files? Why would you do this?

The OS will optimally handle when to use which one.

Quintillus · Jul 29, 2012, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narnia

I've heard that small amounts of hard drive space can slow down a computer. How accurate is this? I know that it does have some effect, but just how noticeable is it?
I have a laptop that is starting to get pretty slow. It has a 453 GB hard drive with only 23 GB of free space left, is lack of drive space the most likely cause of the slowness? It takes a while for programs to start (I once opened after effects and it didn't open until the next morning lol, normally programs like photoshop take about 5 minutes to open).Finally, I've been having to turn the graphics down on games lately, however strangely enough, games seem to be the least affected (new games like bf3 and Skyrim). However load times have been getting longer and longer and it will freeze from time to time (does not appear to be affected by graphics settings). Even stranger, other programs that are much less resource intensive than videogames will also sometimes freeze for a second or two (generally Google Chrome, however that is just because I use it more than any other program. Word has also done so). Is the kind of slowness my computer is facing something that a full hard drive could be the cause of, or is it probably something else? Thanks
PS: if it is most likely something else, any ideas of what to check first? thanks

Low hard disk space should generally have a fairly low effect on performance. Certainly not so much that it should take 5 minutes for the average somewhat-intensive program to start, and overnight for some programs. I'd check to see if you have adequate memory first, by leaving Task Manager up and seeing what the maximum memory usage is (I don't remember exactly where to check for this on Windows 7 - it's been rearranged since XP). If you're using significantly more than the 4 GB you have, then that can significantly slow down the computer, and you probably should add some more.

If you aren't... sounds unusual. I could see conflicting anti-virus/firewall software causing something like that - sometimes different AV/firewall products dont' cooperate with each other and drag down performance (though I couldn't tell you for any particular two products).

Meteor Man · Jul 29, 2012, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narnia

I've heard that small amounts of hard drive space can slow down a computer. How accurate is this? I know that it does have some effect, but just how noticeable is it?
I have a laptop that is starting to get pretty slow. It has a 453 GB hard drive with only 23 GB of free space left, is lack of drive space the most likely cause of the slowness? It takes a while for programs to start (I once opened after effects and it didn't open until the next morning lol, normally programs like photoshop take about 5 minutes to open).Finally, I've been having to turn the graphics down on games lately, however strangely enough, games seem to be the least affected (new games like bf3 and Skyrim). However load times have been getting longer and longer and it will freeze from time to time (does not appear to be affected by graphics settings). Even stranger, other programs that are much less resource intensive than videogames will also sometimes freeze for a second or two (generally Google Chrome, however that is just because I use it more than any other program. Word has also done so). Is the kind of slowness my computer is facing something that a full hard drive could be the cause of, or is it probably something else? Thanks
PS: if it is most likely something else, any ideas of what to check first? thanks

Oh, and it may also be a virus. My older computer acted like this once, I wiped the hardrive, scanned all the files I was reloading, and it worked like a charm. Food for thought.

Jul 24, 2012, 06:33 PM	#3401
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Jul 27, 2012, 06:18 PM	#3402
PlutonianEmpire Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: My Lair Posts: 4,242	What's a good, free web host that allows free storage and sharing of large video files? __________________ I am Fluffy. Destroyer of worlds. Celestia 1.6.1 \| Celestia Users of CFC \| Lavender Skies Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

Jul 27, 2012, 07:06 PM	#3404
cardgame SOCIAL DEVIANT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ponyville Posts: 8,634 Images: 2	large video files? ... Youtube, Dropbox. __________________ And when we're done, that final day, what will they know about you? What will they say?

Jul 27, 2012, 08:33 PM	#3405
PlutonianEmpire Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: My Lair Posts: 4,242	I already have Dropbox, and it's filling up fast. That's why I asked. And I can't upload the ones I actually like (which are the ones with music) to youtube without setting off the damn copyright alarms or risk having my account deleted. __________________ I am Fluffy. Destroyer of worlds. Celestia 1.6.1 \| Celestia Users of CFC \| Lavender Skies Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

Jul 27, 2012, 11:59 PM	#3407
cardgame SOCIAL DEVIANT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ponyville Posts: 8,634 Images: 2	Dropbox has promotional offers that will more than double your space... invite your friends, etc. __________________ And when we're done, that final day, what will they know about you? What will they say?

Jul 28, 2012, 01:00 AM	#3408
Narnia Prince Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 513	I've heard that small amounts of hard drive space can slow down a computer. How accurate is this? I know that it does have some effect, but just how noticeable is it? I have a laptop that is starting to get pretty slow. It has a 453 GB hard drive with only 23 GB of free space left, is lack of drive space the most likely cause of the slowness? It takes a while for programs to start (I once opened after effects and it didn't open until the next morning lol, normally programs like photoshop take about 5 minutes to open).Finally, I've been having to turn the graphics down on games lately, however strangely enough, games seem to be the least affected (new games like bf3 and Skyrim). However load times have been getting longer and longer and it will freeze from time to time (does not appear to be affected by graphics settings). Even stranger, other programs that are much less resource intensive than videogames will also sometimes freeze for a second or two (generally Google Chrome, however that is just because I use it more than any other program. Word has also done so). Is the kind of slowness my computer is facing something that a full hard drive could be the cause of, or is it probably something else? Thanks PS: if it is most likely something else, any ideas of what to check first? thanks __________________ "Come in by the gold gates or not at all, Take of my fruit for others or forbear. For those who steal or those who climb my wall Shall find their heart's desire and find despair" (C S Lewis) You invade this pristine world claiming it as your own simply by your presence. You slaughter innocent animals for their hides and their flesh. You devistate the landscape to build your monuments to vanity, and you call me the monster? --Minecraft Creeper

Jul 28, 2012, 01:52 AM	#3409
cardgame SOCIAL DEVIANT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ponyville Posts: 8,634 Images: 2	Seems like your RAM is being overloaded so it's resorting to a page file, which is now on the innermost and slowest part of the drive. The read/write speeds are best on the outer layers, which are the first to be used (as i understand it). Therefore the page file is taking longer to be accessed. Of course I could just be blowing smoke here, these are just my semi-educated guesses. __________________ And when we're done, that final day, what will they know about you? What will they say?

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Jul 28, 2012, 01:35 PM	#3412
cardgame SOCIAL DEVIANT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ponyville Posts: 8,634 Images: 2	The overall specs of your machine may be helpful to know. __________________ And when we're done, that final day, what will they know about you? What will they say?

Jul 28, 2012, 03:43 PM	#3414
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Jul 28, 2012, 10:22 PM	#3416
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