http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-467 Rahul Gaitonde Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:51:19 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-467 Re: multiple partitions, I recommend that for i.) security in case of afatal OS crash and ii.) reduction in fragmentation on the c: drive (also whyI recommend moving the page file to a dedicated partition)I forgot to mention cleaning up startup programs through "msconfig". Ialways do that too. In fact, I covered that bit in this post from some timeago: "HOWTO: Speed up XP and Vista, reclaim disk space, tweakperformance<http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/25/speed-xp-vista-reclaim-disk-space/>" Re: multiple partitions, I recommend that for i.) security in case of afatal OS crash and ii.) reduction in fragmentation on the c: drive (also whyI recommend moving the page file to a dedicated partition)I forgot to mention cleaning up startup programs through “msconfig”. Ialways do that too. In fact, I covered that bit in this post from some timeago: “HOWTO: Speed up XP and Vista, reclaim disk space, tweakperformance<http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/25/speed-xp-vista-reclaim-disk-space/>“

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-466 Niranjan Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:07:05 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-466 Multiple partitions on the same physical drive don't really help. It does nothing to speed up the seek times, which is where the worst latency lies. There is also a lot of bloat, mostly from the startup programs and things that stay running all the time. An average user will get a better bang for their buck by just cleaning the startup program list. Multiple partitions on the same physical drive don't really help. It does nothing to speed up the seek times, which is where the worst latency lies. There is also a lot of bloat, mostly from the startup programs and things that stay running all the time. An average user will get a better bang for their buck by just cleaning the startup program list.

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-465 Rahul Gaitonde Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:16:19 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-465 Thanks, GWBE. Hope it shakes your computer out of (possible) lethargy! Thanks, GWBE. Hope it shakes your computer out of (possible) lethargy!

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-464 Rahul Gaitonde Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:14:28 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-464 Yup. In fact, OEMs strike agreements (desktop shortcuts, pre-installed toolbars) that deliberately make it more difficult for users (or, with one large C: drive, more dangerous). Yup. In fact, OEMs strike agreements (desktop shortcuts, pre-installed toolbars) that deliberately make it more difficult for users (or, with one large C: drive, more dangerous).

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-463 GWBE Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:12:20 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-463 That's a really useful post Rahul. That's a really useful post Rahul.

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-462 shrey Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:06:49 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2009/08/06/the-computer-is-so-slow-these-days/#comment-462 Being a nerd/geek (which term do you think is better?) myself, I follow most of the mentioned practices already. The shifting of My Documents and Page file are two good ideas that I never thought of. And I couldn't agree more on the OEMs/Assemblers not doing their bits to help the poor user. Being a nerd/geek (which term do you think is better?) myself, I follow most of the mentioned practices already. The shifting of My Documents and Page file are two good ideas that I never thought of. And I couldn't agree more on the OEMs/Assemblers not doing their bits to help the poor user.

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