Yes, Elector, you've hit upon the real issue here. The right action to take
depends on the value of the owner's data and installed programs. If the owner
has backed up necessary data, chalk up one for a reformat and reinstall. If the
owner has ALL the media to reload his/her installed software, chalk up another
vote for a reinstall. If the owner does not have the backup data and program
media, two choices are possible. One is to use all the various cleanup tools
and procedures in an attempt to get the system right again. The other is to put
the machine in the hands of a qualified professional who will charge a lot of
money to do it all right.
The sad truth is that many older computer programs do not have the right type of
storage media to do a backup easily, reliably and conveniently. Diskettes? Ha!
I can't blame someone for not backing up if the system has only a diskette drive
in addition to the hard drive. ZIP drives? Well, a little better if one sets
aside the "click of death" phenomenon that plagues them. But 100MB or even
250MB is not much for backup. The best choice for backup on a single computer
may well be a CD burner. Mirror imaging with another disk drive works well,
too. But people often think of these things when it is too late to take
reasoned and methodical action. And, sheesh, the name brand computer companies
are so busy selling boxes by undercutting on price, that the run-of-the-mill
buyer never gets educated on the costs and benefits of backup.
End of rant... Ben Myers
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:35:31 GMT, "Elector" <> wrote:
>
>"Helen" <@abuse.roman.gov> wrote in message
>news:...
>>
>> "Anthony" <> wrote in message
>> news: s.com...
>> :
>> : "vinny33" <> wrote in message
>> : news:Nc0Db.1010$...
>> : > Hi
>> : >
>> : > I have a packardbell pulsar 300,Intel Pentium 3 450MHz,128
>> MB RAM 20 GB
>> : hard
>> : > drive, the problem i keep having is that my system
>> resources keeps
>> : dropping
>> : > to under 50%.How can i increase my resources to a much
>> higher level?
>> : >
>> : >
>> : > Regards
>> : >
>> : > Vin.
>> : >
>> : >
>> :
>> : I am gonna guess that you have a lot of stuff running in the
>> background, and
>> : that is chewing up system resources. I would suggest
>> starting from scratch.
>> :
>> : Backup any data you want to keep (eg. Favorites, address
>> book, saved data)
>> : and do a format and restore of the OS.
>> :
>> : Regards,
>> : Anthony
>> :
>> :
>>
>> I suggest none of the above, but rather emptying the Start-up
>> file. Get a copy of EndItAll and run it. Empty temp files
>> and recycle bin. It will close down all those applications
>> except IE (and a few others..but you can close them if you
>> wish). Then run scandisk, then defrag. This may take about
>> an hour, depending on when it was last defragged. After these
>> then reboot and check it out. ALTERNATIVELY, try this:
>> Start/Run type in
>> msconfig. Go to the Starup Tab .. and UNcheck EVERYTHING
>> EXCEPT systray and rundll.. there may be two copies of each.
>> If so, then leave them checked. Save, reboot.
>>
>> Helen
>>
>
>
>Hi Vin:
>
>ALTERNATIVELY: It is a known Microsoft Knowledge base article on how
>the system uses memory and retains it. It is I believe a simple fix
>here
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...61&Product=w98
>Microsoft also gives the option of you having their trouble shooter
>page diagnose the situation. However I am not sure how it works. Much
>of what was said above is covered in the article.
>
>To expand on Anthony's answer many computer trade magazines and
>companies recommend that a user back up files and format and restore
>when the system gets to cluttered with junk or excess programs. You
>could spend more money on external programs or format and restore to
>like new for no money what so ever. However the process is not always
>fool proof and you may want to just do as Microsoft states to do. The
>decision is of course up to you.
>
>I Hope I helped?
>
>Elector
>
>
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