I was looking for some input on my pc its a dell xps410.. Recently I have been noticing slow performance. So i decided to use the dell pc restore function> brings pc back to base specs. Did not seem to help. the pc is slow and sluggish. I need some input..thanks
"slow performance" is very subjective. Can you quantify what you mean by slow performance? Something like slow access to the internet or slow file transfers could be external in nature and you can restore your system until the cows come home and it won't fix the problem.
System Restore DOES NOT WORK, if you want to go back to factory specs you need to reinstall windows or use your recovery CDs
dailun Yes slow file transfers, using apps, but when burning and conversion ones are used the pc comes to a crawl.. I checked the task manager and cpu only about 50-60%.. nothing really sticks out. Not that i have knowledge to find it anyway.. was looking for something to test the pc ..
There is something that I noticed is that when cdroms/dvdroms drives start going bad they slow everything down, the computer boots up slower, the mouse sometimes skips/hangs. It's hard to troubleshoot because the drives still work. Only way to be sure is to try a different dvdrom drive. Also hard drives/cdroms that reverted back to PIO from DMA will cause slowdown. This sometimes happens automatically when a drive has problems reading a cd/dvd. You can check this in control panel/system/hardware/devices/ide ata controllers. Make sure all the jumpers on the drives are properly set, drives with jumpers in the wrong position will still work but be very slow. This will cause explorer(windows) to slowdown. Corrupt drives will also still bootup and work but be very slow because of the corrupt files giving explorer problems. A scandisk with the boxes to fix errors checked can fix this. I also encountered situations where my onboard audio card was using my cpu 100 percent of the time, this cause massive slowdown. Installing a PCI audio card fixed that problem.
