Why do computers slow down as they get older? - Page 2

**Steevo** · August 5th, 2005

Most people will never notice on things like networking and other operations, excepth where a drive has a CRC error and winders starts forcing a slowdown of access to and from the drive-s.

In general it is just a more demanding program. Half life two was good on my 9600XT, but it would barely run some segments of GTA:SA, my computer wasn't slowing it was the game.

jimi_81 · August 5th, 2005

Originally Posted by iceman7311

about the defragging y do u recomend other programs over the windows one
in other word what do they do better?

PerfectDisk

napalmnthemorning · August 8th, 2005

Defrag- Perfect disk works great but I don't think it defrags automatically as needed while you work on other projects, like Diskeeper does. The problem I've encountered with Diskeeper's "set it and forget" option is it likes to defrag at the worst times, like when I'm burning software.! Ouch.
Antivirus- Avast and AVG are really good. I use Avast home.
Antispyware-Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, and I also use XoftSpy. Just be careful what you remove as they sometimes can be overly sensitive and pickup components that help some of your programs run.
Symantec- Got rid of their anti-virus several years ago. System hog as we all know from experience and trying to uninstall their junk ranks right up their with AOL.

I do use Norton Systemworks 2005 for their "one button checkup" program.

**kcnychief** · August 9th, 2005

I haven't really read over this thread, but I remember seeing the title. While reading something else this morning, I thought you guys might be interested in this....

With Vista, the new client version of Windows due next year, Microsoft is addressing what's become a sad truth for most people: PCs run more slowly over time.
Vista will automatically de-fragment hard disks, make better use of memory to more quickly load programs, and include a new performance control panel that will identify performance bottlenecks, according to the company.

Full article

1badtech · August 16th, 2005

The hard drive is usually the culprit as it gets fragmented over time. Here are a couple of articles about it.

http://downloads.wugnet.com/whitepap...OIofDefrag.pdf
http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/

**perris** · August 16th, 2005

the usual culprit is more sophisticated programs

denver · August 16th, 2005

Originally Posted by 1badtech

The hard drive is usually the culprit as it gets fragmented over time. Here are a couple of articles about it.

http://downloads.wugnet.com/whitepap...OIofDefrag.pdf
http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/

Thats an interesting link. Also here's a link on HDD maintenance
http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials...int_Defrag.htm

1badtech · August 19th, 2005

Originally Posted by denver

Thats an interesting link. Also here's a link on HDD maintenance
http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials...int_Defrag.htm

That's a great link. Gives you a detailed instruction and some very useful links.

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Steevo Spammer representing. Joined: September 2004 Posts: 2,566 Blog Entries: 2 Reputation: 1630 Power: 132	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? Most people will never notice on things like networking and other operations, excepth where a drive has a CRC error and winders starts forcing a slowdown of access to and from the drive-s. In general it is just a more demanding program. Half life two was good on my 9600XT, but it would barely run some segments of GTA:SA, my computer wasn't slowing it was the game. Meow. Equal oppertunity hater.

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jimi_81 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: Stoney Creek, ON, Canada Posts: 820 Reputation: 500 Power: 132	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? Originally Posted by iceman7311 about the defragging y do u recomend other programs over the windows one in other word what do they do better? PerfectDisk

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napalmnthemorning OSNN Senior Addict Joined: June 2002 Location: OREGON Posts: 719 Reputation: 60 Power: 125	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? Defrag- Perfect disk works great but I don't think it defrags automatically as needed while you work on other projects, like Diskeeper does. The problem I've encountered with Diskeeper's "set it and forget" option is it likes to defrag at the worst times, like when I'm burning software.! Ouch. Antivirus- Avast and AVG are really good. I use Avast home. Antispyware-Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, and I also use XoftSpy. Just be careful what you remove as they sometimes can be overly sensitive and pickup components that help some of your programs run. Symantec- Got rid of their anti-virus several years ago. System hog as we all know from experience and trying to uninstall their junk ranks right up their with AOL. I do use Norton Systemworks 2005 for their "one button checkup" program.

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 302	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? I haven't really read over this thread, but I remember seeing the title. While reading something else this morning, I thought you guys might be interested in this.... With Vista, the new client version of Windows due next year, Microsoft is addressing what's become a sad truth for most people: PCs run more slowly over time. Vista will automatically de-fragment hard disks, make better use of memory to more quickly load programs, and include a new performance control panel that will identify performance bottlenecks, according to the company. Full article XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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1badtech OSNN Junior Addict Joined: April 2005 Posts: 14 Reputation: 0 Power: 84	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? The hard drive is usually the culprit as it gets fragmented over time. Here are a couple of articles about it. http://downloads.wugnet.com/whitepap...OIofDefrag.pdf http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/

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August 16th, 2005	Top \| #26
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,231 Reputation: 4333 Power: 288	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? the usual culprit is more sophisticated programs IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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denver OSNN Junior Addict Joined: July 2005 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? Originally Posted by 1badtech The hard drive is usually the culprit as it gets fragmented over time. Here are a couple of articles about it. http://downloads.wugnet.com/whitepap...OIofDefrag.pdf http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/ Thats an interesting link. Also here's a link on HDD maintenance http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials...int_Defrag.htm

August 19th, 2005	Top \| #28
1badtech OSNN Junior Addict Joined: April 2005 Posts: 14 Reputation: 0 Power: 84	Re: Why do computers slow down as they get older? Originally Posted by denver Thats an interesting link. Also here's a link on HDD maintenance http://www.pctechguide.com/tutorials...int_Defrag.htm That's a great link. Gives you a detailed instruction and some very useful links.

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