Slow access times

[thuffner3]

Hello All, and Happy Easter.

I'm runnig WinXP pro on a 2.2ghrz pro -w- 512 m ram.

It would seem that over the last couple of days my access time has increased dramatically.
I've run
Disk Clean up
Disk defrag
Scan Disk

AVG
AD-AWARE
Spybot

And it would seem my system is as clean as I can get it.
But whenever I have to retreive a file or a program has to open the files dialoque box it takes forever.
Any thought or idea's here?

TIA
Neil

 

[johnjkr1]

Have you checked your DMA settings?

 

[thuffner3]

Could something have changed the DMA settings without my being aware?

How do I check this setting? Is it an XP setting?

TIA
Neil

 

[thuffner3]

Ultra DMA 6 - Ultra133

This is one of the many options I have.
Apparently I have listing under disk drives which list all of my HD's.
But IDE controllers are under NVIDIA IDE something.

Neil

 

[johnjkr1]

Many things can cause problems like that. First thing, why don't you try the same operation in safe mode. Also, what are you trying to do exactly that runs slow?

 

[thuffner3]

John,
Just doing everyday tasks things seem to be fine. The only time I really notice slowness is when I have to access a file from my C: drive. The folders menu pops up the I have to click my computer or c:\ and that's where I get the hang.
Sometimes more than 5 to 10 sec.
I've not tried running anything in safe mode, I'll give that a shot.
I'm running on a GIGAbyte board -w- the NVIDIA nforce 2 chipset. I tried downlloading new drivers for this last night but there was no change.

Peace
Neil