Occurring slow hard drive problem

ShadowHawk · 07-17-2008, 11:33 AM

For the last several weeks I have been having trouble with my hard drive suddenly running slow. I have run McAfee antivirus, Microsoft Defender, Ad-Aware, CCleaner, have defrag hard drive. I've also run the Hardware Diagnostic Tool and updated all the drivers.

I bought the HP computer 3 months ago so it is new. But after I reinstall VISTA, the hard drive runs fine for 6-8 days, then same problem. I have even tried downgrading to XP and once again 6 days later, slow hard drive. I have talked to HP support tech and they basically told me to do everything I have already done, but to do it again.

Would disabling the USB Mass Storage Device (multi card reader) cause this over a few days?

Here are my computer specs:

Model: HP m8430f
Processor: Intel Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
OS 64-bit OS VISTA
Video Card: GeForce 8500GT
Hard Drive Seagate 750 GB SATA 3G 7200 rpm

Thank you for any help or suggestions in solving this problem.

Shadowhawk

vladimirb · 07-17-2008, 03:01 PM

Hey mate and welcome to STF...
Have you ever experiencing freezing or restarting???
What make/model is your PSU???
Report back please...

ShadowHawk · 07-17-2008, 03:36 PM

Here is the PSU

HP 5188-2625 Power supply - 300-watt (Merlot C) regulated

I haven't experienced any freezing or restarting, just gets very slow and the Windows Experience Index drops from 5.9 to 2.1 for the hard drive.

Thanks,

Shadowhawk

vladimirb · 07-18-2008, 02:21 AM

Hey mate,
You are underpowered...
Check this out:
Power Supply Information and Selection
You should get yourself at least 550W PSU...
Hope this will help you...

**Deleted090308** · 07-18-2008, 08:36 AM

Hi,

Are you running Vista now?
Try disabling Hibernation. How to: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730/en-us
Also - disable system restore temporarily.

Run CleanUp and Auslogics Disk Defrag.

ShadowHawk · 07-18-2008, 02:39 PM

Hey Vladimir

When you have a underpowered PSU, would that be temp fixed when reinstalling VISTA
or XP? Is there a setting in the BIOS that changes the PSU setting?

I talked to HP Tech again today. They had me run this:

vssadmin list shadowstorage

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=3GB

HP said this should fix the problem. I haven't seen this before so I don't know enough
yet on what this does.

To answer your question Eneles, I am running VISTA 64 right now. I had installed XP
before but it also ran into this problem. Have also run CCleaner and Disk Defrag, Chkdisk.

Thank you for your input and suggestions,

Shadowhawk

elpassion · 08-06-2008, 05:25 PM

Did this commands help?

07-17-2008, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
ShadowHawk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: VISTA 64	Occurring slow hard drive problem For the last several weeks I have been having trouble with my hard drive suddenly running slow. I have run McAfee antivirus, Microsoft Defender, Ad-Aware, CCleaner, have defrag hard drive. I've also run the Hardware Diagnostic Tool and updated all the drivers. I bought the HP computer 3 months ago so it is new. But after I reinstall VISTA, the hard drive runs fine for 6-8 days, then same problem. I have even tried downgrading to XP and once again 6 days later, slow hard drive. I have talked to HP support tech and they basically told me to do everything I have already done, but to do it again. Would disabling the USB Mass Storage Device (multi card reader) cause this over a few days? Here are my computer specs: Model: HP m8430f Processor: Intel Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz Memory: 4.00 GB OS 64-bit OS VISTA Video Card: GeForce 8500GT Hard Drive Seagate 750 GB SATA 3G 7200 rpm Thank you for any help or suggestions in solving this problem. Shadowhawk

07-17-2008, 03:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
vladimirb Hardware Team Tech Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Posts: 1,447 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003 My System	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Hey mate and welcome to STF... Have you ever experiencing freezing or restarting??? What make/model is your PSU??? Report back please... __________________ Realm: Bronze Dragonflight - EU Undead Rogue --- Level 70 --- Spec: Combat Orc Shaman --- Level 70 --- Spec: Elemental Tauren Warrior --- Level 70 --- Spec: Protection Troll Priest --- Level 59 --- Spec: Shadow

07-17-2008, 03:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
ShadowHawk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: VISTA 64	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Here is the PSU HP 5188-2625 Power supply - 300-watt (Merlot C) regulated I haven't experienced any freezing or restarting, just gets very slow and the Windows Experience Index drops from 5.9 to 2.1 for the hard drive. Thanks, Shadowhawk

07-18-2008, 02:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
vladimirb Hardware Team Tech Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Posts: 1,447 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003 My System	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Hey mate, You are underpowered... Check this out: Power Supply Information and Selection You should get yourself at least 550W PSU... Hope this will help you... __________________ Realm: Bronze Dragonflight - EU Undead Rogue --- Level 70 --- Spec: Combat Orc Shaman --- Level 70 --- Spec: Elemental Tauren Warrior --- Level 70 --- Spec: Protection Troll Priest --- Level 59 --- Spec: Shadow

07-18-2008, 08:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,282 OS: Xp	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Hi, Are you running Vista now? Try disabling Hibernation. How to: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730/en-us Also - disable system restore temporarily. Run CleanUp and Auslogics Disk Defrag.

07-18-2008, 02:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
ShadowHawk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: VISTA 64	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Hey Vladimir When you have a underpowered PSU, would that be temp fixed when reinstalling VISTA or XP? Is there a setting in the BIOS that changes the PSU setting? I talked to HP Tech again today. They had me run this: vssadmin list shadowstorage vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=3GB HP said this should fix the problem. I haven't seen this before so I don't know enough yet on what this does. To answer your question Eneles, I am running VISTA 64 right now. I had installed XP before but it also ran into this problem. Have also run CCleaner and Disk Defrag, Chkdisk. Thank you for your input and suggestions, Shadowhawk

08-06-2008, 05:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
elpassion Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista 32 SP1	Re: Occurring slow hard drive problem Did this commands help?