acer help

I have an acer desktop 3 gigs of ram...2.4 ghz cpu...the computer was dropped and now it takes forever to load but eventually it does...I've reseated the ram...checked the cpu...checked the hard drive...windows 7 home premium...everything seems ok once it's loaded it just takes about 1/2 an hour to load

 

Hi mate , my suggestion is

Start
Run msconfig
Startup tab ( uncheck real careful some programme boxes
Apply
Ok
system will ask you to restart
push ok
restart you machine


which is your hdd free capacity ? :wave

 

thanks for the reply...I guess I should have mentioned I did that already...199 gigs free of 640 gig hard drive...it runs through post fast but as soon as windows logo comes up it takes a lllllloooooong time to get to the desktop...

 

Run this utility

http://www.hdsentinel.com/

to check your hdd health

download this

http://majorgeeks.com/Speccy_d6358.html

go to

Summary wait until generate
from the menu opted for
File
Save as Text
opted for desktop as the directory to save the report
follow this

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86880

to attach the file

next step is downloading memtest

http://majorgeeks.com/MemTest_d350.html

burn it to cd or dvd with

http://majorgeeks.com/ImgBurn_d4870.html

check your ram for about six hours !! :wave

 

I would do the HDD diagnostic first, and foremost.

They can only take a certain amount of impact, especially if powered on.

Was the unit powered on when it was dropped?

 

I think you might want to do a chkdsk since it seems to be Windows which is slow. Might be a damaged file. Computer>right click C: and select Properties. Under tools tab select Error Checking and tick both boxes. Let it schedule for next boot and reboot the computer to let it run. See if it makes a difference in load time.