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    Memory and CPU problem... sort of fix, need HELP

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Doodles, Nov 30, 2007.

  1. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    yesterday i was DLing a gig file, and i stupidly ran a program "burn it"? or something, which tested CPU, RAM, etcs.... one of the tests wrote like a whole bunch of 0s and tested speed. the test ran fine... GREAT... not rele
    cuz wen the gig file DL was done... it froze while trying to transfer from the temp folder to my docs... then my comp got slow as S**T... i couldnt open any program cuz it would not respond. i went into safe mode, and everything was fine. wen i went back to normal mode, after restarting... broken. so, i system restored to before all this took place.. STILL didnt fix it. I noticed there was this process called NT kernel & system that was taking up CPU... its never usually active so i knew it was the problem. so after i sys restored, i defraged and the computer is back to normal.. phewf!!..

    HOWEVER!, im now down 15gb of what used to be free space. its as if all those programs that i had before the sys restore and stuff are still htere, but they're not. its all deleted. i just defraged a second time, and LOST another gig!..

    so basically, the CPU thing is fine, its fast again lol, yey. but wat about all my memory loss?
    plz help me wats going on?!
     
    Doodles, Nov 30, 2007
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  2. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    dont worry about the memory loss...that is because when you restored, vista did not restore the originally created restore points...(the shadow copies)...the restore points take up usually 15% of ure HD space.....after a few days...your computer will write up 15gb of data again by creating new restore points

    I am assuming by your 15gb of data that you have approx 100gb HD?
     
    eyecon82, Dec 1, 2007
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