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    Sloooooow Win7 (cannot use it at work)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by conejeitor, Mar 8, 2012.

  1. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys,
    I find Win7 very slow at handling my HD. Copying files from different drives, searching files, etc., is painfully slow. I have win7 at home because I play video games (need DX11), but I cannot have it at work because of what I mentioned: It's way slower than WinXP for handling my HD.
    I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, of if there is a way to solve this and make Win7 as fast as WinXP on this. My specs are fairly high (as I said I'm a gamer).
    And something else, if I may:
    I find Windows desktop search very slow and fairly useless compared with Google, Copernic, Everything, and other search engines. Can I uninstall Win7 search system?

    Thanks for all the help.
     
    conejeitor, Mar 8, 2012
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    yuyi64 Notebook Consultant

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    I'd bet your issues at work have nothing to do with Windows 7. Given the same compatible hardware and software, a properly-running W7 installation will be just fast as XP. If your work computer is unusually slow and you have sufficient ram then I would suspect the problem lies elsewhere on the system.
     
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  3. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    Alright, but any idea where elsewhere?.
    Thing is I have XP at work for now, I don't want to migrate because my PC at home (particularly on HD related issues) works slow on Win7. My PC at home is WAY better than the one at work:

    At Work: 2007, Core 2 duo 1.6 GHz, 2 GB Ram, SATA.
    At Home: 2011, Athlon X3 2.9 GHz, 4 GB Ram, SATA2

    So, no one else have noticed issues when copying, say, from pendrives to HD? My Win7 at home takes at least twice what my WinXP at work takes (on a much slower PC).
     
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  4. S.SubZero

    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    Does your work not have an IT department that you can take this to?
     
    S.SubZero, Mar 8, 2012
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  5. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    To turn off search - control panel - Programs and .. - turn windows feature on or off- uncheck windows search. (i have mine unchecked it S/B on by default)
    I tested on my asus with 3 GIG file - From HDD to USB 2 stick 5 MB / Sec (SLOWWWW)
    FRom USB stick to HDD 5 times faster.. I tried disabling anti virus this did not help. I recently did a clean install of win 7. I do not think you are doing anything wrong!
     
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  6. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Do you have all the appropriate chipset drivers and such installed? That can often cause those kinds of slowdowns.

    The 2GB of RAM might be running a little tight, too. How much free memory is on your work machine? Are your drives encrypted or anything? A C2D isn't a terribly quick CPU any more, either.
     
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  7. qhn

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    Agreed. Review network connections and setup at work, many times this would slow down data transfer

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Mar 9, 2012
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  8. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    I will, thank you. Just to clarify: my PC at home is the better one (4 Gb), but with win7, slower to copy.
     
    conejeitor, Mar 9, 2012
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