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re: Computer running too slow after system restore Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2:34 pm Posted by MartinM (7544 messages posted) Which process is consuming your CPU cycles ? Click twice on the CPU column in Task Manager to find out. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer running too slow after system restore Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23818 messages posted) Reformatting and re-installing XP does not restore a computer to its original factory settings, you must install all of the device drivers. Especially critical are the motherboard device drivers. Did you omit that step? On Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm, srm wrote: >I had problems with virus infection, so I reformatted the hard drive and re-installed >the windows xp and office using the original cd/DVD. Now its running slow. The task >manager shows 100% sometimes, 70+most times. Can someone suggest why this is suddenly >happening eventhough everything is back to factory setting. I have norton's security >installed and ran virus scan with nothing found. >Thank you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer running too slow after system restore Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:29 am Posted by srm (3 messages posted) Hi, in reply to both of you: 1. ccProxy was on top with 98% 100k+ memory usage. Then svchost, and several iexplore's. It didn't let me stop the ccProxy. I got an access denied message. 2. How do I load device drivers. I have the original set of 2 restore DVDs created after I bought the machine brand new. There are no instructions for that. Can you help me how one goes about doing it, in case if I need to do it. 3. I replaced the hard drive (for $45) at micro center because I need that machine running because my phone (magicjack) depends on it. The problem is gone now but I'd like to understand if the HDD was still infected after formatting it. 4. Is it ok (safe) to re-use that HDD in a SATA casing as extra usb drive. I backed up all my data, so I don't really need it if I shouldn't use it. Do I need the killdisk(?) program before using it ? Thanks for your assistance. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer running too slow after system restore Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 4:41 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23818 messages posted) You should have used the restore DVD's. To learn how to use them, ask the computer manufacturer's tech support. There's not one way to do it. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:29 am, srm wrote: >Hi, in reply to both of you: > >1. ccProxy was on top with 98% 100k+ memory usage. Then svchost, and several iexplore's. >It didn't let me stop the ccProxy. I got an access denied message. > >2. How do I load device drivers. I have the original set of 2 restore DVDs created >after I bought the machine brand new. There are no instructions for that. Can you >help me how one goes about doing it, in case if I need to do it. > >3. I replaced the hard drive (for $45) at micro center because I need that machine >running because my phone (magicjack) depends on it. The problem is gone now but I'd >like to understand if the HDD was still infected after formatting it. > >4. Is it ok (safe) to re-use that HDD in a SATA casing as extra usb drive. I backed >up all my data, so I don't really need it if I shouldn't use it. Do I need the killdisk(?) >program before using it ? > >Thanks for your assistance. [Reply or follow-up to this message] On the other hand... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 5:05 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23818 messages posted) I suspect that it would be obvious if you just browsed the contents of the two disks. You probably just use one of them. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:29 am, srm wrote: >Hi, in reply to both of you: > >1. ccProxy was on top with 98% 100k+ memory usage. Then svchost, and several iexplore's. >It didn't let me stop the ccProxy. I got an access denied message. > >2. How do I load device drivers. I have the original set of 2 restore DVDs created >after I bought the machine brand new. There are no instructions for that. Can you >help me how one goes about doing it, in case if I need to do it. > >3. I replaced the hard drive (for $45) at micro center because I need that machine >running because my phone (magicjack) depends on it. The problem is gone now but I'd >like to understand if the HDD was still infected after formatting it. > >4. Is it ok (safe) to re-use that HDD in a SATA casing as extra usb drive. I backed >up all my data, so I don't really need it if I shouldn't use it. Do I need the killdisk(?) >program before using it ? > >Thanks for your assistance. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum