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julayne

11-15-2002, 11:29 PM

When I open my documents and click on a file it can take anywhere from 30 seconds to a little over a minute for them to open. If I click on back that takes a long time too, even closing files can take almost a minute. This just started happening.I also lost my thumbnail view. I have my files set to webpage and I have defraged. I have a 40 gig 256MB celeron. OS: windows 98 second edition. I don't know much about anything! HAAAA Please help. Thanks, Julayne:confused:

unreal_outlaw

11-16-2002, 12:50 AM

Is your hard drive making any odd nosies likes clicking? Also make sure you dont have a virus if worse comes to worse just reformat

julayne

11-16-2002, 01:04 AM

No.. my hard drive is not making noises. I did a virus scan with Norton. No virus's. What do you mean reformat? You mean reinstall Windows??? How could this all of a sudden be happening? Thanks

BipolarBill

11-16-2002, 09:34 AM

Wait - download and use Spybot:

http://soloti.com/spybot.htm

My bet is that this is SaveNow/Gator/RealOne/CometCursor gobbling up resources.

julayne

11-16-2002, 11:21 AM

I'll try it. Thanks. Let you know if it worked.

Philip1952

11-16-2002, 03:04 PM

If the program BPB reccommended doesn't find anything. Download HDtach and run it. See if the drive prefromance has dropped off. Which could mean a bad cable or drive going out.

http://www.tcdlabs.com/

If anything looks wrong after running this program. Boot off of a 98 boot disk and run scandisk and make it a through to.

julayne

11-16-2002, 11:41 PM

Bipolar, I installed Spybot and it worked, it found around 200 things, WOW. My files now open as fast as they use too. I still can't get the thumbnails to work, but I think I can live without them. I also installed HDtach as Philip suggested. I wish I would have ran HD before spybot to see the difference in times. Thanks Guys, as usual this site is the best. I appreciate all your time and knowledge. Julayne

BipolarBill

11-17-2002, 01:13 AM

Which version of Windows are you using, Julayne?

julayne

11-17-2002, 11:23 AM

I'm using 98 second edition.

BipolarBill

11-17-2002, 12:13 PM

Go ahead and insert the Win98 CD and run setup. You won't lose anything and it should fix the thumbnail problem.

You'll have to update Internet Explorer afterward.

julayne

11-18-2002, 10:26 AM

I'll give it a try. THANKS again, Julayne

AllGamer

11-18-2002, 12:30 PM

Any chance for you to upgrade to WinXP or Win2K ?

your system will definitely run much better on them

:t