"Bruno HRUST" <bruno-> wrote in
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> "DevilsPGD" <> wrote in message
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>> In message <>
>> "Bruno HRUST" <bruno-> was claimed to
>> have wrote:
>>
>>>I am seldom in my apartment (where I have my desktop) and
>>>have a lot of work
>>>to do when out of my apartment; usually I am out for three
>>>months and then in for a little while then out again and
>>>so on. I take my work load with me,
>>>wherever I go, on portable storage, my laptop etc. Now, it
>>>seems that my laptop, even though faster, bigger RAM and
>>>hard drive than my desktop, cannot cope and is very often
>>>down (I have an other laptop of similar specifications as
>>>a spare one for the very reason to be able to continue
>>>working until this, that I like, is fixed).
I bet you have a huge ass C partition and maybe a D partition
with "restore files (including the all-important AOL
subscription offer and other advertisements).
Make a backup of what matters.
Format and partition the drive into 2-5 GB partitions, as many
as you can fit. There can be up to 27 partitions without going
into 3 other possible primary partitions of 27 more each. which
could get a little hairy even for me, and I LOVE partitions.
Install ONLY the OS and the program files on C:. NOTHING ELSE.
Preferably NOT from the customized and branded OS **** that came
with the laptop. You can get the laptop-specific drivers which
you will need from the maker's site first.
Designate your other partitions for the different types of stuff
you do.
>> Define: "Down" -- What do you mean your laptop is "very
>> often down"?
>>
> It slows gradually until it collapses altogether; then must
> be fixed in the shop. Usually when I come back to my
> apartment, just after few days the trouble starts; nobody
> is there willing to fix it and I do it when I am "out of
> range", and when it gradually comes to a halt, then I fix
> it.
I AM right about the partition, aren't I? That, lack of regular
cleaning, and possibly a lousy anti virus program are the root
of your problem.
>I suspect a foul play, which I cannot prove ... you can
> immagine.
Actually I can't. Why would you suspect foul play? You don't let
OTHER PEOPLE touch your computer or leave it unattended do you?
If yes, DON't, and PUT A BIOS PASSWORD on it. That will stop
most people.
>>>Now is OK, but needs defragging
>>>all the time, that takes a lot of time and slows the
>>>computer.
Because you have a huge ass partition and Windows is very badly
designed., Some OS's never have to be partitioned IIRC.
>> What makes you think it needs defragging? What sort of
>> activity are you performing that causes fragmentation?
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you do causes fragmentation. JEEZ.
> A computer person has told me that he never defragments his
> computer
He has it so well maintained and it is so fast that no
noticeable benefits come from doing it - he's a pro. Defragging
does not make your computer faster anymore - it used to years
ago, when they were slow. Now they are so fast it doesn't
matter. It's still a good thing to do depending on how anal-
retentive you are about keeping your equipment "clean".
>maybe being on newsgroups too often gives it too
> much to work. I have "TREND Micro" installed and it always
> finds bunch of cookies there that it does not like: why it
> lets them in then? Yes, Trojans like to come onto my
> wallow.
Go to
www.purplus.com and get ESET32 Anti Virus. It's half price
there.
Get Spybot Search and Destroy, free. Get Acronis True Image and
image your C partition once it's working the way it should.
Update after major changes.
>>>I am
>>>considering to buy an ordinary desktop PC, because I think
>>>that a laptop (of
>>>whatever capacity) is no match to desktop PC. Or is there
>>>fundamentally wrong with my laptop and could be rectified?
>>>Please help.
I would rather die than have to **** around with a laptop
keyboard, plus I don't like things that cost hundreds of dollars
to fix and tell to get dropped. But that's me. A good laptop can
easily outperform an average or even a good desktop machine.
<SNIP>
>> One consideration is that laptop drives tend to be slower,
>> 5400rpm or less is typical whereas a desktop will normally
>> have a 7200rpm drive and faster is available.
I don't think there is really THAT much practical difference -
most of work you do is in memory anyway, and we are talking
about fractions of seconds.
> This last explains many things: slow downloads cause many
> breakages and thus fragments in files and paths. Now, it is
> better to work on a fast PC and have a laptop as emergency
> equipment while travelling between places.
> I think I should by a PC and an expert advice about
specifications would be
> greatly appreciated.
You SAID you NEED to have a laptop, so what are you talking
about?
--
"Who knows what the OP is talking about?"
(about thanatoid)
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