# Computer slow........
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 20, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791 "2009-09-20T10:52:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/41 "2015-02-21T13:33:43Z")
That’s what I was hoping to see with the scan disk… Bad sectors and such…
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/42 "2015-02-21T13:44:49Z")
Thanks for the help so far guys. I did the memory test and it was fine.
i do have windows vista which apparently sucks?
malwarebytes hasn’t found anything and it scanned like yesterday.
is there a way to test the hard drive?
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### Author:  [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/43 "2015-02-22T01:11:46Z")
> [@Wahoo](#):
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> Thanks for the help so far guys. I did the memory test and it was fine.
>
> i do have windows vista which apparently sucks?
>
> malwarebytes hasn’t found anything and it scanned like yesterday.
>
> **is there a way to test the hard drive?**
The check disk should of did that…
If you want… PM me and I’ll re-image the PC for you with Winders 7. It’ll be a bootleg copy, but it will clean up the slowness issues.
Send me the service tag (serial number) of the PC too…
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### Author:  [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/44 "2015-02-22T06:05:17Z")
Check disk can only do so much. What brand is the hard drive? You should check for smart reported errors. I like vivard for hard drive testing, but you have to out the drive in ide or compatibility mode to use it, and either use a floppy drive or find a cd image with it.
If you don’t want to do that then usually hard drive manufacturers have drive testing tools.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/45 "2015-02-22T08:43:03Z")
I don’t know if this shows any strange events, but the spikes in the graphs are from opening yotube while also having itunes up playing a song, and I feel like the computer shouldn’t hick up from playing music and going on the web. I’m not playing a video on youtube its just the main page nothing playing, maybe an advertisement loading.
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### Author:  [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/46 "2015-02-22T09:01:23Z")
> [@Wahoo](#):
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> I don’t know if this shows any strange events, but the spikes in the graphs are from opening yotube while also having itunes up playing a song, and **I feel like the computer shouldn’t hick up from playing music and going on the web.** I’m not playing a video on youtube its just the main page nothing playing, maybe an advertisement loading.
It can and it will. Loading initial elements of a highly graphic website can spike resource utilization.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-slow/73791/47 "2015-02-22T10:28:40Z")
Just buy a another PC or wipe/reformat this and install Win7 or newer
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