Thanks Jon Monreal, yes it hass Win XP home, and it was slowing down post SP3..which was when I decided I wanted out of MS..but that is past history, will see how I go! Again, thanks.
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Thanks Jon Monreal, yes it hass Win XP home, and it was slowing down post SP3..which was when I decided I wanted out of MS..but that is past history, will see how I go! Again, thanks.
Thank you Kellemora. By the sounds of all the responses here, there is no reason not to try again. Which puts a smile on my face!
Thanks Warfacegod!
Thanks for the reply. When I last installed Ubuntu 9.4, the performance was so slow, I have to say it was frustrating. Thus the post here. But then, perhaps I am thinking zebras instead of horses, it...
Thank you for taking the time to read my post
Hp Pavilion 504a desktop,1 x 400 GB HD 1.5GBRAM: 1.7 Ghz Intel processor.Intel 8284 5g/GL [Brookdale-G][Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV graphics controller].
Hi everyone
Sometime back, in Aug '09 in fact, I posted and received a heap of responses relating to a very slow performance on my Hp Pavilion 504a when I installed Ubuntu 9.4. since then my HD died...
Dont worry about it..I am going to reinstall, had only just installed in an attempt to get Ubuntu running on HP, still doing ok, but mighty slow with Win XP..will hope it is fixed with reinstall.
Nope, that didn't work either! exasperation has now set in..I actually remember the rotten password! and even the new changed one I carefully wrote down..it is just NOT being accepted!
Pretty annoying but ..firstly I blamed my memory but now think it is something else,
I cant get past log in screen, will accept log in name but not password,
I have followed the instructions...
:KS Followed the suggestions , opened diskmgmt.msc and yes could see the original C drive and the 3 partitions on the larger drive. With,yes you guesed it, 1 x unallocated 270GB.
So I have formatted...
[QUOTE=prshah;8645339]Click Start-Run and give the command
diskmgmt.msc Can you spot the second HDD?
If XP cannot see the HDD at all, then probably it may be a SATA HDD. If it is a SATA HDD, then...
Disk /dev/sda: 40.1 GB, 40060403712 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5174 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x265f265f
Device Boot Start ...
:KS
I have 2 Hard drives, the original 30GBs with Windows XP on it, My son put 2nd hard drive into pc as slave (400GB), no problems, WinXP recognised 2nd drive. This was all a way to give 'good ole...
Ok all your suggestions are noted & certainly happy to give the alternative software a go. thanks
Yep..got it in one!
As you say, I would have expected it to run fine ..from reading all the forums and seeing the specs on machines that have no issues...got me beat to be truthful.
the graphics card is what I keep...
[or perhaps invest in a new video card?
Intel Graphics card may well be the problem but the slow down is quite marked
I have no effects on at all.
but thanks for input..as a pensioner with very...
will have a look thanks!
Sadly, I will need to look for another Linux OS to use on my Hp pavilion desktop. 7.10(?) think it was that version, Ubuntu worked fine but with the progression of updates, even with taking it back...
Thanks yes, realised that, and had tried. but thanks anyway
Seems I have managed to fix it myself, regardless of lack of responses. BUT had to do it by yet ANOTHER reinstall of Hardy, after making an ISO CD...but seems ok..Still for the like of me cant work...
I posted in AB my original problem of my pc running very slow after upgrade from Hardy to Jaunty. After no real solutions worked I reinstalled Hardy from CD. BUT when it came to updates thru synaptic...
did a clean install of Hardy.and after it downloaded 633 packages..it is now giving me an error message that it cant install any updates until I remove broken packages. when I check in synaptic for...
So would final suggestion be to do a clean install and stick with Hardy?
Thanks all, you have been very kind.