Really Slow Dell Dimension 8200 XP P4..Help

[patz1991]

Hi All

I just acquired at Dell Dimension 8200 XP (2.0 Ghz, 256 RAM) from a friend who said it was broken. Turned it on noticed a clunking from his hard drive and the machine not booting up at all. Figured his drive was dead and I purchased a new one. First configured the drive for 98SE and then loaded 98SE. PC seemed slow so I then loaded XP on it. Took over a day to load XP. Computer now painfully slow. Takes about 15 minutes to boot up. Any ideas?

[reezin14]

Hi All I just acquired at Dell Dimension 8200 XP (2.0 Ghz, 256 RAM) from a friend who said it was broken. Turned it on noticed a clunking from his hard drive and the machine not booting up at all. Figured his drive was dead and I purchased a new one. First configured the drive for 98SE and then loaded 98SE. PC seemed slow so I then loaded XP on it. Took over a day to load XP. Computer now painfully slow. Takes about 15 minutes to boot up. Any ideas?

Try replacing the HDD.

[patz1991]

Try replacing the HDD.

That was the first thing I did. HDD is brand new. Still really slow. Thanks.

[kenjutsuka]

What kind of RAM is installed in it? If it's running PC100 that's definitely gonna hurt speed. Look at upgrading the RAM. Another thing could be the temps, see if it's running hot.