Question: How is my Performance?

ilyabyk83 · 09-01-2009

Hi all. I got one big drive (465 G) split in to 2 partitions. One is 205 G – with Windows installed on it, and another 260 G – my “download” drive. After surfing the net, I scan my machine for all of the left over “Pesticides” (Web Threats). + My little brother likes to visit “Not So Good Sites” including PORN sites. I used to scan it with Ad-Aware, but now I like SUPERAntiSpyware, performs a bit faster. So it detects lots of stuff left from those sites. Otherwise it just crashes the computer in a while. Here is a shot of the amount of files on that drive that has Windows on it, and the one I sscan:

Takes about 45-50 minutes to scan it with my hardware. As I was told, your hardware doesn’t have a big part in it. What can I do to DECREASE the amount of time it takes to scan this drive?? Am I doing the right thing by scanning only drive C: with Ad-Aware to catch all of the Internet threats?? Is this good performance for the amount of files??

Crush · 09-01-2009

Hi again Ilya,

Takes about 45-50 minutes to scan it with my hardware. As I was told, your hardware doesn’t have a big part in it. What can I do to DECREASE the amount of time it takes to scan this drive??

Offload some of your files to an external hard drive. The less files there are to scan, the less time it will take.

Am I doing the right thing by scanning only drive C: with Ad-Aware to catch all of the Internet threats??

Personally, I would do a weekly FULL scan of both drives because, Malware can not only affect files you download. It may get into the System Files, etc which are on your other drive.

Is this good performance for the amount of files??

Absolutely.

ilyabyk83 · 09-01-2009

Originally Posted by Crush

Hi again Ilya,

Offload some of your files to an external hard drive. The less files there are to scan, the less time it will take.

Personally, I would do a weekly FULL scan of both drives because, Malware can not only affect files you download. It may get into the System Files, etc which are on your other drive.

Absolutely.

What files/folders can/should I move??

Arctos · 09-01-2009

Originally Posted by ilyabyk83

What files/folders can/should I move??

You have 146 files in the Recycle Bin , get rid of the MSO cache stuff you can get rid of with CCleaner for starters.

Backup your personal data files, pix, and music to dvd's, then delete the files from the drive.

This is Basic 101 stuff, plus some common sense is all you need...

ilyabyk83 · 09-01-2009

Originally Posted by Arctos

You have 146 files in the Recycle Bin , get rid of the MSO cache stuff you can get rid of with CCleaner for starters.

Backup your personal data files, pix, and music to dvd's, then delete the files from the drive.

This is Basic 101 stuff, plus some common sense is all you need...

I didn't give you a shot of my external drive, did I?? I do have everything backed up. The files are only the installation files on my C: drive. D: drive does have something, but I want to scan only C: anyway, Windows is installed there. There are not many programs installed there. Well, not that big of a size anyway.

ilyabyk83 · 09-01-2009

Originally Posted by Arctos

You have 146 files in the Recycle Bin , get rid of the MSO cache stuff you can get rid of with CCleaner for starters.

Backup your personal data files, pix, and music to dvd's, then delete the files from the drive.

This is Basic 101 stuff, plus some common sense is all you need...

Bin is EMPTY

Arctos · 09-01-2009

Originally Posted by ilyabyk83

Bin is EMPTY

Oh! well done...

09-01-2009	#1
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 726 PC Experience: Some Experience	How is my Performance? Hi all. I got one big drive (465 G) split in to 2 partitions. One is 205 G – with Windows installed on it, and another 260 G – my “download” drive. After surfing the net, I scan my machine for all of the left over “Pesticides” (Web Threats). + My little brother likes to visit “Not So Good Sites” including PORN sites. I used to scan it with Ad-Aware, but now I like SUPERAntiSpyware, performs a bit faster. So it detects lots of stuff left from those sites. Otherwise it just crashes the computer in a while. Here is a shot of the amount of files on that drive that has Windows on it, and the one I sscan: Takes about 45-50 minutes to scan it with my hardware. As I was told, your hardware doesn’t have a big part in it. What can I do to DECREASE the amount of time it takes to scan this drive?? Am I doing the right thing by scanning only drive C: with Ad-Aware to catch all of the Internet threats?? Is this good performance for the amount of files?? __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk

09-01-2009	#2
Crush Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Caldwell, New Jersey Posts: 10,661 PC Experience: Always Learning New Things	Re: How is my Performance? Hi again Ilya, Takes about 45-50 minutes to scan it with my hardware. As I was told, your hardware doesn’t have a big part in it. What can I do to DECREASE the amount of time it takes to scan this drive?? Offload some of your files to an external hard drive. The less files there are to scan, the less time it will take. Am I doing the right thing by scanning only drive C: with Ad-Aware to catch all of the Internet threats?? Personally, I would do a weekly FULL scan of both drives because, Malware can not only affect files you download. It may get into the System Files, etc which are on your other drive. Is this good performance for the amount of files?? Absolutely. __________________ Crush aka Chris [Prework][Afterwork][PCHF Rules][BSOD's][SFC][Screenshots][PC Specs][Donate] I am in fact, quite cool. My graphing calculator confirms this

09-01-2009	#3
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 726 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: How is my Performance? Originally Posted by Crush Hi again Ilya, Offload some of your files to an external hard drive. The less files there are to scan, the less time it will take. Personally, I would do a weekly FULL scan of both drives because, Malware can not only affect files you download. It may get into the System Files, etc which are on your other drive. Absolutely. What files/folders can/should I move?? __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk

09-01-2009	#4
Arctos Tech Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bundaberg, Australia Posts: 4,290 PC Experience: RTM Assoc. Dip.	Re: How is my Performance? Originally Posted by ilyabyk83 What files/folders can/should I move?? You have 146 files in the Recycle Bin , get rid of the MSO cache stuff you can get rid of with CCleaner for starters. Backup your personal data files, pix, and music to dvd's, then delete the files from the drive. This is Basic 101 stuff, plus some common sense is all you need... __________________ PCHF open 24/7 - Antiques made daily... Join the PC Help Forum WCG Team and fight cancer with us!

09-01-2009	#5
ilyabyk83 MiLO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Holland, PA, USA Posts: 726 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: How is my Performance? Originally Posted by Arctos You have 146 files in the Recycle Bin , get rid of the MSO cache stuff you can get rid of with CCleaner for starters. Backup your personal data files, pix, and music to dvd's, then delete the files from the drive. This is Basic 101 stuff, plus some common sense is all you need... I didn't give you a shot of my external drive, did I?? I do have everything backed up. The files are only the installation files on my C: drive. D: drive does have something, but I want to scan only C: anyway, Windows is installed there. There are not many programs installed there. Well, not that big of a size anyway. __________________ Best Regard Ilya Byk

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