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Windows 7 32 Bit Bogging Down After Multiple HDD Install
First and foremost, let me apologize in advance as this thread may have already been posted millions of times before. I have a Dell Dimension XPS GEN 4 with a recently installed copy of Windows 7 32 Bit. My PC has a 3.2 P4 HT CPU and 3 GB of RAM. Just a couple days ago, I decided to install three new 750GB SATA internal HDDs onto my computer to maximize the amount of disk storage. With that being said, Windows has been running very slow after the HDD install (average boot time around 5 mins.) and CPU usage is almost at critical mass. This was never an issue before I decided to ramp up the amount of disk storage. Please also be advised, I keep my installed programs to a minimum, and probably the hardest working program I have at this time on my PC is Office. I am curious, could I have possibly overloaded my CPU and given it a much heavier workload by installing multiple HDDs? Can anyone possibly tell me how to either speed up or decrease the workload of my CPU? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by hellooomcfly; 02 Feb 2012 at 08:03.