Clean install, way too slow.

[Morichalion]

A clean install seems to take hours, the first of which is just getting the software to load up.

Once it DOES finally finish installing, windows runs slow, very slow. Applications take two minutes to load. Once explorer loads, it takes two minutes to switch tabs.

Installing firefox takes forever, and IT runs slow.

Getting Ubuntu 9.10 loaded and working took 25 minutes. Works liquid smooth.

windows 7 home premium.

I'm running:

9850 AMD quad-core processer.
Biostar tf560 a2+ motherboard.
4 GB ram. Not sure on the vendor.
9800 gt video card. not sure on the vendor.

 

[Darryl Licht]

A clean install seems to take hours, the first of which is just getting the software to load up.

Once it DOES finally finish installing, windows runs slow, very slow. Applications take two minutes to load. Once explorer loads, it takes two minutes to switch tabs.

Installing firefox takes forever, and IT runs slow.

Getting Ubuntu 9.10 loaded and working took 25 minutes. Works liquid smooth.

windows 7 home premium.

I'm running:

9850 AMD quad-core processer.
Biostar tf560 a2+ motherboard.
4 GB ram. Not sure on the vendor.
9800 gt video card. not sure on the vendor.

Welcome to the forums Morichalion!

That's a nice rig... shouldn't take more than an hour. What HDD do you have (size, model, etc), and if SATA... how do you have SATA setup on BIOS?

Please complete your system specs in CP when you get a chance.

 

[FZ21Z]

From start to finish clean installing Windows 7 shouldn't be much more than 50 minutes, if that, are you sure you've not upgraded?

 

[Darryl Licht]

From start to finish clean installing Windows 7 shouldn't be much more than 50 minutes, if that, are you sure you've not upgraded?

True, but the bigger the HDD, the longer the format time! OP may have 3TB!!! LOL!

 

[Morichalion]

Western digital WD50000AAKS-7
500 GB. SATA.

I only have the one hard disk, and am just running with the default settings for SATA. Is there something specific I should be looking for?

 

[Morichalion]

And I was attempting a clean install. The first time I ran it, I deleted all the partitions on the drive, and set up a ~1000 meg partition for windows, since I was planning on dual-booting with Ubuntu.

 

[Darryl Licht]

And I was attempting a clean install. The first time I ran it, I deleted all the partitions on the drive, and set up a ~1000 meg partition for windows, since I was planning on dual-booting with Ubuntu.

Depending on who you ask, most people suggest a partition size of 20-30GB for Win7!

Your 1000MB partition is waaaaay to small! Remember 1000MB = 1GB approx! So you want a 20000-30000MB partition... This may be your whole issue!

 

[wallyinnc]

I am surprised it even installed in 1G. Maybe it is 10G, which is still too little
Can you post a picture of your disk management screen, Morichalion?

 

[Morichalion]

Typo, 100 gig. sorry 'bout that, folks. I'mmma kinda stupid today, missed the last coupla zeroes. I'll post the disk management screen as soon as I can get one. see ya in a bit.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Typo, 100 gig. sorry 'bout that, folks. I'mmma kinda stupid today, missed the last coupla zeroes. I'll post the disk management screen as soon as I can get one. see ya in a bit.

So not 1,000MB, 100GB = 100,000 MB <--roughly!

 

[Morichalion]

Here's the screenshot snippet. It took a long time to get, 'cause windows is running too slow. ><

Actually, it occurs to me that it might've taken a long time to install because I did it with a DVD, I've had minor issues with this dvd drive a good while back. It still doesn't explain why the OS runs like cold molasses even after it's installed, though.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Here's the screenshot snippet. It took a long time to get, 'cause windows is running too slow. ><

Actually, it occurs to me that it might've taken a long time to install because I did it with a DVD, I've had minor issues with this dvd drive a good while back. It still doesn't explain why the OS runs like cold molasses even after it's installed, though.

Try a screenie of Disk Management... just right click on Computer and choose Manage...

 

[karlsnooks]

A clean install seems to take hours, the first of which is just getting the software to load up.

Once it DOES finally finish installing, windows runs slow, very slow. Applications take two minutes to load. Once explorer loads, it takes two minutes to switch tabs.

Installing firefox takes forever, and IT runs slow.

Getting Ubuntu 9.10 loaded and working took 25 minutes. Works liquid smooth.

windows 7 home premium.

I'm running:

9850 AMD quad-core processer.
Biostar tf560 a2+ motherboard.
4 GB ram. Not sure on the vendor.
9800 gt video card. not sure on the vendor.

START | type MSCONFIG | Enter key |
StartUp tab

Now uncheck everything except microsoft stuff and stuff from your hardware supplier.

Apply button Ok button REBOOT! your computer

Problem gone?

 

[Morichalion]

Ack, sorry daryll, I should've asked what you meant. I've proven myself to be a complete idiot today.

Karl, I'll try that next. It takes a while to log in, do something, then close windows in its current state. Drivin' me nutzbatty.

Thanks y'all for being patient with me today.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Ack, sorry daryll, I should've asked what you meant. I've proven myself to be a complete idiot today.

Karl, I'll try that next. It takes a while to log in, do something, then close windows in its current state. Drivin' me nutzbatty.

Thanks y'all for being patient with me today.

Looks fine here! er there!!!

 

[Morichalion]

Didn't work, Karl. Still running super-duper slow.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Is it still doing updates?

 

[logicearth]

Did you install drivers yet? Maybe you should...Don't know...
This is not normal behavior, I would assume based on my own computer specs.

 

[Darryl Licht]

Did you install drivers yet? Maybe you should...Don't know...
This is not normal behavior, I would assume based on my own computer specs.

Great point... your chipset drivers not being installed could affect this...

Since its a Dell you can search your service tag # (its on a sticker on the side or bottom or you can view in BIOS)
Here: Dell - Drivers and Downloads

 

[Morichalion]

Did you install drivers yet? Maybe you should...Don't know...
This is not normal behavior, I would assume based on my own computer specs.

Great point... your chipset drivers not being installed could affect this...

Since its a Dell you can search your service tag # (its on a sticker on the side or bottom or you can view in BIOS)
Here: Dell - Drivers and Downloads

Custom machine, biostar tf560 a+ mobo. Not a dell.

Problem solved, anyway. I started over from scratch. I figured if it failed, I'd just stumble to the corner, shoot up some caffeine, and cry.

As it happened, installing it took just under 30 minutes this time. Seems to work smoothly.

Almost eerie...

Anyway, thanks everyone for the help!