Need Help With Emachine T1115I

Hi Tledoux,

You mean these: http://www.emachines.com/products/ ?

Have you contacted them? I would never rent a computer for $100/month since you can get a decent computer for $300 - $400 nowadays.

Mike

Hi, TIedoux,

Can you clarify what you mean by saying "reinstalled" the hard drive? I'm unclear if you mean restoring the system onto the same hard drive using the Emachine CD or if you mean physically replacing the hard drive with a different one. If you're doing a system restore with the CD the machine should come up like new and just as fast as it originally was. Until you start installing the service packs the machine should fly because it's not having to strain to keep up with new types of software.

Once your system is up and running, go to download.com and download the program named CPUZ. There are two of them, you probably don't want the 64-bit one. When you run it, it will interrogate your system and give you all kinds of information on memory, processor type, etc. that will help in ultimately diagnosing your problem.

In the meantime, since the system does function (though slowly) I doubt your processor or drive is bad. MJB's probably right about the memory, assuming that it is in fact 128MB. Just a guess, but I suspect the system is somewhat out of date and can't keep up with Microsoft's patches and updates. Even the best, fastest, most expen$ive machine available today will someday be in somebody's closet collecting dust, that's just the nature of computers. The only way to keep up is to replace the system every so often, painful though that process may be.

Logan

As others mentioned, it's not a processor or hard drive problem. It's a memory (ram) problem, somewhat aggravated by the Celeron processor. That machine is a dog by more contemporary standards.

Buy more memory (if you can find any for that machine), or, better yet, take the money you would spend on the memory and invest it in a newer used machine. Then give that machine to someone who recycles worthless computer hardware.

Oh, and don't buy anymore Celerons. They are intentionally crippled cpu's aimed at people who strictly buy on price point.

Hooker

In my opinion, it sounds like it is infected with Malware, Spyware, or both. Alternatively, you may have a large amount of unnecessary files. Use Defender Pro Malware remover and/or run Disk Cleanup to get rid of the unnecessary files. Disk Defragmenter also makes the Hard Drive run faster.

Thank you all for your responces. all this computer will upgrade to in memory is 512mb. So I am just going to buy a new one as soon as i can save up the money Thanks again.