Weird computer issue

[kendallt]

A few days ago, my computer started doing this odd thing, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and has any advice. When I try to create a new folder, both on my hard drive or my EHD, it takes forevvverrrr. I right click and hit "New Folder," and then I get the "spinny circle" for what seems like an eternity before the folder actually appears. Then, when I try to rename it, the same thing happens. It's also taking an abnormally long time to copy and paste files into said new folders. It's more of a nuisance than a real problem, I guess, but I'd love to know if there's a way to keep this from happening.

[taracotta7]

I am no computer guru but what I would do is restart it. If that doesn't fix it then I would check what space is left on your computer. Maybe it is time for a clean out to allow more space for processing?????? Again, I know NOTHING about computers so take that with a grain of salt. LOL Sorry you computer is being a PITA.

[Arual]

What OS are you using? Windows? Mac?

[kendallt]

Originally Posted by Arual

What OS are you using? Windows? Mac?

Windows on a PC.

[mrshobbes]

Yup, mine gets that way so I take it as a sign to start deleting stuff (move any recent downloads to my EHD), running Clean Up! on it to get rid of temp files, etc, and maybe even de-fragging. But then, the laptop I'm on is like five years old

[Freckles]

If restarting doesn't help and you have enough space left on your HD, it could be a RAM problem. I recently had some similar problems and i was able to fix it by removing some unneccesary programs from the startup menu. In Windows, a lot of programs auto-start when you start up your pc. If you don't use these programs at least several times a day, it's not necessary to have them start up with your pc, because this slows down your computer tremendously!
Here's how you can do this in Vista:
http://www.lytebyte.com/2008/06/11/r...windows-vista/

[sprauncey1]

Also check what programs are running in the background, and how much memory they are using. Sometimes there is something running that doesn't need to be or a virus scan is running and it slows things down.

[MamaBee]

Have you defragged recently? I'd try that and also doing a cleaning of unneeded files using a program like ccleaner.

I have that problem when my hard drive is getting too full... according to a tech guy that worked on my computer when I was having fan issues, the computer needs at least 10% free hard drive space to be able to swap files around.

[YepBrook]

It's possible you may have to de-frag, unless you have Windows 7 (it de-frags automatically). I asked my DH and he said you likely have a virus. Or a trojan running in the background. Do you have a recent version of Avast! Antivirus? Perhaps you need to run a new virus check.

[glumirk]

also, have you dusted out your computer recently? When mine gets dusty it starts running slower to prevent over-heating.

[britaneejean]

Originally Posted by MamaBee

Have you defragged recently? I'd try that and also doing a cleaning of unneeded files using a program like ccleaner.

that was my first thought too...defrag & then run ccleaner.

[liriel]

My IT husband says it is most likely a fragmented/full hard drive. You should delete some things if you can and then run a full defrag of your drive. Let me know if that helps, if not PM me and he might be able to help you further.

[maryinaz]

This kind of thing started happening on my computer when the folder I was working with was just too big. So...like everyone else has said, you probably need to delete some stuff on your EHD.