How will I know if the computer is already overloaded?

I have an Intel Celeron with 80GB hard drive, 512 RAM, 256 video card, and Windows XP operating system. I would like to ask how will I know if my computer is already overloaded. Sometimes, when I used it by just surfing in the Internet, it moved very fast but when I was already playing, I noticed that it ran slowly and  "LAG" or it paused  for a second.

Is it overloaded already or not? Is there a way to know if it is just really a  lag? Please help.

How can I partition the hard drive?

I'm using an Intel Celeron computer, with an 80 GB Samsung Hard drive and Windows XP operating system. I reformatted it and decided to partition my hard drive to be able to separate some important files that I want to store in my computer. But the problem is, I don't know how to partition a hard drive. I just know how to reformat it but I don't know much about the partitioning. I tried it but there's a problem. It loads very slowly and I always have to restart it because of that.

What should I do? How can I partition the hard drive?

This thing is always bothering me whenever I use the computer!

Drive C: and drive D: are my current drive file holder. All the files are saved there. I deleted some files due to the amount of data stored in my drivers. The computer always warned me about 'Low disk place" icon on the system tray;

Hi guys,

I need some help from you who have wide knowledge in computer troubleshooting.  Last week, I ran the disk de-fragmenter utility of my PC to reorganize the noncontiguous files that I have in my hard drives. While it was running, I received the check disk error and it instructed me to run chkdsk/f.

When I initiated the disk check in the command prompt, it informed me that the hard drive which my laptop is using was used by another volume. I repeated the steps carefully but the de-fragmenter kept on showing me the same error.

Please give me any recommendation on how to solve this problem and it will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

I had just installed the Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) into my laptop to increase the performance of my hard disks as suggested by my uncle. The RAID’s installation was actually successful but 2 minutes after the successful installation, my laptop worn-out in the RAID configuration with a black message saying

Windows cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>system32Hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file.

I am using Windows XP Home Edition  and it keeps telling me that my Drive C has ran out of space. When I checked on the properties, I still have a lot of free spaces available. But I still did a lot of troubleshooting to fix the issue. I run the Antivirus and found 0 error. I cleaned the disk space, defragment, and deleted some files and data but these did not change anything.

Hi Everyone,

I am using a Windows Vista Machine but one of my local drives is not working. My issue is that I cannot automatically open that specific hard drive when i double clicked it. Believe me, I have checked the configuration of my mouse and the set up is correct. The problem is not  with my mouse because I can open my other local drives using it without experiencing the same problem. My brother checked this and also, my HDD is updated.

I don’t see any other issues with it. The other local drive is just a division of the other one which is working fine. To open the drive, I have to right click and choose explore. I want my local drive to work properly.

How does pressing "R" help my computer without replacing my hard disk? I tried to replace the OS of my Intel Celeron computer from Windows XP service pack 2 into Windows Crystal XP 2007. I thought it was successful but it was not .

And now, I cannot return it to the 1st Windows XP so, it always reboots.

It shows an error message NTLDR missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart. I tried reinstalling and repairing the operating system but it says "press 'R'" and then it always goes to the recovery disk.

What's the problem with this?

I bought a new PC for my son a week ago. Everything was running very great until last night when my son opened it to do some research, the following error messages appeared on the screen telling:

“Windows detected a hard disk problem. Back up your files immediately to prevent information loss and then contact the computer manufacturer to determine if you need to repair or replace the disk. ”

I understood and realized that the problem is in the hard disk as described by the error code but I’m just wondering why it happened as early as this time considering that the PC was newly purchased. The hard disk model is: Seagate ST3200827AS ATA device.

I have an I-Omega external hard drive which I frequently used on my desktop and laptop. It started giving me trouble with a warning of running a slow performance as my USB ports are not up to the mark.

The worst thing is, before my system can detect all other external devices and suddenly, they stopped detecting my external hard drive. My external hard drive is also not showing up in “My Computer” and gives me an error – Disk is not formatted and if you want to format now?

I did not dare to click yes because I have many important data and presentations which I cannot afford to lose. So, when I clicked “NO”, I got a message stating cannot read the drive.

I hope you could help me with this problem.