System grinds to a halt after deletes

[idarke]

When I delete a large number of files (200+), thereafter the whole system runs incredibly slow. The task bar at the bottom responds normally, but any open window will take upwards of five minutes to respond to a single mouse click. The desktop never gets repainted, so ghosts of apps and windows remain behind to confuse me. Only a reboot will return the system to normal.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts? I have an E-Machine 600mhz pentium with an 80 gig drive (7 gigs free) and 256 megs of memory.

 

[satrow]

Only 7Gb free?
Do yourself a favour and cleanup some more space. Around 20-25Gb free, with a defrag, may bring a little speed back.

Andy.

 

[idarke]

OK, I'll try that. Thanks.

 

[mattjurado]

Yes, that's a huge filesystem for a Windows based computer. A defrag on ME may not finish, even in safe mode. I think you can download the trial edition of diskkeeper to get the job done.

http://www.execsoft.co.uk/home/html/home/diskeeper/diskeeper.htm

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.