oniondip Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hello friends, I have two Inspiron 3000s that I bought for my sons at the end of '16. 500GB, 4GB RAM. The performance has been brutally slow since day one. Browsers and other programs take 20 seconds just to open. Updates take HOURS. While on warrantee we tried many things will Dell Support with no avail. I cannot run tests here because I can not log in with an email address. Says it's not in database, though my profile says it is. Only the forums allow you to log on with user name.. Anyone want to help me tackle this... it's a last gasp before we move on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 You're able to run the OverDrive test anonymously from the bottom of the page. http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/default_ie.asp The above is a small snippet of a screen shot and blends in to the forum background, it's not the actual link. I pasted that up top. Edit:Be sure to copy/paste the link here after the test, but before you close Internet Explorer out as you'll not be able to get the test ink back afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) Brutal process. Continually says No Session in Progress at the end. Most I can give you is PC 7.2/ SOFTWARE 5.0/ MALWARE 2.0/ PERFORMANCE 52.6 *** Same after creating a brand new account Edited May 29, 2019 by oniondip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Sorry for the problems, I'm in contact with our developers and will update as I get info. Thanks for your patience. Tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 Now the results are shown. All checkmarks except "change internet receiver buffer" and a 1323 result on Defragment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Can you post a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?conid=26060110&report=Summary Edited May 30, 2019 by oniondip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsy Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Looking at the report that unit should not be slow! OK the i3 isn't the fastest cpu but paired with enough memory it should be fine. Have you run 'memtest' https://www.memtest86.com/ (better than running memtest from the cmd line) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That's about the expected performance out of a U series processor. They're the low power variant that gets used in NUC,Laptops and other SFF pcs. The part that's makin it feel slow I'm confident is the reg hdd, an ssd would change the overall feel considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 remember, this computer has barely been used! can you suggest how to solve the hdd/ssd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I don't know if solve is the right way to put it, but you can clone/image the drive that's in the machine to and SSD and swap them out. The pc will be none the wiser and will considerably more responsive. For clarification, what is slow when you use the machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Opening programs, say a browser, takes a minimum of 10 seconds. Updates take hours. Spinning blue thingy on almost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That's likely access time from the hdd. An ssd would solve most of the concerns you present. I won't own a pc without an ssd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Great. Should I already know how to clone a drive and SSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Thanks. Though I have no clue how to do the swapping and SSD stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 It's all plug and play. Once the clone has completed, shut the pc down, take the cover off, locate the hdd and swap the ssd in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 I'm sorry. I'm not sure how to clone. After that I can locate hdd and swap ssd (after I look up what those things actually are!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 HDD=hard disk drive SSD=solid state disk drive hdd has spinning platters and moving armatures, ssd is just a bunch of solid sate chips that store the bits and such. Cloning can be done via freeware(Macrium Reflect is one) or paid software(Acronis True Image Home is one such paid). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Thanks! I'll give it a whirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Finally gave it the "whirl." Bought a Samsung 860EVO and a drive enclosure. Pretty much broke three pieces on the inside opening the Dell up. Anyway, are you willing to walk me through the process? Take out old drive and put it in enclosure? Connect to PC through port? Then what? I am old and not good at this. I'm going to use Macrium to clone. Happy New Year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 You'll need to put the new one in the enclosure to clone, then swap them out when it's complete. Tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 It does not read the enclosure in Macrium (no disks are available). It's clearly plugged in to port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 You'll have to go into disk management and initialize the drive, format and create a simple volume for it to be "seen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oniondip Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) It read the drive (E) after putting it in the other usb slot(?!). Macrium asked me to "build" to make a bootable disk and I did. After that the cloning took 3.5 hours (it said "successful") Swapped it out annnnnd... got nothing. (no bootable devices found. cause could be corrupt OS image or a boot device is not enabled in BIOS setup) . there are no boot items in the BIOS. All I can think of is a just cloned the C Drive but didn't copy the partitions. Edited December 28, 2019 by oniondip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx Redneck Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I haven't used Macrium in years, but I know it works. Look over this post from the forums at Macrium and see if it helps. https://forum.macrium.com/Topic2881.aspx Tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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