Acer laptop problems - hard drive full?

RedBern

Hi,

after having lots of problems with my acer running slowly, and a lot of 'program not responding' I decided the only real solution was to take it back to factory settings and start again.

There's a C and D drive - so all my files are on the D drive - so I'm was quite happy to lose whatever got deleted from C. I followed guide which said Alt F10 and then system restore etc. However, on starting the laptop up again, there's still over 27mb of 'stuff' on the C drive - out of a total of 32mb? This can't be right?

Thanks for your help in advance.

TheGaryHawkins

Hi Bern,

First up I assume you mean there's 27GB not 27MB (GB being x1000 MB)
Secondly, a system restore only roles back changes, it doesn't delete/wipe/format your hard drive so it is not the same as a factory restore or starting again.

If you have the original OS installation disc then pop it in, reboot, and follow the instructions. One of the options will be to format the hard drive, this is what deletes all of the information and lets you start again with a clean state. !Warning! a mistake with these format options may lead to you wiping both the C and D drives and merging them into one larger drive (or more accurately, one larger partition).

Hope this helps )
Gary

Enterprise_1701C

Would suggest getting an external hard drive and putting all the files you can onto it first - everything you cannot do without. You could get a 320GB external hard drive for very little these days, back up everything from both of your hard drives onto it, and you have a computer you can start over with, do a factory restore or anything you want. At least with everything backed up you do not need to worry about any accidental deletions.

My guess is it is a fairly old laptop with hard drive of that size, it used to be considered normal to partition a hard drive that was over XGB! It is not necessary so would not suggest partitioning again (assuming it is partitioned and not two drives!).

I doubt if System Restore would go back far enough to take it back to factory settings, it would probably be easier if you have the original disks.

Just came on here to say back up first really, must stop wittering on!

RedBern

thanks both. I've found 3 x recovery CDs numbered 1 2 and 3 (helpfully) however we have 2 x acer laptops! Is there any way of checking which laptop it relates to??

macman

Your laptop does not have 2 hard drives, it has one physical drive which is partitioned into C and D. Doing a Factory Restore will normally wipe everything back to the way it came out of the factory (i.e. you will lose all your data). So check the manual before you do a Factory Restore-it's entirely different to a System Restore. Or back up anyway.

RedBern

macman wrote: »

Your laptop does not have 2 hard drives, it has one physical drive which is partitioned into C and D. Doing a Factory Restore will normally wipe everything back to the way it came out of the factory (i.e. you will lose all your data). So check the manual before you do a Factory Restore-it's entirely different to a System Restore. Or back up anyway.

Thanks. I understand there's only 1physical drive split into 2, but I'm thinking that is how it was when we first got it, so to do factory restore I'll still have c and d drive?

macman

You'll still have a partitioned drive, yes, but will it preserve your data on the D partition? Check the manual first.

closed

Did you factory restore, or system restore?

If the former, was it apparent that it worked, ie looked like it was at purchase.

Have a look where the space is going in explorer or using windirstat

Which operating system?

If you want advice on speed, post a hijackthis log, and if XP, your commit charge and physical memory total which can be found in task manager, performance

RedBern

Ok I did the system restore with 3 x discs. Of 32.5 gb on c drive, there's only 8.39 gb free. I'm running windows vista.

On windirstat:
Windows 4.9g b
Program files 3.5 gb
Files. Page file.sys. 1.3 gb
Hiberfil.sys 1013.9 gb
Bootmgr 325.4 kb

And then various smaller ones. In the bottom right corner of windirstat it says ram usage 44.1 MB

It's still running slow

closed

The term system restore means something different to factory restore/system recovery/erecovery. Those figures don't add up to 24MB. Did it look like it was at purchase afterwards?

post a hijackthis log.

RedBern

thanks 'closed'! hijack this log below. Laptop is still running a bit slow,and at the moment I've got it plugged in to hub as I've lost the wireless connection - not sure how to get it back. How can I find out what driver I've got for network? Acer shows lots of new drivers.....

anyway:- first things first: log below.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 22:30:03, on 09/06/2011
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.19019)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\SysMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\Framework.Launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\eDataSecurity\x86\eDSLoader.exe
C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe
C:\Windows\System32\igfxtray.exe
C:\Windows\System32\hkcmd.exe
C:\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
C:\Users\Bern\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtMnt.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Windows\notepad.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0809&s=2&o=vp32&d=0611&m=aspire_5315
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0809&s=2&o=vp32&d=0611&m=aspire_5315
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0809&s=2&o=vp32&d=0611&m=aspire_5315
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0809&s=2&o=vp32&d=0611&m=aspire_5315
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL
O2 - BHO: ShowBarObj Class - {83A2F9B1-01A2-4AA5-87D1-45B6B8505E96} - C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\eDataSecurity\x86\ActiveToolBand.dll
O2 - BHO: Partner BHO Class - {83FF80F4-8C74-4b80-B5BA-C8DDD434E5C4} - C:\ProgramData\Partner\partner.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.7.6406.1642\swg.dll
O2 - BHO: URLRedirectionBHO - {B4F3A835-0E21-4959-BA22-42B3008E02FF} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office14\URLREDIR.DLL
O3 - Toolbar: Acer eDataSecurity Management - {5CBE3B7C-1E47-477e-A7DD-396DB0476E29} - C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\eDataSecurity\x86\eDStoolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acer Empowering Technology Monitor] C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\SysMonitor.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EmpoweringTechnology] C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\Framework.Launcher.exe boot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Google Desktop Search] "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe" /startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [eDataSecurity Loader] C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\eDataSecurity\x86\eDSloader.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PCMMediaSharing] C:\Program Files\Acer Arcade Live\Acer HomeMedia Connect\Kernel\DMS\PCMMediaSharing.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Skytel] Skytel.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Setresolution] C:\ACER\config\1366x768.cmd
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MontiorGeo] c:\Acer\MonitorGeo.cmd
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avgnt] "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe" /min
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BCSSync] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\BCSSync.exe" /DelayServices
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ProductReg] "C:\Program Files\Acer\WR_PopUp\ProductReg.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] "C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Google Sidewiki... - res://C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\Component\GoogleToolbarDynamic_mui_en_6CE5017F567343CA.dll/cmsidewiki.html
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Se&nd to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: OneNote Lin&ked Notes - {789FE86F-6FC4-46A1-9849-EDE0DB0C95CA} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIELinkedNotes.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: OneNote Lin&ked Notes - {789FE86F-6FC4-46A1-9849-EDE0DB0C95CA} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIELinkedNotes.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nvlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nvlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nvlsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nvlsp.dll
O18 - Filter hijack: text/xml - {807573E5-5146-11D5-A672-00B0D022E945} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\MSOXMLMF.DLL
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\PROGRA~1\Google\GOOGLE~1\GOEC62~1.DLL
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\Windows\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Acer HomeMedia Connect Service - CyberLink - C:\Program Files\Acer Arcade Live\Acer HomeMedia Connect\Kernel\DMS\CLMSServer.exe
O23 - Service: Avira AntiVir Scheduler (AntiVirSchedulerService) - Avira GmbH - C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\sched.exe
O23 - Service: Avira AntiVir Guard (AntiVirService) - Avira GmbH - C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avguard.exe
O23 - Service: eDataSecurity Service - Egis Incorporated - C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\eDataSecurity\x86\eDSService.exe
O23 - Service: Empowering Technology Service (ETService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Acer\Empowering Technology\Service\ETService.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare Intelligent Application Manager (IAM) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\bin32\nSvcAppFlt.exe
O23 - Service: Google Desktop Manager 5.9.1005.12335 (GoogleDesktopManager-051210-111108) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare IP service (nSvcIp) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\bin32\nSvcIp.exe
O23 - Service: NTI Backup Now 5 Backup Service (NTIBackupSvc) - NewTech InfoSystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\NewTech Infosystems\NTI Backup Now 5\BackupSvc.exe
O23 - Service: NTI Backup Now 5 Scheduler Service (NTISchedulerSvc) - NewTech Infosystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\NewTech Infosystems\NTI Backup Now 5\SchedulerSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Partner Service - Google Inc. - C:\ProgramData\Partner\partner.exe
O23 - Service: Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS) (RichVideo) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\CyberLink\Shared Files\RichVideo.exe

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