carbonite restore slowed the system

I purchased a new HP laptop using Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 3 gig
RAM, and it ran very well at first. However, when I restored the files
on my previous laptop's hard drive from Carbonite, the system slowed
considerably, and the hard drive is running almost continuously. Under
c:/users there are four designations: Administrator, Default, my name,
and Public, even though I am the only person designated on the computer
and I am the administrator. I am wondering if the cross listing is
causing the problem (since the one under my name was placed on the
computer during the Carbonite restore); if so, how can I fix it, and if
not, what else might be causing this? Thanks in advance...


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chajin

chajin wrote:
> I purchased a new HP laptop using Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 3 gig
> RAM, and it ran very well at first. However, when I restored the files
> on my previous laptop's hard drive from Carbonite, the system slowed
> considerably, and the hard drive is running almost continuously. Under
> c:/users there are four designations: Administrator, Default, my name,
> and Public, even though I am the only person designated on the computer
> and I am the administrator. I am wondering if the cross listing is
> causing the problem (since the one under my name was placed on the
> computer during the Carbonite restore); if so, how can I fix it, and if
> not, what else might be causing this? Thanks in advance...
>
>

Either turn off indexing and defrag or let it finish. That's what is
running in the back ground and slowing your machine I'd bet.

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"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101

Depends what files you restored; you should only have restored data files
You should not use the Administrator Account as the default, but create your
own user account for use as default.

I dont use Carbonite but I would have thought there was an option to restore
data files to a new location, in keeping with your current system setup


"chajin" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I purchased a new HP laptop using Vista Home Premium 32-bit with 3 gig
> RAM, and it ran very well at first. However, when I restored the files
> on my previous laptop's hard drive from Carbonite, the system slowed
> considerably, and the hard drive is running almost continuously. Under
> c:/users there are four designations: Administrator, Default, my name,
> and Public, even though I am the only person designated on the computer
> and I am the administrator. I am wondering if the cross listing is
> causing the problem (since the one under my name was placed on the
> computer during the Carbonite restore); if so, how can I fix it, and if
> not, what else might be causing this? Thanks in advance...
>
>
> --
> chajin