Thinking of changing OS

[Silicate Wielder]

Hey guys, I've been having issues with my laptop that involves windows Maxing out my hard drive and making everything really slow, so I'm thinking of switching to Kubuntu or another linux OS that uses Unity. I know of several games that can run natively in linux and I can install the Wine Windows layer for everything else,

but I want to know your opinions, right now im running windows 8 (Works great on other devices, but it likes to max out the hard drive on my laptop hdd which I suspect is the result of a virus.

What do you guys think? know of a better linux OS to use?

[fordgtguy]

if your laptops running slow go buy a 1tb external flash drive transfer all your files from your hdd and clean your pc up and it will be quick again. I gotta do this soon aswell

[Silicate Wielder]

if your laptops running slow go buy a 1tb external flash drive transfer all your files from your hdd and clean your pc up and it will be quick again. I gotta do this soon aswell

I'm sorry but I dont have that kind of money.

actually I've just cleaned out my hard drive yesterday *over 40GB of disk space* because of this, but it didn't help at all. I checked my system processes and I have 2 processes that tend to use up my hard drive's full bandwidth. so that is why I am assuming this is a virus and not disk space problems.

Also, I usually set my download location to a well secured spot and then keep the folder path in mind. so with a external HDD manually relocating files can be elliminated.

There is also the advantage of not having to defrag the hard drive to keep it running smoothly in linux, it's alot faster and the experience isn't as hassle filled.

[fordgtguy]

I'm sorry but I dont have that kind of money.

actually I've just cleaned out my hard drive yesterday *over 40GB of disk space* because of this, but it didn't help at all. I checked my system processes and I have 2 processes that tend to use up my hard drive's full bandwidth. so that is why I am assuming this is a virus and not disk space problems.

Also, I usually set my download location to a well secured spot and then keep the folder path in mind. so with a external HDD manually relocating files can be elliminated.

There is also the advantage of not having to defrag the hard drive to keep it running smoothly in linux, it's alot faster and the experience isn't as hassle filled.

An 1tb external hard drive is like 50 bucks if you think you have a virus install superantispyware and malwarebytes and check to see if you have any virusus

[Tenoka]

Stallman-Senpai says to install Gentoo. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Richard_Stallman_by_Anders_Brenna_01.jpg

[johndoe1112]

i think that you should go with it

[Silicate Wielder]

I went with it and after many issues with not booting I've gotten it to boot from the CD properly so I can install to the hard drive.

[Typhlosion]

Before changing OS, re-install Windows completely. If you're having a hassle with HDD space and access, see if the problems persist. Replace files lost formatting.

Save some HDD space and make a third primary partition (MBR, Win, Linux) for the Linux OS. Install Linux and interchangeably use and compare the two OS's. Use GRUB for managing which OS to boot.

Another note: do remember that Wine does not support all Windows files, many games and more complex programs have very windows-specific dependencies that cannot be emulated during wine.

[Silicate Wielder]

I managed to figure out what the issue was before attempting to boot from CD

apparently kubuntu cannot be migrated to my computer from another like normal.It has to be installed directly in order to boot up, so after messing around trying to access the CD without any working display I got it to run. :)

and yes I know wine isn't the solution to everything but for older games it should get the job done.

[TheMatrix]

Whether you have windows or anything else, in your situation you'll probably still be using up most of the space. The operating system uses only a set, (relatively) small amount of space. Everything else is your personal stuff.

Linux can get viruses, no matter what anybody says. It is more difficult, but not impossible; however it is much easier if you run things from dubious sources as root, because then all hope is lost.

[Silicate Wielder]

I am aware linux can get viruses aswell but windows was being a pain in my ass considering i have no monitor built into my laptop atm (I removed the entire monitor panel) I was unable to do upgrades because of it not allowing external monitor usage and whatnot.

[Gopher]

Ok im confused here, you seem to be trying to fix a problem by going to the furthest extent possible. Is it your hard drive which is being used up or your CPU? because unless your pulling MASSIVE amounts of data off of your HDD at one time it shouldnt be slowing down your computer, i think your problem is that PROCESS is using up your CPU. I can help with this, my question is what are you specs on your laptop? What is the nbame of the process's slowing down your laptop? and what do you usually run in terms of programs at one time (Steam, Chrome, etc)?

[Silicate Wielder]

i've already switched to kubuntu, could a mod please lock this thread?

[TheMatrix]

Very well.
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