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I have noticed that when playing music my computer keeps skipping the music like its to busy to handle the music (it happens in all media players). Then I get system lag were it takes ages to open a file or program.

I have tried:

• Scanning for adware, scanning for viruses.
  
• Defragmenting  (stops at 1% and won’t move on) (running in safe mode).
  
• Clearing out temp Internet files other things like disk cleanup.

Does anyone else no any other Defragmenter that would work instead of the windows one or no what could be causing this?

Thanks for any help.

Chris100

The Windows defragger requires at least 15-20% free disk space IIRC. I think Norton has one that can work with less, but other than that, I don't know.

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Originally posted by raceprouk

The Windows defragger requires at least 15-20%

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my disk space has 20.6 gb out of 40gb left is that to little?

Let's see... 20% of 40GB is 8GB... you have 20.6GB free...

Could it be to anything to do with your Sound Card?
Try getting the latest updates for it.

What OS are you running in which specs?

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Originally posted by johny
What OS are you running in which specs?

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Windows xp sp2

Desktop:
Intel® Celeron® 2.7 GHz
504 MB DDR RAM - PC2100
Intel® D845GVSR "Sea Breeze"
40 GB Western Digital® WD400-EB
Lite-On® LTC-48161H DVD\CDRW combination
Floppy disk drive
Realtek AC'97 audio
Packhard bell speakers and sub
Conexant PCI HSPi V.92 (MA560C1/A3)
Intel® Pro/100 VE ethernet
Nvidia Geforce Fx 5200 128mb ddr

I've got Nvidea Geforce and i've had problems with it. But when I updated it, it seemed to be ok. So maby you should...?

ok, Firefox keeps crashing when loading websites and the lag and skipping music is still happing I have posted a screenshot of the performace tab in task manger could someone tell me if everything looks ok?

thanks

You seem to have notihng wrong with your CPU I/O, and your PF usage is normal for the amount of RAM you have. You may have a process that is using large amounts of Memory when you play music, and try uninstaling firefox and play your music to see how your going, it could be that as it is corrupt. Norton System works 2005 is useful utility program, contain defrag and clean up, as well as disk doctor. Try to play music in safe mode if possible, jsut to see it is a process that is running on your computer doing it. If you need any more help pelase do not hesitate to ask me for furthur help. Goodluck and hope this helps you.