Lenovo ThinkStation E32 - Performance and Lockup Problems

–AllexternalSCSIoptionsareturnedon.ExternalSCSIoptionsmustbeturnedonbeforethecomputer
isturnedon.Formoreinformation,seeyourSCSIdocumentation.
•Verifythattheoptionandanyrequireddevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter12“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage135.
Performanceandlockupproblems
Poorperformanceandlockupproblemscanbearesultofanyofthefollowing:
•“Insufcientfreeharddiskdrivespace”onpage130
•“Excessivenumberoffragmentedles”onpage131
•“Insufcientmemory”onpage131
Makeaselectionfromtheabovelisttondoutmoreaboutthecorrectiveactionsyoucantake.
Insufcientfreeharddiskdrivespace
Symptom:Insufcientfreeharddiskdrivespace
TheWindowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrorsiftheharddiskdrivegetstoofull.
TochecktheamountoffreespaceontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙Computer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.Theamountoffreediskspaceisdisplayed.
TochecktheamountoffreespaceontheWindows8operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpentheWindowsExplorerandclickComputer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.Theamountoffreediskspaceisdisplayed.
Tofreeupdiskspace,doanyofthefollowing:
•Procedure1
1.OntheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙Computer.OntheWindows8operatingsystem,
opentheWindowsExplorerandclickComputer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.
3.ClickDiskCleanup.
4.Alistofunnecessarylecategoriesisdisplayed.Selecteachlecategoryyouwanttodelete,
andthenclickOK.
•Procedure2
1.OpenControlPanel.
2.ClickPrograms.
3.ClickTurnWindowsfeaturesonoroff.
4.AlistofoptionalWindowscomponentsisdisplayed.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•Procedure3
1.OntheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙Computer.OntheWindows8operatingsystem,
opentheWindowsExplorerandclickComputer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.
3.ClickDiskCleanup.
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