I cleaned up my comp back in nov. Removed like 6 gigs worth of old files and progs.
I'll try malwarebytes later today. Though I had it before, and it gave me more probs than it fixed.



Done and done. Still laggy

@sutton, my comp is from '01. Hard drive is ancient.

17Gb here.

lol word
Forgot you and I are members of the ancient comp collective
/e Most annoying part about all this.. I've spent 1500+ fg on my zon in the last 3 weeks so I could start playing again... gaaaaaaaaaaay

This post was edited by SwanoW on Jan 12 2011 08:48am

i have 8mb internet. that helps

Mines 4-7mbps. Though usually my connection hovers around 5-6mb

Tried everything everyones suggested, and a few more things that have been suggested in general help. d2 = still fucked.

reformat.

Lost my reformat discs a year after i got the comp ><

find a windows disc somewhere, then go to a college/university and copy the serial codes off the back of one of the computers in the lab

what i did atleast..

hard drives have a 3-5 year lifespan. it used to have a decent bandwidth when it was new, but it's probably running at the speed of 1980's dialup now (12-25kb/s). all this defrag and virus scan crap is just putting more wear on it, making it go out quicker. if malwarebytes quick-scan takes more than 30 minutes to complete (45mins+), then you know you have a serious hdd issue. diablo is such an old ass game, the ONLY thing that will make it run slow and laggy is a dying hard drive. when you click the start menu, or bring up folders, if it doesn't open instantly, it's probably the hard drive. if it does that same thing in safemode, then it's definitely the hard drive. your BEST BET is to run a series of S.M.A.R.T tests and maybe even a full surface scan to check latencies, however smart test usually tells you it's dying right away. open task manager and check cpu usage - move a window around violently. if the cpu usage jumps dramatically, then it could be busted capacitors or other overheating issues. your computer is from 2001. buy a new one already, it's worth it. taking it to a shop to have a hard drive replaced can cost between $150-300, depending on labor charges, whereas a new cheap computer can be between 400-600 for something decent. anything below 400 typically cut too many corners or is on an older architecture such as p4.

-$50 advice

also, wtb ladder update

This post was edited by ccsutton on Jan 12 2011 12:36pm