Slow repaints after removing JComponents

Question

i'm writing a simple game but got problem with repainting and couldnt figure out what i'm douing wrong. i'll do my best to explain as clearly as possible.. :) i'm having pnlMenu (JComponent) which contains a button and a label with an image in it. pnlMenu is transparent (setOpaque(false)) and then is added to gameField (also JCoponent) which in turn is set as contentPane of the frame. the problem is when user clicks the button and i'm trying to get rid of pnlMenu by
gameField.remove(pnlMenu), component indeed dissapears, but whatever is drawn on gamefield right after is very slow comparing to if pnlMenu hsnt been previously shown. then resizing window frame while the animation is performed brings repainting speed to normal, but i'd like to know how to do it programtically. i've tried almost everything and none of repaints, updates etc etc seems to help so if anyone could give me a hint how to fix it i'd really appreciate it. thx in advance for any help

Answer 1

Rule #1: make backups.
TimeMachine AND bootable type
#2:
Before messing and removing Windows - which was working, figure out the problem and why.
#3:
Repair the OS = Windows DVD / Mac OS X DVD
Lion has "Command-D" Recovery Mode to do disk maintenance
You probably have corrupt partition(s) If Safe Boot won't work, and if you can't fix with OS X DVD - instead of Installing go to Utility menu and Disk Utility.
Might even want to install Mac OS to an external drive, just 30GB partition. And then see if you can recovery your files.
Pretty basic system maintenance and repair ideas, though maybe not straight forward the first time through.
You posted this I guess from a different computer. Maybe it can do a Firewire Target Disk Mode or something.