Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 My pc runs Windows XP and was absolutely fine on friday. However this morning it took forever to start up. XP must've took 10-15 mins to open itself up and even things like opening the control panel or task manager are taking 15 seconds. Windows Security Centre is also reporting that no anti-virus software is installed even though AVG Free says its up-to-date and running properly?? I did a full scan with AVG (which usually takes about half an hour; 2 hours + today) and am currently doing a scan with Malware Bytes (2hrs 32mins and counting...) Any advice on what might be a non virus or malware cause, or should I go over to the spyware hammer forum and let them look at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Could try system restore back to friday.. might make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Tried the system restore, no better. Could the hard drive be on the way out? It seems to be making some clicks I've never noticed before and labouring a bit (might just be my imagintion!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Have a look in task manager to see what is eating up the resources (under the processes tab sort by CPU or RAM) and uninstall it. Alternatively try running ccleaner; http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Nothing out of the ordinary in task manager. Plenty of processing and ram to spare but its still like a tortoise moving through treacle. It not been a gradual slow down either: Friday fine; Sunday slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 There's a couple of things to try; * Run combofix link to repair * Disable AVG and try switching everything off (>start>run>msconfig), if it makes it quicker try enabling one at a time. you'll need to reboot after each change. * Run "SFC.EXE /SCANNOW" link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Might try that tomo. Currently running a checkdisk and it finding lots of corrupt files, which it never has done before. I reckon the hard disk is goosed. It's a Seagate Barracuda, do they have a reputation for letting go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 not usually. do you power off correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Yes, always. Check disk seems to have cured it, was alright this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monkeys Fist 41165 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) What's stumping? Edit; Oh, that. Edited November 8, 2011 by Monkeys Fist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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