PC suddenly running very s-l-o-w-l-y

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

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?

[Kevin 1]

Could try system restore back to friday.. might make a difference.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

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!)

[Phil 6]

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

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

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.

[Phil 6]

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

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

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?

[Phil 6]

not usually. do you power off correctly?

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

Yes, always.

 

Check disk seems to have cured it, was alright this morning.

[Guest CabayeAye]

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[peasepud 59]

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[Monkeys Fist 43032]

What's stumping?

 

Edit; Oh, that.

Edited November 8, 2011 by Monkeys Fist