Re: Slower start-up - blue progress bar

Even the one that says "Compress old files?" Won't I be deleting system files
or other important files? I'm just a little worried I might mess things up.

Thanks!

"Gerry" wrote:

pcgerard wrote:
It is formatted NTFS. Does that make a difference?

Probably none but it's nice to know.

And when I run
Disk Cleanup, what options should I choose?

All.


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"Gerry" wrote:

Is your hard drive formatted as FAT32 or NTFS?

Run Disk CleanUp before chkdsk and the use chkdsk /f /r

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pcgerard wrote:
I think I may have found the problem. I ran chkdsk and got this
error message:

Deleting an index entry from index $0 of file 25.
Deleting an index entry from index $0 of file 25.

Index verification completed.

Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read only mode.

What should I do now?

Thanks for your help.


"Gerry" wrote:

Have you tried this approach?
How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

Also look for Error Reports in the System log in Event Viewer.
Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot.
No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
appear in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the
meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and
Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click
on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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pcgerard wrote:
I am noticing that my pc is starting up slower within the last few
weeks. Normally, when I get to the screen which has the blue
progress bar at the bottom, the bar travels about twice before I
get to my desktop and shortcuts. Now it travels 8-10 times. Is
there some way I can optimize my system so that it starts up
quicker? I was told to delete/empty out the prefetch folder, but
that didn't help. Would disk clean up help? I ran disk
defragmenter, but it told me I didn't need to defragment the disk.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks!



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