Re: XP PC very slow to start applications, help !!

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From: PompeyRodney (jdpitt_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:10:27 -0000

Hi Roger
Thanks for your reply I will do as you suggested and let you know how things
go, thanks again.
Regards
Julian
"Roger Hamlett" <rogerspamignored@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "PompeyRodney" <jdpitt@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:9dzTb.526$Sa5.112@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > Could anyone please help me to resolve the very slow boot of my PC. Spec
> as
> > follows, Athlon XP 1800, 512 mb ram, G Force 3 Ti 200 Graphics, running
XP
> > Pro SP 1. For as while now the computer takes an age to start up or to
> open
> > an application. I have tried all the usual tweaks to try and speed it
up.
> It
> > is regularly defragmented. Currently the system takes of the order of 8
> > minutes to fully load everything from boot. I would be grateful of any
> ideas
> > anyone may have. Thanks again.
> > Julian
> One thought that leaps to mind, is that if a network card is set to use
> DHCP, and is not connected, you can get a minute or two delay, ending
> eventually with a 'timeout'. This can result in ludicrous boot delays, and
> some delays when first opening explorer.
> Does your drive support SMART?. If so, download a tool to interrogate the
> SMART data, and see if the HD is reporting an error. You could have an
> incipient HD failure, that is making the drive perform appallingly. The
'for
> a while now', suggests it could be a problem of this sort...
>
> Best Wishes
>
>

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