Re: Windows running VERY slowas of a couple of days ago

From: Steve Marshall (marshall22_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:49:56 -0700

Chery,

In two months your HDD could be very fragmented, especially if you have
SystemRestore turned on.

For example, I defrag my main HDD once a week and find that it has
become fragmented up to 15% in just one week. Take an hour and defrag
the HDD where the OS resides.

It is odd though that it would become very slow almost overnight.

D/L Spywareblaster too and run that.

Steve

Cheryl wrote:
> My computer was woring properly last week but I went away for the weekend and
> when I came back my computer was running very slow. It takes 5-10 seconds to
> click on anything (i.e. to click the start button takes a while and then once
> I have selected a program to open that can take up to a minute). Service
> pack 2 was installed months ago, and I did not have this problem until just
> this week so it does not seem to be related to that.
>
> I am running Windows XP Professional.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
> Spybot - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Adaware- downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
> Norton Antivirus - downloaded recent updates and ran in regular and safe mode.
>
> I deleted all of my cookies and temporary internet files. I have not
> defragmented the hard drive, but I just did that about 2 months ago so I
> don't think it will help much.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I am at a loss for what to try next since I
> don't even know if it is a very well hidden virus or an internal system
> problem.
>

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