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

#1
Dr Kenneth Noisewater

Posted 11 September 2011 - 10:07 PM

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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?

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#2
Kevin

Posted 12 September 2011 - 02:07 AM

The Big Dog

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

#3
Dr Kenneth Noisewater

Posted 13 September 2011 - 07:14 PM

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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!)

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#4
Phil

Posted 13 September 2011 - 07:41 PM

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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

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#5
Dr Kenneth Noisewater

Posted 13 September 2011 - 08:13 PM

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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.

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#6
Phil

Posted 13 September 2011 - 09:54 PM

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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

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#7
Dr Kenneth Noisewater

Posted 13 September 2011 - 10:22 PM

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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?

Violence always comes from a place of misunderstanding, and low-to-zero self-worth. Well mine did anyway.............