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Roger Neilson
I have a 2 hard disc system, Windows XP pro and most programmes run from the
C Drive. A few, plus all my data run from the F drive. Over the last few
days I have encountered a massive slowdown in getting the computer started -
form certainly less than 5 minutes to over 20 minutes. I have not added
anything to the autoruns at all.
Programmes and data (eg music) run fine if they are on the F drive, but if
they are on the C drive they run incredibly slowly so music is fragmented
and at times its like trying to wade through treacle to get anything done.
I have been getting crashes of the PC with a message about a kernel
problem... but haven't yet copied all the data from that to get the detail.
When it crashes the next boot reports a disc boot system failure, when i
reboot ahgain it loads up but painfully slowly. The C drive was defraggged
just afew weeks ago.
I'm thinking the drive is about to pack up.... but would welcome any second
opinions.
Roger
C Drive. A few, plus all my data run from the F drive. Over the last few
days I have encountered a massive slowdown in getting the computer started -
form certainly less than 5 minutes to over 20 minutes. I have not added
anything to the autoruns at all.
Programmes and data (eg music) run fine if they are on the F drive, but if
they are on the C drive they run incredibly slowly so music is fragmented
and at times its like trying to wade through treacle to get anything done.
I have been getting crashes of the PC with a message about a kernel
problem... but haven't yet copied all the data from that to get the detail.
When it crashes the next boot reports a disc boot system failure, when i
reboot ahgain it loads up but painfully slowly. The C drive was defraggged
just afew weeks ago.
I'm thinking the drive is about to pack up.... but would welcome any second
opinions.
Roger