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Old October 27th, 2003, 11:53 AM
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Unhappy s-l-o-w hard drive problems?!?!?
PLEASE HELP!!!!
my main drive(C) has started running very slow all of
a sudden.Boot up takes a long time,my programs run slow
often with corrupted sound etc.
I have tried defrag and scan disk with no luck.
I have run various virus checks but still no luck!

any ideas?

the drive is a 40 gig ibm(NTFS), OS is windows xp professional.
please help as this is very annoying!!!

thanx
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Old October 27th, 2003, 06:00 PM
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Old October 28th, 2003, 10:34 AM
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thanks for the tips.Did what you suggested but to no
obvious effect.One message I did get when the problem
first occurred was "ntldr is missing"
any ideas?
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Old October 28th, 2003, 03:56 PM
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How about Start > Run > sfc /scannow

if that doesnt get it, I'd go for a repair installation:

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install:
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Old October 29th, 2003, 03:44 PM
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thanks again for the tips,
I will try your suggestions and inform you of my
progress(lol !!)

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