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  • 13-01-2002 4:27am
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    Zaphod Beeblebrox
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    Zaphod Beeblebrox
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    Zaphod Beeblebrox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭Zaphod Beeblebrox


    Completely irrelevant to the original post but mebbe I can earn kudos by not starting a new one :cool:

    Two weeks ago my PC started up fine. Within 30 seconds of pressing the On button I was happily tapping away. This week it takes up to 5 minutes, often freezing completely and taunting me with Blue Screens of Death and Random ASCII Scrambling. I didn't do any major tweaking or install anything horribly large to do this. Only 2Gb of the 12Gb drive is used. I've ScanDisk'd, Defragged, QuickCleaned, wiped Temp folders but still I can save the world and compose an opera in the time it takes to load. I've tried disabling every startup item from Msconfig. No result.
    :confused::confused: I'm completely lost on this one :confused::confused: perhaps my brain is just too highly trained ;)
    Please help.
    Please.
    If you have any shred of mercy or humanity.
    Please.
    Help.


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    seamus
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    Originally posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
    I didn't do any major tweaking or install anything horribly large to do this.

    No 'major' tweaking? Give us details of any minor tweaks, plus what you installed. How Old is the HDD? :)


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    Zaphod Beeblebrox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭Zaphod Beeblebrox


    DOH... What I meant (I think; long day) was no actual tweaking. I regularly run QuickClean and aside from uninstalling a couple of games that's it. Would some stuff from msconfig help? The workings of Windows aren't really my specialty (nothing is ;) )
    The HDD is.. erm... would be 2 and a half years old now.

    Argh just remembered - a bit before the problems started I installed a NIC. It's not connected to any network (which is why I forgot about it) but could it be slowing the boot down that much? If so how would I temporarily disable it to test this? And erm... if it is causing the problem what do I do, after all I want the computer to load in reasonable time but I still want to use my network (connecting it to new comp this weekend). :confused:
    Thanks.


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    Gambler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Gambler


    You may have tried these already but have you tried a registry cleaning program and defrag your HD?

    I find these 2 always speed up my machine a decent bit (because I am constantly installing and un-installing proggys ;)

    Gamb


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