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Windows 7 - Slow running

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Windows 7 RC Build 7100
No errors or Blue Screens
No new software installed
Ran standard and thorough scan with AVAST
-Avast did throw 3 items into a "virus chest" but since I did a clean install, I don't have access to them anymore

Sorry for the long description. Not sure what information would be pertinent.

I have used Windows 7 for about about two months now with no problems. It was a clean install for a new system I built. A few days ago, I shut it down for the night and restarted it later on the same night because I forgot to do something. I noticed the system was extremely slow. I wanted to put music on my mp3 player and usually it takes 1-2 mintues, it took almost ten minutes. When I tried to access my folders, they would stop responding and I'd have to keep trying. I went ahead and shut it down for the night.

Afterwards, when I booted the computer up, I have to wait 30 mins to 1 hour before the system would run as normal. The last couple of times, it would be extremely slow indefinitely. I thought it might be a hardware issue, but my system worked as normal in safe mode. AVAST found 3 items and contained them, but that didn't solve the problem. It became worse after that. I wasn't able to perform any tasks after subsequent reboots. Safe Mode and Safe Mode with networking still worked fine.

I did a clean install of Windows 7 since I couldn't figure the problem out. The clean install was fine at first, but I think I'm having the same problems to a lesser degree. I've uninstalled AVAST just in case, but it has worked fine for me in the past. I don't understand what could've changed. I want to find out if there's a way to check if my system is running as it should be. I really don't know where to begin to look for the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Here's the Belarc output just in case it's needed :
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Operating System     System Model
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) (build 7100)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)     No details available
Processor a     Main Circuit Board b
2.67 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total)     Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T DELUXE V2 Rev 1.xx
Serial Number: 
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0302 02/26/2009
Drives     Memory Modules c,d
620.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
534.21 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LP20 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
ST3120814A ATA Device [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5LS3LC3D, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3500320AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 6QM0JZAM, rev SD15, SMART Status: Healthy     6136 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB (serial number SerNum00)
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB (serial number SerNum02)
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM4' has 2048 MB (serial number SerNum04)
Slot 'DIMM5' is Empty
   Local Drive Volumes
   
  
c: (NTFS on drive 1)  500.00 GB  479.36 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0)  120.03 GB  54.85 GB free
   Network Drives
   None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details)     Printers
local user accounts last logon
 Kisa  9/12/2009 5:58:54 PM  (admin)
local system accounts
 Administrator  4/22/2009 4:23:25 AM  (admin)
 Guest  never  
DISABLED Marks a disabled account;   LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account
    
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver  on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer  on XPSPort:
Controllers     Display
Standard floppy disk controller
ATA Channel 0 [Controller] (3x)
ATA Channel 1 [Controller] (3x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (3x)     NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 [Display adapter]
Acer X203H [Monitor] (19.9"vis, s/n LFP0B0163910, May 2009)
Bus Adapters     Multimedia
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39     High Definition Audio Device
Virus Protection [Back to Top]     new Group Policies
No details available     None discovered
Communications     Other Devices
  
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
 primary   Auto IP Address:  192.168.1.3 / 24
 Gateway:  192.168.1.1
 Dhcp Server:  192.168.1.1
 Physical Address:  00:0C:41:6B:B2:B6
Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Dhcp Server:  none responded
 Physical Address:  00:26:18:00:21:3B
Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller #2
 Dhcp Server:  none responded
 Physical Address:  00:26:18:00:21:3A
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
 
Networking Dns Server:  192.168.1.1
    VIA 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device
USB Input Device (3x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
Seagate DiscWizard Image Backup Archive Explorer
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub (8x)
Generic volume shadow copy
 
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#2 ·
Place your Windows 7 DVD in the DVD drive, be sure that the BIOS firing order is set to look at DVD 1st and then re-install Windows 7.

Windows 7 RC is a test version and the user s/b prepared at any time to re-install.

I would advise re-installing given the mention of a virus.

jcgriff2

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#4 ·
Hey thanks for the reply! I'll be sure to visit the link and learn how to speed up my pc.

In the interim, I had found out that the issue was a hardrive failure. It only lasted a few months! How sad! I sent it back and they replaced it. I will stay away from Western Digital for now on.

Anyway, thanks :)
 
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