is my hard disk failing?

iyuvabharat · 06-23-2009, 11:09 PM

my system takes ages to boot,the welcome screen another half day also sometimes when i open folders or any file it takes long time,I am also getting blue screen sometimes,whats more painful is that cpu has to take 100% resource when i have to run two applications at a time it is nearly 2yrs also i have defragged and cleaned registry but still problem persists help.

CONFIGURATION

2gb(800 mhz) RAM

Dualcore

sata hd 160gb

videocard(9500gt nvidia)

Zed101 · 06-24-2009, 12:05 AM

I doubt if the hd is that bad! If it was, you would be loosing most everything. If it finally boots, that shows it is delivering the data but something is wasting the processors cycles!
Have you cleaned out the TEMP FILES? ETC? Which browser are you running? IE? If so, Open IE, go to tools, internet options, delete "Cookies" Temp files" history" .
Reboot and see if that helped any. Usually it will if it hasn't been done lately as temp files really add up and take time to load them.
Run a good Malware program. Such as , MBAM. (MalwareBytes Anti Malware)
You can download the free one which is very good!
Post back the results and maybe someone that has more knowledge than I will take you further. If Judy sees this, She can do a fantastic job of cleaning it up for you as she did for me!
Good luck

dai · 06-24-2009, 02:14 AM

leave the registry alone
cleaning most of the time causes more problems than it fixes

turn off the auto reboot
control panel /system/advanced/startup and recovery settings
then untick the auto reboot box
post any bsod error messages the computer freezes on in full

what does the bios list your cpu temp and 12v line voltages as
what power supply
brand
model
wattage

run
sfc /scannow

06-23-2009, 11:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
iyuvabharat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: india Posts: 19 OS: xp sp3,Linux(fed9),vista ultimate	is my hard disk failing? my system takes ages to boot,the welcome screen another half day also sometimes when i open folders or any file it takes long time,I am also getting blue screen sometimes,whats more painful is that cpu has to take 100% resource when i have to run two applications at a time it is nearly 2yrs also i have defragged and cleaned registry but still problem persists help. CONFIGURATION 2gb(800 mhz) RAM Dualcore sata hd 160gb videocard(9500gt nvidia)

06-24-2009, 12:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zed101 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 39 OS: Win XP Prof, SP-3	Re: is my hard disk failing? I doubt if the hd is that bad! If it was, you would be loosing most everything. If it finally boots, that shows it is delivering the data but something is wasting the processors cycles! Have you cleaned out the TEMP FILES? ETC? Which browser are you running? IE? If so, Open IE, go to tools, internet options, delete "Cookies" Temp files" history" . Reboot and see if that helped any. Usually it will if it hasn't been done lately as temp files really add up and take time to load them. Run a good Malware program. Such as , MBAM. (MalwareBytes Anti Malware) You can download the free one which is very good! Post back the results and maybe someone that has more knowledge than I will take you further. If Judy sees this, She can do a fantastic job of cleaning it up for you as she did for me! Good luck

06-24-2009, 02:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,670 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: is my hard disk failing? leave the registry alone cleaning most of the time causes more problems than it fixes turn off the auto reboot control panel /system/advanced/startup and recovery settings then untick the auto reboot box post any bsod error messages the computer freezes on in full what does the bios list your cpu temp and 12v line voltages as what power supply brand model wattage run sfc /scannow __________________