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[MrBugger]

Hi! Now Windows search is uninstalled. Sorry to say that it did not change anything Br

[rshaffer61]

Well we are down to trying a Parallel installation I believe.
Before that we noticed that it looked your main drive was compressed. This can slow things down a lot also. Can you look under Properties of the main drive like when you check for the indexing and see if the drive is indeed compressed?

[rshaffer61]

Can you please run a new PC Pit Stop report for us?
Also please go HERE run and print a Belarc Avisor inventory, so you will have a good reference of all your drivers, plus the Product Keys for all your Microsoft softwares.
Do you have all the installation cd's for your software just in case?
What type of XP installation disk do you have. OEM, Retail, Recovery used for most branded systems, upgrade or none at all?
The last thing is this:

Please do the following in the exact steps. Failure to do so could make the boot.ini damaged and cause unstable or unusable results with your system.:

Save a Backup Copy of Boot.ini

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OK.
2. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click Settings
3. In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings.
4. Under System Startup click Edit. This opens the Boot.ini file in Notepad ready for editing.
5. In Notepad, click File on the Menu bar, and then click Save As.
6. First in here change the location in the top white drop down box to Desktop. Then in the file name change to Boot.old and save as Text Document(*.txt) and save it to your Desktop and then click Save



Please copy and paste all the lines from your Boot.ini file in your next reply.

Edited by rshaffer61, 02 August 2010 - 07:03 AM.

[MrBugger]

Well we are down to trying a Parallel installation I believe.
Before that we noticed that it looked your main drive was compressed. This can slow things down a lot also. Can you look under Properties of the main drive like when you check for the indexing and see if the drive is indeed compressed?

There is nothing checked in the boxes drive properties. Is it other ways to see if the drive is compressed?

Br

Edited by MrBugger, 02 August 2010 - 03:06 AM.

[MrBugger]

Van you please run a new PC Pit Stop report for us?

http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?conid=23758806

Also please go HERE run and print a Belarc Avisor inventory, so you will have a good reference of all your drivers, plus the Product Keys for all your Microsoft softwares.

Done!

Do you have all the installation cd's for your software just in case?
What type of XP installation disk do you have. OEM, Retail, Recovery used for most branded systems, upgrade or none at all?

Only have Windows XP Professional Servicepack 2 Recovery CD. It's was delivered along with the computer

The last thing is this:

Please do the following in the exact steps. Failure to do so could make the boot.ini damaged and cause unstable or unusable results with your system.:

Save a Backup Copy of Boot.ini

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OK.
2. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click Settings
3. In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings.
4. Under System Startup click Edit. This opens the Boot.ini file in Notepad ready for editing.
5. In Notepad, click File on the Menu bar, and then click Save As.
6. First in here change the location in the top white drop down box to Desktop. Then in the file name change to Boot.old and save as Text Document(*.txt) and save it to your Desktop and then click Save



Please copy and paste all the lines from your Boot.ini file in your next reply.

Boot.old.txt:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Edited by MrBugger, 02 August 2010 - 03:46 AM.

[rshaffer61]

OK brainstorming has given us some answers I think
First I need you to download the newest drivers for your motherboard HERE and update the chipset for sure.
Before doing the above please make sure you create a restore point just in case.
Let me know how it works.

[MrBugger]

Driver updated successfully! The speed is unchangend though Br

[rshaffer61]

Hmm strange. I think we need at look at the possibility of some Bloatware maybe causing this issue.
Short of my mentor saying different I would suggest going back to your malware topic you had opened with Ken545 at SaferNetworks and having him run through some new logs for you to make sure.
Short of a fresh install I see nothing more that can be uninstalled or disabled to help speed up the system.

Edited by rshaffer61, 03 August 2010 - 04:37 PM.

[rshaffer61]

Lets try one more thing to see if it will help.
Go Start and then to Run ("Start Search" in Vista),
Type in: sfc /scannow
Click OK (Enter in Vista).
Have Windows CD/DVD handy.
If System File Checker (sfc) finds any errors, it may ask you for the CD/DVD.
If sfc does not find any errors in Windows XP, it will simply quit, without any message.
In Vista you will receive the following message: "Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations".

For Vista users ONLY: Navigate to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS folder. You'll see CBS.log file.
Usually, it's pretty big file, so upload it to Flyupload, and post download link.


If you don't have Windows CD....
This applies mostly to Windows XP, since Vista rarely requires use of its DVD while running "sfc"
Note This method will not necessarily work as well, as when using Windows CD, because not always ALL system files are backed up on your hard drive. Also, backed up files may be corrupted as well.

Go Start and then Run
type in regedit and click OK


Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

You will see various entries Values on the right hand side.

The one we want is called: SourcePath

It probably has an entry pointing to your CD-ROM drive, usually D and that is why it is asking for the XP CD.
All we need to do is change it to: C:
Now, double click the SourcePatch setting and a new box will pop up.
Change the drive letter from your CD drive to your root drive, usually C:
Close Registry Editor.

Now restart your computer and try sfc /scannow again!


Thanks to Broni for the instructions

[rshaffer61]

Another step if you would please.
Go HERE and get a boot log so we can take a look at it.
The HD read\write rate is still slow and the concern is either a failing drive or a driver not loading correctly.
I know we have done this all before but could you please redo the below steps and let us know the results.
Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech....ay.cfm?ttid=287
Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.

NOTE. If your hard drive is made by Toshiba, unfortunately, you're out of luck, because Toshiba doesn't provide any diagnostic tool.

Thanks to Broni for the instructions

ok I need you to do the following and let me know what it says


For HD only



Let's make sure all drives are using DMA mode

Click the Start and then Right click My Computer
Select Manage and In the Computer Management window, select Device Manager
In the right pane, click to expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
The click on the + sign next to your Hard drive controllers on both the Primary Controller and Secondary Controller
Right click on the drive and select Properties
Click the Advanced Settings tab
In the Transfer Mode box open the drop down menu and select DMA if available
Redo the steps to check each of the Controllers
Click OK and exit all windows
Reboot to make sure all settings take affect. Reply back with your results


Also once the system is in windows how is the speed then with everything we have done?
Browser, programs, music, videos all running ok once windows is up and running?

[MrBugger]

Hi Since it's hard to tell if the harddrive is failing and it's kid of old i have decided to replace it with a new one and do a restall Br

[rshaffer61]

This might help with the reinstallation then for you.
You can go to HERE to read the tutorial by one of the members here on how to do a Fresh Install or Repair Installation of you OS.
Also you might want to install one program at a time and try the bootup and see how it does. This way if it is a program causing the issue you will know exactly which one it is.

[MrBugger]

Hi! Can you check the link, i can't access it? Br

[Doug]

The site offered by rshaffer above, apparently is not in service right now.

Here's one from a well respected Expert, Michael Stevens:
http://michaelsteven...nxpinstall.html

[rshaffer61]

Thanks and sorry about that. I don't know why it is down but i will see if I can find out.