Gateway 1800 acting up! Help Please

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I have a Gateway 1800CX Performance Computer which is about 3 to 4
years old. Over a period of the last month or so, it has started to
take a long long time from the time you press the power button until
it boots up and finally gets to the Windows XP main screen. I am
talking about 4 to 5 minutes sometimes. Also, during some of these
bootups, the screen will go black for about 3-4 minutes before it
boots up to the normal opening screen. Anyone know what this could
be?

I am running Windows XP. Originally it had Windows 98 then I used an
upgrade disk to get Windows XP Home. It worked fine for years and
now it is doing these things. Any help would be appreciated.

 

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Housekeeping:

Is Windows updated with all critical patches?
Is your antivirus and your firewall software current and running?
Have you scanned for spyware (www.lavasoftusa.com, security.kolla.de)?




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> I have a Gateway 1800CX Performance Computer which is about 3 to 4
> years old. Over a period of the last month or so, it has started to
> take a long long time from the time you press the power button until
> it boots up and finally gets to the Windows XP main screen. I am
> talking about 4 to 5 minutes sometimes. Also, during some of these
> bootups, the screen will go black for about 3-4 minutes before it
> boots up to the normal opening screen. Anyone know what this could
> be?
>
> I am running Windows XP. Originally it had Windows 98 then I used an
> upgrade disk to get Windows XP Home. It worked fine for years and
> now it is doing these things. Any help would be appreciated.