XP load time longer after crash

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I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on my Acer Ferrari 3200 notebook and XP
crashed and when I restarted XP it takes longer to load and every other
program/task I try to run takes longer to start up.

I did a memory test and there's no problems. I tried booting up when the
temperature colled down and it still took a long time to load.

What is going on here?

 

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big_kel wrote:
> I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on my Acer Ferrari 3200 notebook
> and XP crashed and when I restarted XP it takes longer to load and
> every other program/task I try to run takes longer to start up.
>
> I did a memory test and there's no problems. I tried booting up when
> the temperature colled down and it still took a long time to load.
>
> What is going on here?

Why did it crash initially?
Did you look through the event log and troubleshoot that first?

Have you backed up your important data for safety?
Have you looked through your startup applications?
Checked for latest drivers and BIOS updates?
Contacted the system manufacturer?
Checked for and eliminated spyware/adware?
Checked for and eliminated viruses and such?
Ran hardware checks on your memory and hard disk drive(s)?
Ran CHKDSK on your hard disk drive(s)?
Defragmented your hard disk drive(s)?

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> big_kel wrote:
> > I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on my Acer Ferrari 3200 notebook
> > and XP crashed and when I restarted XP it takes longer to load and
> > every other program/task I try to run takes longer to start up.
> >
> > I did a memory test and there's no problems. I tried booting up when
> > the temperature colled down and it still took a long time to load.
> >
> > What is going on here?
>
> Why did it crash initially?
> Did you look through the event log and troubleshoot that first?
>
> Have you backed up your important data for safety?
> Have you looked through your startup applications?
> Checked for latest drivers and BIOS updates?
> Contacted the system manufacturer?
> Checked for and eliminated spyware/adware?
> Checked for and eliminated viruses and such?
> Ran hardware checks on your memory and hard disk drive(s)?
> Ran CHKDSK on your hard disk drive(s)?
> Defragmented your hard disk drive(s)?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

I have tried your ideas like defragging the HDD and running chkdsk, and I
don't know what to make of it. When I ran Battlefield 2 before the crash it
loaded quicker and the intro videos didn't stutter. Now, when I start
Battlefield 2 it takes longer to load the maps and the intro videos stutter.

It's a real pain and what makes it a real pain is that I don't know what's
causing the problem.

 

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Hi again Shenan,

OK, I reformatted the HDD and reinstalled WinXP onto my Ferrari 3200
notebook earlier in the week or last week. The OS started off going well,
loading was back to normal and such but today the notebook again crashed on
me twice, both while it was idle doing hardly anything. Now it is sluggish
and I don't think it is the OS who is at fault, I think it has to be a
hardware failure as the crashing happened before and after reformatting and
reinstalling WinXP.