I am using Windows 2000 Professional and just recently my hard drive just
keeps churning away and will not allow opening of any programs. Eventually
the system just says that I am running low on virtual memory and will not do
anything.

Does this sound like a virus (no virus was found with Norton) when booting
from the disk or does it sound like the hard drive is dying?

It could definitely be a virus, is yoru norton virus files updated? It could
also be a program that is autostarting that is using up resources, try
running in safe mode, or do a diagnostic boot up with msconfig and see if
that helps.

"JK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using Windows 2000 Professional and just recently my hard drive just
> keeps churning away and will not allow opening of any programs.
> Eventually
> the system just says that I am running low on virtual memory and will not
> do
> anything.
>
> Does this sound like a virus (no virus was found with Norton) when booting
> from the disk or does it sound like the hard drive is dying?