Win Xp Pro slow HDD response

[Tim L]

I've had XP Pro installed on my system for approx 1 year
and have all the critical updates installed. Just in the
last few days the HDD response is slow as molasses in
January. When I click on an app or try to select an open
window and do anything with it, the system takes 30 sec-1
min or more to respond. I haven't changed any drive
settings that I know of. I have also just defragged the
drives.

Both drives are 60GB WD ATA/100's, one master one slave.
Both drives are set up as NTFS but the second drive has a
4GB swap partition currently set up as FAT32. I have 768MB
DDR memory. I used Adaware to check for spyware and have
Norton AV updated and activated to scan for viruses. I
even noticed when I ran Norton AV this last time it took
2x-3x longer than normal to scan.

Is this a HDD problem or a HDD setting or something else?

Thanks

 

[Nicholas]

Visit www.pcpitstop.com and run the test.

Check your system to see if you have any unsigned drivers
that may be causing the problem.

Go to Start > Run and type: SIGVERIF , and hit enter.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308514

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Nicholas

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| I've had XP Pro installed on my system for approx 1 year
| and have all the critical updates installed. Just in the
| last few days the HDD response is slow as molasses in
| January. When I click on an app or try to select an open
| window and do anything with it, the system takes 30 sec-1
| min or more to respond. I haven't changed any drive
| settings that I know of. I have also just defragged the
| drives.
|
| Both drives are 60GB WD ATA/100's, one master one slave.
| Both drives are set up as NTFS but the second drive has a
| 4GB swap partition currently set up as FAT32. I have 768MB
| DDR memory. I used Adaware to check for spyware and have
| Norton AV updated and activated to scan for viruses. I
| even noticed when I ran Norton AV this last time it took
| 2x-3x longer than normal to scan.
|
| Is this a HDD problem or a HDD setting or something else?
|
| Thanks