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Bola Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 3/38 EXP: 5723 For next: 262 Since: 03-15-04 From: Australia Since last post: 389 days Last activity: 326 days |
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| Just recently had to reinstall windows because of a virus or something. Basically, the problem is loading the start menu and task bar. It takes about 5 minutes to load x.x. Im running a p4 2.4ghz. I find that once the start menu is loaded, and i go to programs, then put the mouse on any program folder that DOES NOT have anything in it, it slows down the whole computer and pretty much nothing will run. After about 5 minutes it works again. I tried removing these problem folders and it came up with a cyclic error or something like that. I managed to check the properties on these (again after about 5 minutes) and it said it took up 0 bytes. Anyone got any ideas? (Running Windows XP (no service pack)) Edit: Suggestions BESIDES reinstalling or running a different OS. (edited by Bola on 04-07-04 05:32 AM) |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 318/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Could be the fact that you don't have any Service Pack. You may have gotton a weird build of Windows (especially from OEMs)... Just head onto Windows Update and tell what happens after that. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 312/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Cyclic redundancy errors usually mean the hard disk is messed, and this folder problem supports that idea. You might have a corrupt filesystem (this can happen if you shut the computer off improperly during a file write). Try using the recovery console in the install CD (type Help to see a list of various things you can do). Of course it could also be a virus, given the delayed loading time of Explorer. It's quite possible to get one within under 5 minutes of connecting to the Internet thanks to all the holes.  |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 388/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| you can also run chkdsk by going to the tools tab in properties of the HD in My Computer. chkdsk will try to repair damaged file systems but it can't do much in scanning for bad sectors. | |||
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kitty Come on babe, pet the pussy ;) Level: 70 Posts: 626/2449 EXP: 2962406 For next: 53405 Since: 03-15-04 From: Scranton, PA, USA Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Windows XP - SP1 = HUGE vulnerability, especially for ALL variants of MS Blast. Talk to us once you install SP1, ALL critical updates, and scan for viruses  |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 321/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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That's what I was pointing at, Yiffy Kitten.  I guess that it could be a physical hard drive error. It's rare, though. As neo said, try running chkdsk aswell. Start => Run... => cmd => chkdsk c: /f /r /x /i Choose yes if (and it probably will) ask you if you'd like to do it on a restart. After that, simply restart. Repeat the process for other drive letters if you have more than one partition/disk. (edited by Yiffy Kitten on 04-17-04 11:47 PM) |
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Bola Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 10/38 EXP: 5723 For next: 262 Since: 03-15-04 From: Australia Since last post: 389 days Last activity: 326 days |
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| Well it could be the hard disk. Last time when I was trying to repair it before the reinstall the hard drive would sometimes fail to start up... | |||
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 334/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| If I'm hearing correctly, it would fail to start without an OS. In that case, it sounds like a hard drive fKitten Yiffer. Replace it. |
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mrmenz Slime Level: 30 Posts: 32/347 EXP: 157982 For next: 7887 Since: 03-15-04 From: USA/PA Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 39 days |
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| I got this problem before exactly as you said it, I used my WinXP install disk and repaired the installation and after that it worked fine. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 421/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Yes, do that. If that doesn't work though, the disk might be physically damaged. When you replace it, here's a tip: Put the old one in the freezer for an hour or two (make sure you wrap it up so it doesn't get wet first), then quickly connect it, copy everything you can from it, and try to keep it cool. For some reason this seems to help. (Worked on an old crappy HD I had, and I've heard a lot of stories about how it worked for others.) |
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