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Computer Issues; slow to start, SATA HDD failing

by speerross Sep 4, 2006 10:40PM PDT

Recently been having some serious issues with my computer. First the SATA HDD would start only occasionally then sometimes fail either a few minutes or a few hours after startup. My SATA HD contains all my data and software and my IDE HD contains windows and a few other programs. So far no data has been lost from this drive, it just rarely starts (I have moved the most important files on to my IDE for safety).

Soon after that my computer became painfully slow to start up. It would take a long time loading windows then the screen would go black for a while before going to the login screen.

Any help would be much appareciated

System:
Windows XP SP2
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Asus K8V Deluxe mobo
2gb RAM
Seagate 200gb SATA HDD
IDE 80gb HDD
Geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb gfx

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Since a failing drive can cause a machine to be slow...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 4, 2006 10:53PM PDT

You may want to replace it sooner than later.

Bob

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