tag:fubar.com,2010:BlogAtom-335968 2010-09-07T13:28:05-07:00 A fubar user blog. Gossamer Tiger FM to Cherry Ice http://fubar.com/3452537 noreply@fubar.com fubar tag:fubar.com,2010:BlogAtom-335968.1129172 2010-09-07T13:28:05-07:00 2010-09-07T13:28:05-07:00 <p>Problem:</p> <p>My Windows XP machine, which is the one I love to death, is developing a really bad habit. The hard drive will light up and then it will get really slow&hellip;</p> <p>It almost seems like it is caught in a loop, trying to find something, and that takes precedence over everything else I am doing. There have been a couple times when I have rebooted, CHKDSK runs during the boot up process. It tells me the drive is dirty. This machine is old and I have gone through deleting stuff, admittedly some of it was probably stuff I should not have deleted at all. The machine still runs, just not like it used to&hellip;</p> <p>Anyone out there have any idea what could be causing the hang up? Is the system unstable and needs to be recovered. Is the drive worn out and need to be replaced? Virus? I have never had a problem with viruses on my computers. Anything is possible. Any help would be appreciated.</p> <p>I want to save my XP machine. It has programs on it that I can not replace without considerable expense.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Gossamer Tiger FM to Cherry Ice http://fubar.com/3452537 noreply@fubar.com