Slow Startup

[Husky01]

The other day I was running Spy Sweeper and Trend Micro well I was being stupid and tryed to open a few other programs in the background which completely froze up my system.  The system was so locked I had to restart it by hitting the power button in front I waited 30 min for the computer to unfreeze but nada.  So since I did that when ever I start up my computer it goes VERY slow it will start up go into the normal start up screen you know hit tab for bios etc.  After that it goes to the windows start up you know has the windows icon and the loading bar etc. After this it goes to a black screen it will stay on the black screen for 15 to 40 secs(Never Happened Before) during this time the mouse light will go dead but the other lights on my joy stick and keyboard are still lit, till it proceeds to the user log in screen. then works fine from there. Suggestions?

[Fulmar]

First we'll need your computer specs.

Originally posted by Husky01
The system was so locked I had to restart it by hitting the power button in front I waited 30 min for the computer to unfreeze but nada.  

I'm confused here.  You hit the power button on (to restart it) and it didn't power down and you waited 30 minutes and it still was frozen?  Did you like push the power button in and out or did you hold it down for 5 seconds?

Anyways, it sounds like either your Windows registry/boot commands could be damaged.  However, if that was the case you'd probably get some errors codes.

It may be hardware related.  Maybe a failing hard drive or some bad sectors on it.  First try defragging your HD, if no avail there, do a Disk Error Check.  There's a lot of other things we can try, but let's try this for starters.

[Husky01]

Sorry I was typing this right before I had to go so I rushed it .  Once the computer had frozen up I waited for 30 min to see if it would un freeze it didn't so I held in the power button for 5 sec turning off the computer.

Specs

System Information
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Time of this report: 5/18/2007, 11:17:58
       Machine name: TINA-489D54BBCF
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
       System Model: System Product Name
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/26/06 22:43:18 Ver: 08.00.12
          Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D  CPU 2.66GHz (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 1024MB RAM
          Page File: 370MB used, 2089MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 7600 GS
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0392&SUBSYS_81F61043&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9147 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 8/11/2006 21:42:52, 4496128 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: n/a
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 8/11/2006 21:42:42, 3958496 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-40D2-11CF-4850-FCA100C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x0392
        SubSys ID: 0x81F61043
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1

[Husky01]

So what is my next step?

[Fulmar]

Originally posted by Fulmar
First try defragging your HD, if no avail there, do a Disk Error Check.  There's a lot of other things we can try, but let's try this for starters.

Have you done this?

[Husky01]

No how do I do that lol ?

[AKDogg]

Put your WinXP disk in.  Boot off the CD.  Then go to the recovery console and log into your main HD.  Then type this at the c prompt,  chkdsk -r and hit enter.  Makesure the switch r is there.  It will try to repair any bad sectors on the HD.  It may take awhile for it to do this process.  I had 1 computer take over a hour to go through the drive to repair it.  Some only took 15 mins.