drtufte
2010-06-18, 21:03
Please advise if I should post in another forum. Please advise where I should start gathering more information (I have already have a Hijack This log - attached). I'm not sure if the generic directions apply when I'm not sure if this is a malware problem.
I have a slow booting PC (XP, with all service packs).
I do not have unusual behavior other than this.
I am running Windows Security Essentials, Spybot, and Ad-Aware - all are reporting that I am OK. I am behind a router.
When I boot, I have heavy hard drive activity for 3-5 minutes. Process Hacker tells me it is mostly reads. Defragmented with no change. I would appreciate advice on how to test a hard drive, but I do not think this is the problem - I edit video on this PC, and once I am past this heavy read activity, my performance is fine.
In sum, it appears like this PC is reading heavily on boot up because it wants to, and it is happy with the results once it is done. Except that I don't know why it's doing this.
I have a slow booting PC (XP, with all service packs).
I do not have unusual behavior other than this.
I am running Windows Security Essentials, Spybot, and Ad-Aware - all are reporting that I am OK. I am behind a router.
When I boot, I have heavy hard drive activity for 3-5 minutes. Process Hacker tells me it is mostly reads. Defragmented with no change. I would appreciate advice on how to test a hard drive, but I do not think this is the problem - I edit video on this PC, and once I am past this heavy read activity, my performance is fine.
In sum, it appears like this PC is reading heavily on boot up because it wants to, and it is happy with the results once it is done. Except that I don't know why it's doing this.