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I was copy/pasting some files to the burner drive to back up some files, when I noticed this. A 385kb file took 22 minutes to copy. While it was coping to the only thing I could do was bring up the task manager. It wouldn't cancel I couldn't close either of the folders I had open. I checked the processes and cpu usage, everything looked normal. After I burned the backup disc, I rebooted it took 10 minutes for windows to boot. The bio's took the normal time, but the first windows screen is what took all the time. I checked the start up tab in msconfig, nothing has been added. I haven't added any software, or hardware. I have the latest updates for Norton antivirus definitions. I ran a scan, it hasn't found anything. I defragged just before I went to bed, but I don't think that is the problem. I defrag the windows partiton fairly regular. I wasn't online when this happened, but I have noticed a surge when on the net. When I check through the forums sometimes a page will open fine and sometimes it will open so slow I get a timeout error. I thought it was my isp though. When I was downloading SP1 the speed would fluctuate from 5.75kb/s(which is very good for me) down to 0.325kb/s. Normal is around 3.75kb/s. Do you think its the HDDs?
My system specks
WinXP Pro SP1
Iwill XP333
XP 1900+
R8500
WD SE raid-0

10 minutes to boot? Something's seriously wrong.

- First thing I'd do is download the HDD manufacturer's drive test utility and do a thorough test on them.

- Run Adaware (make sure you install Refupdate and download the latest reference file, and make sure the reference file update is installed in the right folder).

- Some newer viruses compromise your anti-virus (AV) program. You sure NAV is running and is enabled?

- Have you updated any drivers, installed any updates? Is this XP? Did you install SP1? Did you notice this afterwards?

- If it's XP you could try creating a restore point and then experiment with restoring some earlier restore points to see if that fixes it.

Hope this helps...

The only thing I cold find wrong is in the psu. The 12+ is running at 10.26+. Right now its at 10.94 and everything seems to be ok.