Re: system is getting dog slow
I just finished a client machine with exactly the same symtoms as described by the OP.
At first, I thought it was the crap software installed (Norton, SBC Global, Rosetta Stone, Anonymizer, Sponge Bob, etc, etc, etc).
I checked the event logs, and saw non-stop disk errors, so went down the merry path chasing a suspect bad drive. Under BART-PE, Ghost crapped out continuously. I had to remove the drive to a different machine to get a good image. The drive checked out 100% OK with Sea Tools.
In the end, it was the power supply. Bestec 250 on an eMachine T2660.
I swapped it out on a hunch, and the machine instantly came to life, no more event log errors for disk or controller.
I just finished a client machine with exactly the same symtoms as described by the OP.
At first, I thought it was the crap software installed (Norton, SBC Global, Rosetta Stone, Anonymizer, Sponge Bob, etc, etc, etc).
I checked the event logs, and saw non-stop disk errors, so went down the merry path chasing a suspect bad drive. Under BART-PE, Ghost crapped out continuously. I had to remove the drive to a different machine to get a good image. The drive checked out 100% OK with Sea Tools.
In the end, it was the power supply. Bestec 250 on an eMachine T2660.
I swapped it out on a hunch, and the machine instantly came to life, no more event log errors for disk or controller.
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