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Dear Alvin93,
Please follow the steps as mentioned in the previous posts.
Two abnormal things i noted in the crystal disk info' 1) Health status : CAUTION (Should read as healthy)
AND 2) SPIN RATE :5400RPM (ideal=7200/rpm)
Dear Alvin93,
Please follow the steps as mentioned in the previous posts.
Two abnormal things i noted in the crystal disk info' 1) Health status : CAUTION (Should read as healthy)
AND 2) SPIN RATE :5400RPM (ideal=7200/rpm)
Thanks for the suggestions, I did a full system scan on another PC as I can't seem to finish the scan on this PC. And yes, there was a Trojan, it was cleaned there. But it didn't seem to solve the problem, I still have lags and slow logging-in to Windows.
Regarding the NVIDIA CP and audio software, does disabling them from startup decrease their respective performance, i.e. gaming, movies, music?
About the SFC /scannow, it says: "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."
And what should I do about this?
Additionally, after the MB full system scan I was prompted to do CHKDSK. It says FILE SEGMENT XXXXXX IS UNREADABLE or something like that, and it shows that many segments are unreadable. I waited and accidentally let it restart itself (battery ran out) and skipped the second CHKDSK.
Did I do something wrong here?
Boot into Safe Mode to run Malwarebytes after updating it from desktop. Next install Avast 5, update and run a Boot Time scan. Then burn to CD, boto and run a bootable CD AV scan: FREE Bootable AntiVirus Rescue CDs Download List. Use one which will allow you to copy out your files if needed.
Run your HD maker's diagnostics/Repair full CD scan Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp. followed by Disk Check run if necessary from the Command Line
in System Recovery Options
Run the SFC from the Command Line in System Recovery Options: SFC /SCANNOW : Run in Command Prompt at Boot
As stated running NVidia or audio software in Startup list only is required if you have special settings for overclocking or home theater in those respective programs. Otherwise you are only using the drivers from those software packages which are installed in System32.
I have turned off all unimportant on-boot services and no virus/spyware/malware were detected in scans. It seems I have found my problem. When I did the HD-Diagnostics it returned this result:
Does this mean the slow logging-in and sudden lags I've been having up until now were because of a hardware error?253439231 of 1250263727 in 3:49:53
Test Option: EXTENDED TEST
Model Number: WDC WD6400BEVT-60A0RT0
Unit Serial Number: WD-WXA0AC9L7227
Firmware Number: 01.01A01
Capacity: 640.13 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 08-Too many bad sectors detected.
Test Time: 21:52:16, February 26, 2011
Likely. Next run Disk Check on all partitions, if necessary from DVD or Repair CD Command Line.
In tandem the two scans can bring a HD back to life, so I'd run repeats of each.
First however copy out your data using DVD/Repair CD if necessary: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console
I'm not quite sure about doing a repeated CHKDSK, because the last time I did a CHKDSK (25/2) too many unreadable segments and took like, 5% in 5 hours, since I can't let my PC on for 24 hours to finish it. That is, if it finishes in 24 hours period
Then copy out your files and replace the HD if you don't have the time to try repairing it, which isn't always successful anyway.
CHKDSK is now on its 20th hour with 5% completion.
Yeah I think I'll do that, or cope with it until I can buy a new Windows 7.
A few last questions:
-) If I want to install 64bit 7 do I need to change my hardware?, and
-) how to avoid this HD bad-sector? I don't want this to happen again so I better ask the pros and the more-experienced here.
In before thanks to all who replied, I learned a lot from you people :).
Hi Alvin,
You cannot always avoid bad sectors, unfortunately, but you can attempt to recover bad data from them, and avoid the system writing files to them again. What sort of chkdsk are you performing? In other words, which switch are you using?
Regards,
Golden
I go to System Recovery Menu which uses "X:" to perform read-only CHKDSK, not sure what it was called. Too many bad-sectors was found and still counting up till now.