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Perhaps I am missing something here, if so apologies.
It sounds to me as if your HD is simply being overworked.
I see you have tried cloning to another drive, but are both drives 5400 RPM?
Also, you mentioned copying from 1 partition to another when this problem seems the worst.
If the drive needs to move the heads near the end of the drive (seperate partition) then back to the front back and forth, on the same drive, this is a significant strain on the HD.
Especially a 5400RPM drive.
Of course there are other factors that may come into play as well.
Amount of cache the HD has, and level of frgamentation on each drive.
IF doing just regular task, and not copying/moving DATA around, does the system seem to operate normally?
In your 1st post you also mentioned you use no AV software at all?
You really should TBH.
I also agree lowering the start up programs to what you feel are needed would be a good idea.
For example, what I consider needed start-up items for my system are:
Anti-Virus, ATI CCC, X-Fi Software, Acronis, Gadget Sidebar.
And I let STEAM auto start as well. (but use it ALOT)
Everything else I have disabled as its not needed at start up.
Of course everyone will have slightly different needs as to what they consioder needed.
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