Help, Laptop slowed to dead stop

[logisticky]

I have a Lifebook P5020 and sent it for some hardware repairs (DC-in broken). On return, the laptop is INCREDIBLE slow. I mean just opening a window takes seconds. Bootup is 10 minutes. The hard drive seems to be in contstant access. Here is what I have done.

1) Cleaned and defragged HD (there is 30GB free on a 60GB disk).

2) I ran *4* virus screens and i have attached the EWIDO screen (all it found were some tracking cookies).

3) I ran hijackthis and dont see anything TOO terrible (see attached).

Any ideas? I am beginning to think it is the hard drive that is just near dying ...

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Gordon

 

[X DarthMonkey X]

Hm... Just for the heck of it, try Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D

Both are available for free download at http://download.com.

Also try a registry cleaner such as Registry Mechanic.

 

[halo71]

Have you checked to see what start up apps are running, through MSCONFIG? Or looked at task manager? Maybe something is running and taking up too many system resources.

 

[X DarthMonkey X]

Who is the manufacturer of the herd drive?

Find out in the Device Manager. Here's how to do that in WinXP:

-= Right-click on My Computer

-= Click Properties

-= Click the "Hardware" tab

-= Click on "Device Manager"

-= Expand "Disk Drives", there it should show the manufacturer and model.

Once you've done that, get the diagnostic software from that manufacturer.

I'll post a few links for the more popular manufacturers:

Seagate: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/support/b2c_hdd_troubleshoot.htm

Hitachi: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Samsung's isn't a program, but a troubleshooting guide. If your drive is either a samsung or some manufacturer I didn't post then let me know.