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When I start my laptop the blue error message screen tends to pop up and a consistancy test on drive "D" begins almost every time. Furthermore, taskbar items take almost 5 minutes to load, and my HP Wireless Assistant will not even load up for about 10 minutes after start up. This is quite devastating and annoying to me when trying to take care of business and type out a few research papers. I am wondering what I need to do to resolve this problem.
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Please let me know what to do.

-Michael





The basic information regarding my Windows XP is as follows:

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EVEREST Home Edition © 2003, 2004 Lavalys, Inc.
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Version EVEREST v1.10.106
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/

Report Type Quick Report
Computer *****************
Generator *****************
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2007-08-16
Time 23:06

Summary
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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional

OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0)

Computer Name *****************
User Name *****************

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile , 2166 MHz (7.5 x 289)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type Phoenix (12/11/06)

Communication Port Bluetooth Communications Port (COM4)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (256 MB)

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (256 MB)

Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Bluetooth Audio
Audio Adapter Conexant HD Audio output

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF

IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller

IDE Controller Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
Disk Drive ST9120821AS (111 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive ST9120821AS (111 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N

SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 99998 MB (67094 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 114470 MB (114394 MB free)
E: (FAT32) 13410 MB (984 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad

Network:
Network Adapter Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (192.168.1.108)

Modem HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Peripherals:
Printer HP Officejet 6300 series fax

Printer HP Officejet 6300 series

Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Printer Quicken PDF Printer
USB1 Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC [NoDB]
USB Device HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Problems & Suggestions:
Problem Disk free space is only 7% on drive E:.

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why are there three of these running? Now four!

Disk consistency is checked when the operating system was writing to the disk and you switched off the machine while it was doing it (or when there is something REALLY wrong with the hard drive - write failures, bad sectors, etc). Make sure you are properly shutting down and letting the machine power itself off.

As for programs at startup, probably you have installed a few programs that run things at startup. Have you considered reinstalling Windows and installing only what you want/need?