hard disk problem?

[lipa_breskvica]

last few days i have hard disk problems.
trying to acess safe mode reboots computer.
when im in windows trying to run some applications sometimes freezes computer and hard disk keeps running, and running and running, but most of things are very slow on computer. it takes sometimes few minutes to run some apllications.
is that due to bad sectors?

 

[AdmnPower]

it's a possibility that you have a corrupted install of windows, for lack of a better term by this i mean you have too much software running in the back ground and the windows registry is probably full of useless garbage that's causing problems, you could also have some spyware or viruses. That really doesn't sound like a hard drive problem though. While your computer is running provided you're running windows xp right click your start bar click task manager and then go to the processes tab in the bottom left it says how many processes are running. Check that and report back. That will help us figure out if your system is crashing because you have too many programs running.

 

[lipa_breskvica]

50 processes.
maybe it is due to registry. i will try to run tune up utilities to fix something.

 

[AdmnPower]

how much ram do you have 50 processes is A-LOT i run at about 30ish, if you have a really high end pc you can probably handle 50 but when you start getting up that high and you don't know what they all are odds are they're spyware or other malicious software

 

[K3rupt]

dude if u can get into windows, click Run - type Msconfig - go across too boot and unselect the CRAP you dont need to start up, you dont need all those programs screwin up your computer/slowin it down

 

[AdmnPower]

just be careful of what you start uncheking as some of the things under the services tab are essential for windows to run properly

 

[Bobo]

Don't screw with anything in msconfig except the startup tab....it's too dangerous.

 

[AdmnPower]

too dangerous for someone who doesn't know what stuff is anyway

 

[lipa_breskvica]

here is situation now.
i noticed that every time when application fails to start hard disk no 3 starts to run. when it stops the application begins.
i unpluged hard disk no 3, and windows are running perfect now.
im confused.
hard disk no 3 doesnt have any links with windows and applications im trying to run.