In the past mounth or so my laptop has taken a turn for the worst. I still havn't been able to trace it back to what started it running like crap. When I first got it it ran very WELL would run all programs quickly and even ran somewhat demanding games with no problem. now even the startup of windows takes anywere from 5 or more solid min. I've done everything I know how such as Virus/Spywear scans and other programs such as Advanced WindowsCare. The computer still runs poorly. I am a college student and do need my laptop to run smoothly. If anyone has any advice of other things to do or even if you THINK I wight have tried it post it anyway just to make sure.


      My laptop is an HP L2000 running Windows XP with an AMD Turion64 w/ 1GB of Ram.  What are you running for malware protection? Have you run the scans in Safe Mode with System Restore turned off? Also the online scanner at www.trendmicro.com would be a good idea.

What is the make and model? How much free hard drive space? Have you done a recent Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag?thank you for the advice. I did recently run Disk cleanup and Disk defrag, also while I was waiting for a reply I ran ScanDisk on my main drive and it FROZE up at step 4 of 5. Does this mean the problem is worse?I cant help with the scandisk problem, but i can suggest a clean up of the registry as well as disabling any un needed system services through the control panel>admin>services. this stops unecessary start bootupsI would run the free diagnostics that you can download from the appropriate hard drive maker's site to test the drive for fitness. Do not play in the registry or do any software FIXES until you are sure the hardware is fuunctional.