Hello all

Right now I am on a computer at school. Anyways, yesterday I wokeup and turned on my computer as usual. I go to the bathroom, come back and see that I was still at the Windows XP loading screen... hmm... so I turn my TV on and wait another 2 minutes, to see that it still hasn't loaded to the username screen.

At this point I DECIDE to restart the computer, and the same thing happens. However this time it finally gets to the username screen after about what felt like a good 15 minutes. Anyways, the computer lagged as I typed in my password and it appeared a good couple of seconds later. As it was loading, I got an error message saying that the registry failed to load or something like that, and that my personal profile could not be loaded and I would be given a temporary profile. It took another forever and a day to load into the desktop.

Anyways EVERYTHING is lagged and taking forever. Internet, start bar, etc. Not knowing what to do, I TRIED to do a system restore. I restart my computer and this time instead of GETTING to the load screen , the computer restarts everytime after a couple of seconds of waiting at the Windows XP load screen.

I have no idea what to do. The days prior to that I would do the same thing I always did, and nothing out of the regular. Hmm.. I checked the parts inside the computer and everything seemed to be running just fine. I tried to do a system repair with the Windows XP disc but I have no idea how to work it I would format already but I have sooo much stuff on my computer that right now I don't think I can afford losing.

All help would be appreciated, I am in desperate need of it! Thank you.Malware? Have you scanned?
Hello !

Hold F8 when booting in windows and select Safe MODE. log in with primary Admin profile and scan for viruses-adwares-spywares. Hope u have all this stuff. If not then gt adaware from lavasoft.com and nod32 antivirus [30day trial] from eset.com

also, in safe mode click Start | Run and type msconfig and hit enter.
under startup, deselect unnecessary programs.

ThanksRepair install of XP

This should leave your files and programs intact.

What do you have backed up currently ? ? What if that HDD went dead today ? ?

Time to start ENTERTAINING a backup solution...