[philbert2501]

I have an HP a6330f PC running Win7 Professional (64-bit)

I had been having issues with slow startup for a while, as well as other issues such as programs refusing to open, taking far longer to open than they should, and general sluggishness. Also, at times windows explorer would not show changes I made immediately; I would delete a file or paste a file into a folder, and the change would not show up until I closed and reopened the folder.

So I backed everything up and reinstalled Win7.

The reinstallation took longer than it seemed like it should have. And it still takes a long time to start up. It sits on the blue HP logo screen for 2:35 (I timed it) and total time from pressing power to login screen is about 4:18. I've got no idea what could be going on, since I've just reinstalled the OS. I haven't installed any other programs or made any changes.

I don't know if this is at all helpful or related, but the front usb ports do not recognize my 16gb flash drive, though it seems to work just fine on the rear ports. This was the case before reinstalling windows, and the drive works with no problems on another computer running XP.

I'd appreciate any help I can get.

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its happening because there must be some virus in your PC which is still active or your hard disk is too fragmented.

[smith.R.jhon]

its happening because there must be some virus in your PC which is still active or your hard disk is too fragmented.

[richardredls]

Check BIOS. It should be optimized.
Or check HDD. It can be the hard drive problem.

[rshaffer61]

OK maybe these instructions will help with seeing the issue.

Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech....ay.cfm?ttid=287
Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.

NOTE. If your hard drive is made by Toshiba, try the Hitachi DFT CD Image version of the software

Thanks to Broni for the instructions



After this is done please do the following.


A If you have more than one RAM module installed, try starting computer with one RAM stick at a time.

NOTE Keep in mind, the manual check listed above is always superior to the software check, listed below. DO NOT proceed with memtest, if you can go with option A

B. If you have only one RAM stick installed...
...run memtest...


1. Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip). If you prefer to use the USB version then use this link USB KEY
2. Unzip downloaded /memtest86+-4.20.iso.zip file.
3. Inside, you'll find /memtest86+-4.20.iso file.
4. Download, and install ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/
5. Insert blank CD into your CD drive.
6. Open ImgBurn, and click on Write image file to disc
7. Click on Browse for a file... icon:



8. Locate memtest86+-4.20.iso file, and click Open button.
9. Click on ImgBurn green arrow to start burning bootable memtest86 CD:



10. Once the CD is created, boot from it, and memtest will automatically start to run. You may have to change the boot sequence in your BIOS to make it work right.

To change Boot Sequence in your BIOS

Reboot the system and at the first post screen (where it is counting up memory) start tapping the DEL button
This will enter you into the Bios\Cmos area.
Find the Advanced area and click Enter
Look for Boot Sequence or Boot Options and highlight that click Enter
Now highlight the first drive and follow the directions on the bottom of the screen on how to modify it and change it to CDrom.
Change the second drive to the C or Main Drive
Once that is done then click F10 to Save and Exit
You will prompted to enter Y to verify Save and Exit. Click Y and the system will now reboot with the new settings.


The running program will look something like this depending on the size and number of ram modules installed:




It's recommended to run 5-6 passes. Each pass contains very same 8 tests.

This will show the progress of the test. It can take a while. Be patient, or leave it running overnight.



The following image is the test results area:



The most important item here is the “errors” line. If you see ANY errors, even one, most likely, you have bad RAM.

[philbert2501]

I ran Data Lifeguard (drive is Western Digital) extended text, and it found no problems. I restarted the computer with each of my four RAM sticks, with no change.

I don't know if I just didn't notice this before or what, but after the windows logo goes off during startup, it sits there working for a rather long time with a blank screen before getting to the login screen. Shutdown time is longer than it should be as well...I don't know if any of that will tell you anything more or not, but there is is.

Thanks very much for your help!

[rshaffer61]

Then it is probably safe to say it is not the memory or the hard drive causing the issue. That is not to say the file system integrity is not messed up..

[philbert2501]

Ok. So what should I do next?

[rshaffer61]

Download Autoruns from the link in my signature below:

1: Extract the Autoruns Zip file contents to a folder.
2: Double-click the "Autoruns.exe".
3: Click on the "Everything" tab
4: Remove any entries that mention "File Not Found" by right-clicking the entry and select Delete.
5: Go to File then to Export As or Save in some versions.
6: Save AutoRuns.txt file to known location like your Desktop.
7: Attach to your next reply.

[philbert2501]

Ok, here it is

Attached Files

•  AutoRuns.txt   13.36KB   197 downloads

[rshaffer61]

Uhhhh there are no autoruns


Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

Download Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below. Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:

It does a more comprehensive job at Defragging
It will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that Auslogics defragged
Please do not run any other Auslogics programs other then this one as they may cause unwanted results.

[philbert2501]

Done and done, with no resultant performance changes. I happened to open the "system health" tab on the defragmenter, and it says that I have 21 registry errors. I don't know a great deal about this kind of thing, but my impression is that that's a pretty bad thing. Could it be causing my problems?

Also, it has begun to not let me open programs again sometimes, as it did before reinstalling Windows.

[rshaffer61]

I happened to open the "system health" tab on the defragmenter, and it says that I have 21 registry errors. I don't know a great deal about this kind of thing, but my impression is that that's a pretty bad thing. Could it be causing my problems?

Do not worry about this as it is normal for these types of programs to find orphaned files in the registry and report them as a problem. They really are not a problem.
We need to look else where for the root of the issue.
Please do the following and let me know the results.

Tutorial for running chkdsk in Vista\Win 7 located HERE.

[rshaffer61]

The nice thing about Vista, Win7 and Win8 is it has a startup repair we can try also.

[philbert2501]

I ran chkdsk. There's no change in performance, and I didn't see any kind of report on the results or anything when I checked it (I left it running over night).

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I'm actually in the process of moving right now.

[rshaffer61]

OK now we need to look at what is loading on startup since there may be some program or driver causing the delay.

This can be tricky so please take your time and read the instructions carefully.




Lets see what you have in your startup

Please click on
Start and then to Run
Type in msconfig and press Enter
Now click on Startups
Then uncheck everything and restart.
IMPORTANT! In case of laptop, make sure, you do NOT disable any keyboard, or touchpad entries.
If system boots correctly and is running smoothly and faster then we have a startup problem
Try going back into msconfig and check one item and reboot
Keep doing that till you have found the problem or all are finally checked.
Post back with the results