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Admitted defeat and decided to reformat and reinstall windows problem sorted total time including boot-up 34secs thanks for all suggestions

Norton supplied by BT. The problem is present with just Windows XP installed no security loaded. With certain game software running system seems slow to respond

system details - fujitsu siemens scaleo T pentium4 3.4GHz (2 CPUs) - 2048 MB ram - 230 GB HDD - GE Force 7600GS Video Creative XFI Extreme Gamer sound - Windows XP Home Edition (5.1) SP2 Problem has got worse in last 2 months

windows xp takes 3m 50s to load I have reformatted and re-installed windows painfully slow to load with just windows video & sound drivers installed any ideas please

I live in Anglesey N Wales and have a little pc knowledge but haven`t decided if it`s a dangerous thing