slow startup?

Question

A while ago my computer suddenly crashed for no apparent reason, and ever since that crash every time I turn my computer on it takes a long long time for startup on some programs, but just some. any suggestions?

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

either you need to remove a few programs as you have loads on startup or have a good virus checker and spyware checker make sure none on, nortons and windows defender

Answer 2

best you can hope for is slightly damaged files or a fragmented hard drive
at worst, you have a virus.

Check the hard drive using Scandisk, then Defragment the disk also (defrag may take some time), also make sure you have run an antivirus scan on the comp, as some viruses can cause spontenious reboots and sudden system crashes, make sure, as was previously advised run "Msconfig" and remove all non essential files from startup (make sure to only remove ones that you know what they do!!)

a hard drive is like a library with out a librariean, I.E. the books never get put back where they came from, the comp puts them back where it sees most convienent, which is not alyways good for system preformance, the defragmenter is like a librarian, it archives data in order of how much it is used so data that is less used is put to the back, and free space is left last.

it may be nessecary to Format your harddrive, which will result in needing to start the PC off again from scratch

Answer 3

are you running xp if so have you run chkdsk lately if you don't know how to, open my computer right click on your C drive click properties when the dialogue box opens click the tools tab under error checking click check now when the dialogue box appears tick the two boxes and click start when you get the message it can't do it and do you want to schedule a check click yes then reboot and leave your computer for about 45min for the checks to complete when done it'll reboot then run defrag

Answer 4

According to your description,there are some regsitry errors in your computer to cause "computer crash and start up slow".You need to clean you computer.
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Answer 5

you may have a virus which can slow things down. get it check asap before it does any damage. you could also be maxed out on your memeory space so delete any unwanted programmes. also you may need to defragment your hard drive. this sorts out all your files and saves them in all the same palce rather than in several places.
if it still plays up then take it to PC world for a check up.

Answer 6

start run type msconfig press ok click startup start disabling stuff!!

WARNING! disable the stuff that you know what it goes to!