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[foil]

THat error log said it couldnt fix most issues. Is it a proper Windows install disc you have or some recovery disc thing?

If its not the hard drive failing, i think you just need a fresh install from a proper Windows install disc.

[Tellemurius]

It's 3 years old, mind you. And it came with the OS pre-installed... though I do have a repair disk and a back-up, so getting around that is easy. And I did do a system recovery and hard drive format. Twice on the recovery, actually... and it's not the hard drive. I've experienced hard drive failure before, and this isn't it.

depends, that much corruption means something borked hardware wise either the drive got kicked or a power failure gone wrong. wipe it and see what happens.

[Tellemurius]

FORMAT

[foil]

I did a wipe, both intentionally and unintentionally... Combofix accidental wipe, then an actual wipe as I did a system image recovery. It didn't fix anything.

Maybe its a faulty restore or backup disc then if System recovery is getting loads of missing file errors on the backup media.

Download a new copy from here and do a fresh install, not a recovery or backup restore with all the crapware on it.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/

If 4GB ram or under use 32 bit and get correct version i.e. Home Premium/ Pro/ Ultimate etc etc that will work with the key on the sticker on computer.

Just use Microsoft iso to dvd/usb tool to burn it to disc/usb, format the drive duing setup and rock on.

[Aklyon]

Have you tried accessing it in Linux?

[foil]

No need, managed to access it. Delete the volume, re-created it, and will now format.

Mind and download a proper copy of Windows and dont use the broken recovery or backup thats failed many times in the error logs.

[Tellemurius]

heh i had a feeling but you wouldn't have known until you format really.

[miauw62]

Alright, I need some advice. I have a quite decent (runs skyrim at High and PS2 at low, minecraft with max settings and mods.) laptop, but it starts REALLY slowly. I have tried removing things that don't look essential with Starter, but is there anything else I can do?

[Aklyon]

How many things are running at startup?

[Bauglir]

I've got an RSS feed that doesn't consistently change the icon from new to viewed once I've viewed a page. Sometimes yes, sometimes no (but no more and more often lately). It's the MS Paint Adventures one, if it's dependent on the site in question, which may be the case since all my others work fine. How can I fix this?

Alright, I need some advice. I have a quite decent (runs skyrim at High and PS2 at low, minecraft with max settings and mods.) laptop, but it starts REALLY slowly. I have tried removing things that don't look essential with Starter, but is there anything else I can do?

All I can think of is to try running standard cleaners, such as CCleaner, and defragging in the hopes that it's just clutter. This is probably a bullshit idea, but see if you can add the task manager to the startup programs so you can examine resource usage as quickly as possible?

[foil]

Use hibernate maybe?

My laptop cold boots from hibernate with 5400rpm hard drive at same speed as mates laptop cold boots from scratch with a SSD, boot anim doesnt even have time to complete before going to desktop.

Also is it Vista or Win 7 u have?

[Akura]

This is an issue that's been annoying me for a while. Every time at startup, after logging in and loading the desktop, I get a couple of error messages saying that Superfetch has stopped working. This, unfortunately, also takes other things like Windows Aero and WLAN(wireless networking) services with it. Attempts to restart Superfetch(both manually and automatic) fail for a while, then all of a sudden it comes back, brining Aero and WLAN back with it.

Not sure what's causing it. Might be a virus, since it first did it while watching a bootlegged copy of a movie, and it's been doing it since. Avast hasn't found anything, although it's out of date and updating is a pain in the ass right now(connction drops, resulting in restarting the file download).

[miauw62]

Use hibernate maybe?

My laptop cold boots from hibernate with 5400rpm hard drive at same speed as mates laptop cold boots from scratch with a SSD, boot anim doesnt even have time to complete before going to desktop.

Also is it Vista or Win 7 u have?

7. I have tried removing many things from startup with starter some time ago. I ran CCleaner for my registry tough, and it seems to be pretty fine now. Thanks.

[Tellemurius]

This is an issue that's been annoying me for a while. Every time at startup, after logging in and loading the desktop, I get a couple of error messages saying that Superfetch has stopped working. This, unfortunately, also takes other things like Windows Aero and WLAN(wireless networking) services with it. Attempts to restart Superfetch(both manually and automatic) fail for a while, then all of a sudden it comes back, brining Aero and WLAN back with it.

Not sure what's causing it. Might be a virus, since it first did it while watching a bootlegged copy of a movie, and it's been doing it since. Avast hasn't found anything, although it's out of date and updating is a pain in the ass right now(connction drops, resulting in restarting the file download).

run a sfc scan and see what happens (remember to run the cmd as admin)

[Lord Shonus]

Do you have Steam running on Startup? I find that to be a huge sluggard. Besides that, having multiple things open at the same time can lag you much more than opening them one-at-a-time. There is a program called StartupDelayer that provides this functionality.