when i startup the PC the HD seeks are so excessive i cannot really use the pc for aboout ten minutes. started a few months ago and getting prgressively worse. any ideas? i think something is hogging ram at startup. i also expreience similar HD seeks when opening IE and searching web.
Well, my first question would be what do you do about viruses and other malware?
norton symantec and malwarebytes....never flag anything more than a random cookie here are there.
Click on the link below and follow ALL of the procedures to eliminate unnecessary startup programs and services and remove junk files and programs from your computer.
Cleanup Steps
Hope this helps.
Grif
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