Re; Advice sought

[Trainshed Terry]

Hello

I have used PC Mighty-Max v9 and printed off the report diagnostic report and there is a total off 930 missing links.

The PC is getting slower on the start up
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Outlined below is the information about my PC

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name SN030202120580 (Terry Home)
User Name Terry Macavoy
SMTP E-mail Address [email protected]
Logon Domain SN030202120580
Date / Time 2006-07-20 / 18:53

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Celeron D 346, 3066 MHz (23 x 133)
Motherboard Name ECS P4M800-M7 (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA P4M800 Pro
System Memory 1024 MB
BIOS Type AMI (10/19/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 AGP
Monitor LG L1750G [NoDB] (1603131820)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC655 @ VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller H+H Virtual CD SCSI Controller SDK
SCSI/RAID Controller VIA SATA RAID Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 4R080L0 (80 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive OEI-USB CompactFlash USB Device
Disk Drive OEI-USB SM/MS/SD USB Device
Disk Drive Maxtor 6 V300F0 SCSI Disk Device (279 GB)
Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM)
Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM)
Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5112 (DVD:4x/2x/12x, CD:16x/10x/40x DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 74049 MB (53848 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 286181 MB (228888 MB free)
Total Size 351.8 GB (276.1 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:
Primary IP Address 81.79.122.245
Primary MAC Address 00-14-2A-B8-5A-5B
Network Adapter VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (81.79.122.245)
Modem PCI Simple Communications Controller

Peripherals:
Printer hp deskjet 940c series
Printer hp deskjet 940c
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (v1.0)
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device Packard Bell Diamond 1200Plus WIA Scanner
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Printing Support

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
DMI BIOS Version 080012
DMI System Manufacturer ECS
DMI System Product P4M800-M7
DMI System Version 1.0
DMI System Serial Number 00000000
DMI System UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ECS
DMI Motherboard Product P4M800-M7
DMI Motherboard Version 1.0
DMI Motherboard Serial Number 00000000
DMI Chassis Manufacturer ECS
DMI Chassis Version 1.0
DMI Chassis Serial Number 00000000
DMI Chassis Asset Tag 0123ABC
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 2 / 0
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I am considering doing a nondestructive restore, I have Norton Ghost 10 installed, could I use the date that is within that software to reinstall the current configuration, or will that just return the PC to the current problems.

Regards

[Trainshed Terry]

It the little unexpected things that pop up from time to time, like the new hardware wizard starts up and I have no idea where it came from.

I have started a thread with regards that item

I started a Norton Virus check at 08:20 and have stopped it at 18:40. it had not completed the scan off the system by then.

Regards.

[CCT]

You have so many problems on that computer I recommend a clean install of the OS.

Is there anything critical on there you need to save? If so, copy it to cd first.

[format c:]

Yip you should do a back up , zero fill your drive, boot to the XP cd and reinstall your os , 10 hrs and 20 min is way to long for an INCOMPLETE virus scan
Forget system restore, I never use it and turn it off, I just keep a recent back up on my faithful external drive ( whch reminds me, time to do that )
Just in case I crash and burn
I would make that big maxtor your boot drive since it is a faster drive than your 80 gig which only spins at 5400 rpm

[Trainshed Terry]

Yip you should do a back up , zero fill your drive, boot to the XP cd and reinstall your os , 10 hrs and 20 min is way to long for an INCOMPLETE virus scan
Forget system restore, I never use it and turn it off, I just keep a recent back up on my faithful external drive ( whch reminds me, time to do that )
Just in case I crash and burn
I would make that big maxtor your boot drive since it is a faster drive than your 80 gig which only spins at 5400 rpm

Thank you for your advice, but could set out do all the above mentioned so that I get it right first time with out to many complications. and how do I turn the bigger drive into a boot drive.

And you recommend that I should use the 80GB as a games drive.

Your advice is very welcome as the system is starting to crash on me but automatically restarts itself.

Regards.