idle processing and slow start up

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Recently, I have found that Windows XP is taking a long time to start up and
that the hard drive light is ALWAYS on with 'system idle processing' taking
up a huge amount of CPU even when I am running and working with programs.

Scandisk has revealed some bad sectors. Can this have anything to do with
it?

I have tried GO Back and system restore..but no change.

Thanks for reading.

Simon

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Hi

System Idle Process shows how much the CPU isn't using. So the higher that
number the better. The reading here is 97/98 and everything is working
smoothly.

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"Simon Taylor" <support@NO.THANKS.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Recently, I have found that Windows XP is taking a long time to start up
> and that the hard drive light is ALWAYS on with 'system idle processing'
> taking up a huge amount of CPU even when I am running and working with
> programs.
>
> Scandisk has revealed some bad sectors. Can this have anything to do with
> it?
>
> I have tried GO Back and system restore..but no change.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> Simon
>

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"Simon Taylor" <support@NO.THANKS.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23nOcDskqEHA.376@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> System Idle Process shows how much the CPU isn't using. So the higher
>> that number the better. The reading here is 97/98 and everything is
>> working smoothly.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> Any ideas for the hard drive activity light being permanently on?

Hi

Permanently - literally? Have you got the Indexing Service enabled?


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