Thank you all for your reply. I defrag my drive regularly on a schedule, so I put it down to an old drive, its only 70gb and has a small amount of cache.
I think I'll upgrade to a larger drive with...

My windows XP starts-up very slow, its takes bout 10mins before I can eventually put it to use.
Is this normal after 4 years use? I've ran all types of malware and virus checks and the system is...

try get your hands on a 'universal XP driver pack' cd. Then update your device manager with drivers from that cd.
*those cd's have around 10k drivers and cover all the different manufacturers.

i had the same issue then ran the 'sfc / scannow' function to re-copy my XP SP2 cd files in case any dll's etc had corrupt. I then went to microsoft to download all the latest patches again. All...

I agree with Caperjack's suggestion. Then go to microsoft site and get the latest patches.

remove the last line then save. Once you reboot you will no longer get that message
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

I managed to solve the graphic issue by updating all the microsoft patches and installing nvidia driver software.

I worked through the tips to tweak my XP and its messed up my graphics; I ran 'sfc / scannow' to correct any .dll's etc using my XP SP2 disk.
I run a 19" widescreen monitor and use 1440 x900...

If you have a PC and the original Windows XP setup disk then I advise you to slipstream SP2 and driverpacks. Burn the ISO and reinstall XP again on the laptop. The driverpack covers over 98% of...

I'm running IE7 on Windows XP SP2. Lately I've noticed a slowdown when opening my browser and loading webpages. I've been running all types of spyware apps without a fix.
(I have Norton 360...