What do you think of these symptoms?

Hi

I think I need to format my hard drive and reinstall Windows on my machine,
but I thought I'd post my symptoms here in case anyone has any less drastic
suggestions.

My laptop is incredibly slow when loading up. My first instinct was to run
msconfig and remove some of the programs from my startup list. When I tried
to run msconfig, I get the message "The application failed to initialize
properly (0xc0000006). Click on OK to terminate the application". When I
try to run my antivirus software (Sophos), nothing happens and my machine
freezes and has to be restarted. All of this happens when I am in safe mode
as well as in normal mode.

When I tried to backup up some files in preparation for a probable format,
some files failed to copy (Cyclic Redundancy check fail). This makes me
think I may even need a new hard disk. My adware checker (adaware) scans
for a while and then freezes without giving any results.

Microsoft Word will not open. I get an error reporting box and then get
asked if I want to open Word in safe mode.

A system restore to a couple of weeks ago does not fix any of these
problems.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Save your important data and format and reinstall.


"Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR.E,M-O'V`E@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I think I need to format my hard drive and reinstall Windows on my
> machine, but I thought I'd post my symptoms here in case anyone has any
> less drastic suggestions.
>
> My laptop is incredibly slow when loading up. My first instinct was to
> run msconfig and remove some of the programs from my startup list. When I
> tried to run msconfig, I get the message "The application failed to
> initialize properly (0xc0000006). Click on OK to terminate the
> application". When I try to run my antivirus software (Sophos), nothing
> happens and my machine freezes and has to be restarted. All of this
> happens when I am in safe mode as well as in normal mode.
>
> When I tried to backup up some files in preparation for a probable format,
> some files failed to copy (Cyclic Redundancy check fail). This makes me
> think I may even need a new hard disk. My adware checker (adaware) scans
> for a while and then freezes without giving any results.
>
> Microsoft Word will not open. I get an error reporting box and then get
> asked if I want to open Word in safe mode.
>
> A system restore to a couple of weeks ago does not fix any of these
> problems.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>