When I start the machine, continuous hard drive work for almost 1/2 hour, meanwhile if I open a program, the machine runs very slowly. Help solve the problem please

I have wndow XP Home edition service pack 3 installed on my lap top. When I start the computer the hard drive continues to work for almost 1/2 hour; Meanwhile, if I open IE, or any program, the machine runs very slowly and I just can not open the program up until the drive hard light is off. Please help solve the problem

How much RAM you have on your system? (Right click on "My Computer"-> properties)

As a general rule, Windows XP does not work well if you have less than 1 GB or more of RAM.  What usually happens is that your RAM capacity is exceeded leading to overflow on virtual memory (the drive) to compensate for the need of RAM in the computer.  This causes your system to beat on your hard drive and slow down your system.

If this is your problem, the options are to increase the RAM on your system or decrease the non-essential programs that launch at startup on your computer using a tool like Autoruns.

HTH,
JW

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