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WINDOWS XP DRASTIC SLOWDOWN ON PRIMARY SEARCH

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by grierson11

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When I ask Windows to go to "My Computer" in order to select a drive to which I want access, it throws up a waving flashlight which goes from side to side, over a yellow "folder" icon, and sits there, doing this, for minutes on end, before finally giving me the list of drives. Any ideas as to why? I have done all cleanups, cleanouts, de-frags, etc etc I can think of.

At the same time, I can no longer persuade the PC to connetc to my digital camera: it tell me that it cannot locate the device, and I have done nothing to change any settings I have been using for about two years.

Are these above two thing possibly related?

Grateful for any help

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by older mycroft

Or you may be running too many programs at the same time.

We really need to know a bit more about your computer first:

Make and model of computer?
What operating system are you using?
Size of harddrive(s), how much RAM, any graphics card installed?
What antivirus, antispyware programs do you use?

How long has this problem been happening?

Also - how much free space does your primary harddrive have?

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