Storage Solutions PC boot up very slow

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I have a Athlon X2 3600 based Windows XP Pro using ST3320620AS just about a year and a half old.
Since the last few days the system takes very long (5-10 minutes) to boot. I suspected the HDD and I ran HDD Scan on the HDD.
I found that most part of the HDD in the beginning has Verify speed between 50 to 150 msec. After going past a few percent, the later part speeds up to a little better than 50 msec.
When I run the Read test, the initial part has speeds from 150 to 500 msec. I did not wait to see more than about 1-2% of the test at that speed with some sectors even going worse than 500 msec.

Does that mean my HDD is faulty?

I downloaded Seatools for Windows but I install and run it and it displays a message box with the words, "The type initializer for 'System.Management.ManagementPath' threw an exception. Void.ctor(System.String)". After I click OK the box closes and after a second or two, Seatools closes as well.
Some clues would be most welcome.
 
Emil said:
Not sure where to post this. Mods pls move this if it needs to be elsewhere.

I have a Athlon X2 3600 based Windows XP Pro using ST3320620AS just about a year and a half old.

Since the last few days the system takes very long (5-10 minutes) to boot. I suspected the HDD and I ran HDD Scan on the HDD.

I found that most part of the HDD in the beginning has Verify speed between 50 to 150 msec. After going past a few percent, the later part speeds up to a little better than 50 msec.

When I run the Read test, the initial part has speeds from 150 to 500 msec. I did not wait to see more than about 1-2% of the test at that speed with some sectors even going worse than 500 msec.

Does that mean my HDD is faulty?

I downloaded Seatools for Windows but I install and run it and it displays a message box with the words, "The type initializer for 'System.Management.ManagementPath' threw an exception. Void.ctor(System.String)". After I click OK the box closes and after a second or two, Seatools closes as well.

Some clues would be most welcome.
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Check this out may be this the cause not quite sure

The Windows Communication Foundation WMI provider is not registered when you install the .NET Framework 3.0 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Forum- Bios settings or HD failure?

Hope it helps...never really came across this but tried googling and this is what i found...
 
SidhuPunjab said:
Make sure its running in DMA mode, not PIO.
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Where do I check this? By the way, This has been working fine for 1 1/2 years.
SidhuPunjab said:
Check Sata cables.
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Checked. BTW, Chkdsk does not show up any bad sectors or anything.
SidhuPunjab said:
Also check UR 7200.11 is infected or not. Upgrade firmware to SD1A.
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What do you mean? Sorry I don't quite understand. I have NOD 32 always updated protecting the machine and AFAIK there is no trace of any virus. I have also seen the running processes in task manager and found nothing amiss. Task Manager also doesn't show anything taking a lot of CPU.
It is a 7200.10 not 7200.11. I don't think there are any firmware issues with 7200.10
 
krishnavamshi24 said:
Check this out may be this the cause not quite sure
The Windows Communication Foundation WMI provider is not registered when you install the .NET Framework 3.0 on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Forum- Bios settings or HD failure?

Hope it helps...never really came across this but tried googling and this is what i found...
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Thanks for the help. BTW I am running Win XP and not Server 2003. I found elsewhere a suggestion to update from .NET 1.1 to 2.0
I will check tonight which one I have and then go forward.
The issue is not Seatools. My primary issue is whether the speed reported by HDD Scan is abnormally low or OK. If it is too low, does it indicate a possible HDD problem which I must approach Seagate for RMA.
 
The basic issue of my computer speed has been resolved.
I re-installed my Win XP and the bootup delay reduced from around 6 minutes to 30 seconds.
Haven't checked what HDD Scan shows after that.
By the way, it has 2 sticks of 1 GB RAM in dual channel mode. Will I get significant speed improvement if I add another 2x2GB? This computer is not used for games at all.
 
Emil said:
The basic issue of my computer speed has been resolved.
I re-installed my Win XP and the bootup delay reduced from around 6 minutes to 30 seconds.
Haven't checked what HDD Scan shows after that.
By the way, it has 2 sticks of 1 GB RAM in dual channel mode. Will I get significant speed improvement if I add another 2x2GB? This computer is not used for games at all.
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Are you using 64 bit? Otherwise, why should you use 2+4GB?
 
Emil said:
The basic issue of my computer speed has been resolved.
I re-installed my Win XP and the bootup delay reduced from around 6 minutes to 30 seconds.
Haven't checked what HDD Scan shows after that.
By the way, it has 2 sticks of 1 GB RAM in dual channel mode. Will I get significant speed improvement if I add another 2x2GB? This computer is not used for games at all.
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Well hmm yeah ram is always good and easy way to boost performance given that rams are cheap these days..Gaming performance is more dependent on the GPU
 
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