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jbubb

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    PC never stops loading
    « on: March 31, 2021, 09:58:53 AM »
    I'm not quite sure I'm in the right area but here goes. My wife's PC (HP) keeps continuously loading after starting up. The PC started out with windows 8, then to 8.1 and now the latest version of 10. It's been upgraded to 10 for several years so what has changed has me puzzled. I can access the net and surf OK but the PC continues to peck away staying busy. I'm talking never stops, not just a long time.

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    Re: PC never stops loading
    « Reply #1 on: March 31, 2021, 05:05:46 PM »
    Does it stop when you're just opening programs with no internet connection?
    Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's

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      Re: PC never stops loading
      « Reply #2 on: March 31, 2021, 08:15:30 PM »
      Does it stop when you're just opening programs with no internet connection?
      Yes it does. I just booted it up and it was still busy at least 3 to 4 minutes after I could have gotten online. It does slow down quite a bit but starts pecking away again with hardly much of a pause. My wife does have 5 flash drives hooked up if that makes a difference. I have two on the one I'm posting on and it stops shortly after I can get online. I just went and checked it and it's still pecking away.

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        Re: PC never stops loading
        « Reply #3 on: April 01, 2021, 05:28:50 PM »
        I unplugged all of the flash drives but it didn't seem to help much. I changed my router recently and decided to remove (forget) all of the wireless networks I had with the old router, and thought it seemed to help but just now went to shut it down and reboot it and found it pecking away as before ???

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        Re: PC never stops loading
        « Reply #4 on: April 01, 2021, 06:46:14 PM »
        Hi
        Most HP computers have built in diagnostics in the bios, to access Turn on the computer and immediately press esc repeatedly, about once every second.
        If all the tests check out then when windows has started press ctrl alt delete and see what program is using the most resources. If it is a non windows program then try disabling it. If it is a windows component then try.
        From a administrator command prompt. Run SFC /scannow to ask windows to check the system files.


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          Re: PC never stops loading
          « Reply #5 on: April 01, 2021, 08:09:43 PM »
          I followed your advice and didn't get anything substantial. The esc key showed something but didn't stay long enough to read but did see keyboard error at the end. I didn't see anything using hardly any resources and the SFC /scannow yielded way too many things to go over but it did say it had found and repaired corrupted files. I just finished running a Malware Bytes and a McAfee scan and found nothing. My computer is much quieter now after coming out of sleep. BTW, if nothing else, my computer goes to sleep now which it wasn't doing. I was going to dig into later. Thanks very much for your help, it was much appreciated.

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            Re: PC never stops loading
            « Reply #6 on: April 03, 2021, 10:15:52 PM »
            I hate to say it but my computer is pecking its little brain out again and won't stop.

            I was searching for why my computer won't stop loading and it slowed down to almost nothing, just a peck every now and then ???
            « Last Edit: April 03, 2021, 10:36:54 PM by jbubb »