OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Well I don't know when this really happens but this 2 process make the PC stop working and once I look at the HDD light it looks like HDD is working none stop.
When I try to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete the screen takes long time to show up, if even it shows up.
Once I managed to get starting the shut down process it takes forever to shut down, and most time I have to hold the power button to turn off the PC and the odd thing is that if the shut down is really slow and the shut down process is completes then PC will boot up really slow.
How do I know this because I have turned off the boot GUI so I can see the list of the drivers while loading, normal times (when PC didn't friezed/slowed down) or the times when I hold the power button to turn off then on the boot up list of drivers will load very fast as you can't see the lines, but if I let the PC shut down normally (while everything slowed down) once I try to boot up it runs really slow each line takes like really slow then I have to run the PC in repair mode then in the scan won't show any problem but once the scan is done it will boot fast. I don't get any error code or some thing.
Category: Performance Alert
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action
6/7/2013 1:15:00 AM,Info,High Disk Write usage by: Windows Explorer ,Detected,No Action Required
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Filename: explorer.exe
Full Path: c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe
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Details
Reliable, Many Users, Mature, Trusted
Origin
Downloaded from Unknown
Activity
Actions performed: Suspicious actions performed: None
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Developers Microsoft Corporation
Version 6.1.7601.17567
Identified 10/3/2011 at 11:01:59 PM
Last Used Not Available
Startup Item No
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Reliable
With typical use this program crashes very infrequently.
Many Users
Millions of users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Mature
This file was released more than 31 days 2 years 2 months ago.
Trusted
Norton has given this file a trusted rating.
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Source File:
explorer.exe
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Performance
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Avg. Resource Usage: Moderate
Avg. CPU Usage: Low
Avg. Memory Usage: Moderate
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Performance Alert
Process ID
1952
CPU
Normal
Memory
Normal
Handles Count
Normal
Disk Read Activity
Normal
Disk Write Activity
371 MB (total for this process).
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
6bed1a3a956a859ef4420feb2466c040800eaf01ef53214ef9dab53aeff1cff0
File Thumbprint - MD5:
332feab1435662fc6c672e25beb37be3
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Category: Performance Alert
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action
6/7/2013 12:24:58 AM,Info,High Disk Write usage by: Host Process for Windows Services ,Detected,No Action Required
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Filename: svchost.exe
Full Path: c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
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Details
Reliable, Many Users, Mature, Trusted
Origin
Downloaded from Unknown
Activity
Actions performed: 2
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Developers Microsoft Corporation
Version 6.1.7600.16385
Identified 3/3/2013 at 6:35:15 PM
Last Used 6/7/2013 at 3:11:29 AM
Startup Item Yes
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Reliable
With typical use this program crashes very infrequently.
Many Users
Millions of users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Mature
This file was released more than 31 days 3 years ago.
Trusted
Norton has given this file a trusted rating.
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Source File:
svchost.exe
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Performance
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Avg. Resource Usage: Low
Avg. CPU Usage: Low
Avg. Memory Usage: Low
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Performance Alert
Process ID
976
CPU
Normal
Memory
Normal
Handles Count
Normal
Disk Read Activity
Normal
Disk Write Activity
30 MB (total for this process).
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Run Key Change
c:\windows\tasks\sa.dat
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
93b2ed4004ed5f7f3039dd7ecbd22c7e4e24b6373b4d9ef8d6e45a179b13a5e8
File Thumbprint - MD5:
c78655bc80301d76ed4fef1c1ea40a7d
Best Answer
It sounds like your HDD is failing. Try downloading Acronis Drive Monitor to monitor the activity and health of your HDD. When the drive has random access errors your HDD will work very hard to access system files and perform system processes.