Windows take 1+ hour to load and CPU@100%

Hi there,

I had a thread for this over in malware b/c i thought that was the problem but it clearly isn't a virus or malware issue.

Here's a quick recap:
My laptop was working perfectly fine a few days ago. I turned it on and windows takes 1+ hour to load. When it's finally up all i can open is msconfig using command prompt and task manager using alt-ctrl-del. In task manager it says my cpu usage is at 100%. The system idle is at 0 and taskmgr.exe is at a constantly changing number between 60-99%. The other things on the list have random percents popping up as well between 0 and 20%. When highlighting an image name, the blue bar constantly is flashing.

When i ran scandisk it came up with 10000 bad sectors..so we thought it was a hard drive problem. I installed a new one and partitioned it. After that on the windows xp clean install it took 24 or so hours to install...when that was done CPU was still @100% and system idle at 0% and took 30+ minutes to start windows.

Ran memtest as suggested and it came out fine after running for an hour or so with 4000% clean (no errors)

Thus I come to you humbled by this problem...I appreciate your time and efforts.

-Mitch

 

This may sound incredibly stupid, but it could be overheating. Make sure the fans aren't blocked, clean the fans, then prop up the laptop with a stand so that it isn't lying flush against a table.

I'm no expert, but I had a similar problem with the CPU Usage @ 100%. After going through a million things I stumbled on to the solution by simply noticing that I was only having a problem when my notebook was placed on a table - as opposed to resting on my leg where it could vent better.

 

unfortunately it's not that simple... Tried to clean out the fan area and i usually run it on my lap anyway...so no dice...