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    Just reinstalled with windows 7, Cpu not running past 5%, 4 minute boot times, random crashes whilst booting

    Yep it was the harddrive, the PC is running very smoothly now. Thanks to those who replied!
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    Just reinstalled with windows 7, Cpu not running past 5%, 4 minute boot times, random crashes whilst booting

    I also did the system diagnostics test and got the following results: Hard disk 1 full 305 Hard disk 1 quick 303 Hard disk 1 smart 301 I looked around and it seems that from what I have read the hard drive needs replacing, I am going to get a new one and we will see how it goes.
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    Just reinstalled with windows 7, Cpu not running past 5%, 4 minute boot times, random crashes whilst booting

    Well I did a scandisk check and I got this when i rebooted the machine, "The SMART hard disk check has detected an imminent failure. To ensure no data loss, please backup the content immediately and run the hard disk test in system diagnostics" So does that mean the hard drive has failed or is...
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    Just reinstalled with windows 7, Cpu not running past 5%, 4 minute boot times, random crashes whilst booting

    I have recently attempted to repair an old HP Pavilion Dv6, the OS was corrupted so I just decided to format the main drive and reinstall the OS. However once I got it to boot with the new OS, it was horribly slow, took between 2-5 minutes to open default applications and would often crash...