Alright, I have this laptop. And I've had it for about 4-5 months. And it's worked fine except for the last month and a half or so. One day all the sudden it started lagging real bad and I couldn't fix it. So, I formatted and then a few days later it would start doing it again and then when it would try to boot up I would get a blue screen of death.. and the only way to get passed that was to run the recovery console on the XP installation disk and run 'fixboot' and then it would boot up. But, does anyone have any idea why it would lag like this I've had to format like 5 times. It's not because of virus' or anything because. I have Norton up-to-date and spybot and ad-aware pro. It kind of seems like a hardware issue to me but, any help would be appreciated

If it's a hardware problem, It's not likely that a format reinstall would temporarily fix the problem. Is your anti-virus up-to-date? Are you running a firewall? Are you using P2P software? Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

yes my antivirus is up to date and i use windows firewall and I use limewire. everyone i know uses limewire and doesnt have this this problem though

I would guess it's either a problem with the drive, or with the ram sticks(s). Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

is there anyway to check this?

Maybe the laptop is overheating and slowing down? I've had this happen with a desktop computer before.

Memory tests Memtest has an ISO for creating a CD http://memtest86.com/ or Docmem http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3001-2094-1534814.html You could also run chkdsk /r This will check the disk for bad sectors Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages