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I have a P-IV 1.8 Ghz computer with 256MB RAM and 40GB hard disk. Of
late it has become extremely slow. I have done virus checking and
spyware checking. Nothing comes up in that. What could be the reason
for the slowing down of the computer. If anybody has any solutions
please inform me about that.

I have seen hard drives fail slowly, over a period of weeks. As bad sectors
develop, the controller keeps swapping in good ones and the machine runs
slower and slower. Do a surface scan and see if you've got a bunch of bad
spots.

Roby