I cannot tell you what caused the problem, but only the symptoms atm. running Xp.
Basic start-up is slow, during the XP loading screen its visibly clear as the loading bar stops starts alot. Genrally slow in most areas but once up and running my computer will run fine, just take a few moments to process everything. Most annoying effect is while playing music the song and words start to slow and stretch while another program is loading (something which its never done before). Ive got PC tool virus scanner and reg cleaner, but isn't resolving the problem. Also for some reason my CD drive is now missing