Hey guys, I've been having a problem with my computer ever since I clean-installed it. It seems like every time I try to click on "My Computer" on the desktop, the "MC" thing will open, but it will show that little flashlight that says "searching for items...". It acts like I have deleted "My Computer". Not only this, but at times, my computer can get really sluggish. BTW, I haven't been able to functionally use Windows Update, because I keep getting installed failed or something.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this, but, the reason why I had to clean install in the 1st place was because of Windows SP2 and all, and ever since then, I've cleaned installed about 7 TIMES since then!!! But I don't believe it's the windows sp2 that is causing this though, it could be a dying hard drive. And NO, it is not spyware, because this has been a problem before I even had setup an Internet connection and all. I'm starting to believe that this is because of a dying hard drive, because after all, lately, booting up takes like a minute longer and sometimes I would get messages saying that windows didn't shut down properly, even when it did!!! Lately, it takes windows several minutes to shut down, from that menu that says "Windows in now shutting down". Oh yeah, I have very few programs running in the background, so I don't believe that's it, either. It could be a power surge problem also.

 

I hope you guys know what could possibly be causing my computer to bog down/slow down/or hesitate with even the simplest of stuff, and what could be causing "My Computer" (desktop) to be "searching" for like 10 minutes!!!

 

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

 

(I hope this wasn't too much for you guys to read, ^_^)