Vista HP SP2 (Not Responding)

Vista HP SP1 (Not Responding)

Works, Office 2007, Lotus 123 and others, constantly freeze and (Not Responding).
My first reinstall was because UAC locked me out of Drive C:, yet the OS seemed to run OK. I took ownership and all
priveledges and still could not access. Finally reinstall!
I backed up drive C: before reinstalling (choose Drive C: only) yet when I reinstalled the backup it overwrote Drive D: Partition) Corrupting it.
Second reinstall was similar only affected Drive M: again same problems forcing This time reload from CD.
Also have a lot of trouble dropping the network connection.
This time I cannot (chkdsk M: /f), when I use F9 On boot it only checks CPU, Memory (4mb) and drive C: Then it aborts.
All my diag programs uncover no problems. Drives all check healthy and have been defraged regularly. All programs load extremely slow (2.4G Intel core 2 Quad Q6600) I think it should be fairly quick to respond.
In addition to my business programs and video editing programs taking hours to reinstall, I hate to reinstall again.
Box is HP d4996t 5mo. old. Came w/vista installed.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
RalphK

SP2? Service Pack 2 for Vista does not yet exist.

Did you mean SP1?

Hate to say it, but it sounds like a hardware problem. Hard drive or RAM. What type of computer/hardware do you have? Maybe it can easily be fixed.

Snarks.

Sorry I can't spell. Yes its SP1

Sorry it took me so long to respond, but vista locked me off the internet.
Have 2 HDD Seagate Cudas 360gb and 750gb
Both check out healthy and do not need defrag.
I'm beginning to think my NAS might be causing problems (HP2020 Media Vault 2 x 500gb).
I just found an update on HP's Site. I've downloaded & installed it and seems to improve access to NAS. From what I read there is a compatibility problem w/Vista.
Should know in a day or so if this corrects some or all of my problems. M$ is quick to point the finger at vendors, but they wrote an OS that is not compatible with many software and hardware items. I have so much time invested in trying to make it (Vista) work that I hate to give up now and go XP.
Again thanks for the hardware clue. I'll try to keep you informed.
RalphK