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Stuck on step 04 (Register system files) for 12 hours. How long should I wait?

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mlbne:
Any thoughts on speeding up a slow pc?

Boggin:
Let's see if we can get the repair program to run as it should.

Perform a chkdsk /r and when it has completed, open Event Viewer and when it has read the data, expand Windows Logs -- click on Application/Action/Find and type chkdsk into the Find box and press enter.

Cancel the Find box and read the chkdsk log in the scrollable window below and let me know if it reports any KBs in bad sectors and how many if so.

A Disk Cleanup, defrag and disabling items in the Start-up menu can speed up a machine.

When you've run Disk Cleanup and it reports what it has found, click on Clean System files where it should  find some more.

If it finds a lot in your downloads folder, don't check that box as you will lose all of them.

The only thing I have enabled in my Start-up menu is the one for Realtek HD Audio Manager

Boggin:
As the sfc /scannow reported it had repaired corrupt files, you could try the repair program again but I would still advise you to run a chkdsk /r and then check its log.

mlbne:
Chkdsk found no problems. I have a SSD so defrag isn't an option. Do you have a recommendation for Disk Cleanup? I've used System Mechanic.

In addition to Step #4 never ending I found #5, #6 and #7 also took a long time and were skipped. Is there a way to resolve this?

Some good news. I was also experiencing a sihost.exe unknown hard error message that presented a black screen. This was resolved by running the rest of the steps.

Still runs slow though.

Boggin:
One thing that can slow up a computer is a build up of temp files.

This can be determined by going Start - type %temp% and press enter when it comes up.

If that is highly populated, press CTRL a to highlight then CTRL d to delete and follow the prompts.

However, I use the free version of CCleaner but uncheck boxes for Memory Dumps and Windows Log Files under Windows and MS Search under Applications.

I run this program after each session and that cleans out cookies and temp files.

https://www.ccleaner.com/

That unknown hardware error could have been caused by the repair program.

Uninstall it and download afresh to see if it runs any smoother.

I tend to create a system image before test running each new version should things not work out.

Infections can also affect performance.

Boot up into Safe Mode with Networking and run a scan with the free ESET Online Scanner.

https://www.eset.com/uk/home/online-scanner/

EDIT - Don't re-run the repair program until you have ran ESET as the repair program can't fix infection damaged files while the infection is still present.

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