I don't think it's software,etc. after doing a full system restore... I'm not proficient enough with computers to know for sure that it's the hard drive, but seeing as it just started going real slow, even from startup, I figure it is a hardware problem. Safe mode, a system restore to 20 days ago, and then a full system restore didn't fix it. I may try switching hard drives from the old computer I have to the newer one, and see what happens. I've had all sorts of software/os/ even motherboard problems on another computer, and the computer never went that slow, so it probably is the hard drive.