Absolutely! Or, it could be your hard-drive becoming impacted...I suggest softening it up with a rare earth magnet, just rub it over the spinny bit for a while. It'll be at super speed in no time
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 20 Jan 2013, 3:03,
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Also a factory wipe - use some acetone to scrub all that crap off of the hdd platters.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 20 Jan 2013, 10:28,
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