My laptop is running extremly slow, can someone explaine to me whether or not I have a chipset pro...

buy another laptop

Try downloading the following CD to run diagnostics on your hard drive. This should provide further information as to what is wrong with your system:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

It will scan your hardware for problems, as well as have the ability to scan for viruses.

If you have the ability to boot into SAFE MODE with Networking, try using the following site for the latest up-to-date scan for viruses and spyware:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Finally, some of your system files may have been corrupted. If the above 2 steps don're resolve the problem, follow the instructions in this article to restore corrupted system files.

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=...