daicafl

I have been taking my harddrive in and out alot....will that affect my motherboard? or it is just my harddrive that cause my computer really slow??

I am using win xp. I was wondering if my computer getting slower and the booting time takes over 4 or 5 minutes. is that problem due to motherboard or harddrive issue? I am using a temporary 2 mb buffer harddrive. I was worrying because i've been taking in and out my hardware on the motherboard alot.. does it effect the motherboard that cause my computer slowr or just my harddrive problem??