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01-21-2003, 04:18 PM
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Xp boot problems
Hi guys.....looking for some Help!!!
I built a new computer 3 days ago, everything booted up fine so I put on XP Professional it went on fine. But when i turn my computer on the XP loading screen (the 1 which says xp profesiional and it has a blue square which goes from left to right) and that boot up screen takes about 5 minutes. Can anyone help me??? Thanks in Advance CLICK HERE TO E-MAIL ME |
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01-21-2003, 09:52 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Hi there Burti and welcome to the PCM forums!
 Have you installed any other software since installing Win XP? Have you made a scan for viruses?
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01-21-2003, 11:14 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Hi Burti,
What are your system specs? After the 5 minute wait, does Windows XP load okay and can you use it normally? Cricket
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01-21-2003, 11:37 PM
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Also, if you can boot successfully, go into the control panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer and see if any services are failing on startup.
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01-22-2003, 10:46 AM
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the welcome And after 5 minutes wait the computer is fine ?? Its only a small machine it has a 1100 AMD duron cpu, 256 memory, only 8 gig Hard disk Thanks for the replys |
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01-25-2003, 08:35 AM
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01-25-2003, 09:21 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Did you do what Paul Victorey suggested?
We'll need more complete specs than what you've provided. Who are the manufacturers of your parts and what are the model names or numbers of each part. Do you have a NIC (network interface card) installed? What kind of software is loading up with Windows? Antivirus, firewall, etc... Cricket
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01-25-2003, 09:41 AM
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sorry it is 1100 amd duron on a Acorp motherboard chipset: VIA 8365A + 686B - On board graphics: Savage 4 2d/3d. Audio AC'97, my memory just says : 256 mb pc133 sdram, I have Norton Anti-virus, it is firewalled, and the modem is a Diamond 56 kps modem all this running on windows xp pro.
Sorry that's all I know, if you cannot help off that...Thanks anyway
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01-25-2003, 05:58 PM
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When you are on a network, that will slow down the boot up process. (That is if you are running on a network.)
Also run MSCONFIG and select "Selective Startup" and only run the minimal programs. Maybe a program that is trying to start up is causing the boot up to run slow or is failing. Do what PaulVictorey said and see what happens. |
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01-26-2003, 05:07 AM
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Member (3 bit)
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Hi Thanks for all your help I did What Paul Victorey said<<<
Thank you Guys |
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01-26-2003, 07:32 AM
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If you are running only one OS, run MSCONFIG and go into BOOT.INI and change the delay to 3 seconds. That will save 27 seconds. If you have only one device per IDE channel, go into Device Manager/IDE Controller and make sure Device 0 is set to Auto and Device 1 is set to NONE. Do the same for primary and secondary channels. I had a 40 second delay caused by Windows searching for non-existent drives. Download and run BOOTVIS. After you figure out how to use it you can tell where the delays are coming from.
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