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Thannks Zxian and firefoxthebomb. Unistalled all graphics, LAN, audio devices etc. Re booted .. still took an age .... reinstalled all devices off latest driver base without promted restart. Rebooted and hey presto!! Well impressed I know the answer if it ever happens again. Guess there was some driver corruption? chilifrei64 Thanks for advice on BootVis. Although I'm sorted I'll have a mess around in case of future issues. Finally any advice on cleaning registry. Have '02 copy of fixit utilities. Ran reg cleaner before. Loads of green yellow and red issues. Kept re running after green deletion and ended up with few reds and quite a few yellows. Anyone any idea what all these are. Many refer to file locations that no longer exist. Can I delete all these? Should I leave the red ones? Any help on this util appreciated. Thanks

XP pro SP2 (not totally legit), Athlon 2600+, Asus A7NXD MB, Nvidia G440 graphics, dual boot, 2HD multi partion. Have disinfected using antivirus, defragged, uninstalled all unnecessy programs Boot process and timing 3 sec bios 5 sec OS coice 6 sec blue scroll XP screen 5 MINUTES grey/black screen!!! 1 minute Welcome 1 minute more to curser ready Total boot time 7 mins and 14 sec. What is happening during the grey screen boot stage? Can you monitor what happens during boot process? Are there any registry cleaning/mods that will reduce this delay? Is there a program boot disc or similar that will allow me to observe the progress through boot? This has happened twice before on me and I reinstalled XP. I refuse to give in this time .. there must be an answer without going to this extreme. By the way it takes less than 1 min to boot up safe mode. Crispy

XP prof w SP2 not exactly legit. Installed 2 months now. Athlon 2600+ on Asus 8nx7 delux MB. Nvidia g 440 graphics. Dual boot OS (XO+win98) 2 HD well partitioned. Boot into 98 OK. XP boot 3sec to run Bios 6sec to run windows XP blue scroll screen 5MINUTES Black/grey screen ... yes 5 minutes 1 minute welcome screen 1 minute from wallpaper to curser ready state. 5 minutes between XP scroll and welcome screen .. must be a world record. So please help: What is happening during the black screen boot time? I have removed all virus threats, worms etc and Defragged OS drives. Removed any surplus installed software. What can I do to prevent this huge delay? Can I monitor what goes on within PC during the different bootphases? Please please help, I cannot bear another OS install. Regards