Slow Boot

[steve.dawes]

Can anyone tell me why, when I have rebuilt my system, it takes sooooooo long to boot ?? Even from a virgin build of XP ?? It just seems to sit there for about a minute before it loads messeger. Can't even access Explorer !!

HELP

It was working OK before I decided to rebuild !!

[XPerties]

Mind giving us a little more info?

What you upgraded? What hardware? New install?

BTW this is in the wrong section.

[steve.dawes]

Sorry. I'm a NEWBIE here !!!

I hadn't upgraded anything . . . but . . .

XP2400+ Processor

K57SA Pro Motherboard

512MB RAM

3 * HD's

XP Professional

Varios USB devices (Wireless, Printer etc)

HELP !!

[Aaron]

Manually set an IP to your Network Card. The slow loading could be because your NIC is trying to find a DHCP server.

Moved to Windows XP Forum

[steve.dawes]

Thanks for that but this isn't the PC with the problem !!!!!

So HELP again !!!

[Aaron]

Thanks for that but this isn't the PC with the problem !!!!!

So HELP again !!!

Sorry I don't understand?

[XPerties]

You said:

when I have rebuilt my system, it takes sooooooo long to boot ??

Then I asked:

Mind giving us a little more info?

You said:

Sorry. I'm a NEWBIE here !!!

I hadn't upgraded anything . . . but . . .

XP2400+ Processor

K57SA Pro Motherboard

512MB RAM

3 * HD's

XP Professional

Varios USB devices (Wireless, Printer etc)

HELP !!

AaronXP suggested:

Manually set an IP to your Network Card. The slow loading could be because your NIC is trying to find a DHCP server.

Then you said:

Thanks for that but this isn't the PC with the problem !!!!!

So HELP again !!!

So you totally confused this post. You said you upgraded. Well don't post your system specs on a machine that doesn't have the problem. Post your system specs on the pc that has the problem. And what you upgraded.

You are going to have to be ALOT more clear on what your issues are.

[Carmon]

XPerties Posted on Sep 22 2003, 07:10 PM

  You said:

QUOTE 

when I have rebuilt my system, it takes sooooooo long to boot ??

Then I asked:

QUOTE 

Mind giving us a little more info?

You said:

QUOTE 

Sorry. I'm a NEWBIE here !!!

I hadn't upgraded anything . . . but . . .

XP2400+ Processor

K57SA Pro Motherboard

512MB RAM

3 * HD's

XP Professional

Varios USB devices (Wireless, Printer etc)

HELP !! 

AaronXP suggested:

QUOTE 

Manually set an IP to your Network Card. The slow loading could be because your NIC is trying to find a DHCP server.

Then you said:

QUOTE 

Thanks for that but this isn't the PC with the problem !!!!!

So HELP again !!! 

So you totally confused this post. You said you upgraded. Well don't post your system specs on a machine that doesn't have the problem. Post your system specs on the pc that has the problem. And what you upgraded.

You are going to have to be ALOT more clear on what your issues are.

Jeese Sounds like one them Barcley Card Adverties lmao

[spockboy]

If you only have one or two IDE drives in your computer, try disabling the unused IDE ports on each of your channels.

To do this, you'll need to go into Device Manager, click the plus sign next to "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers", then right click on one of your IDE channels and select Properties. Go to the Advanced Settings tab at the top, where you'll be shown the device type and transfer mode of each IDE port. Where the ports aren't being used and the transfer mode shows "Not Applicable", you can change the device type to "None".

This should prevent Windows XP probing for drives on bootup and attempting to configure transfer modes for those that don't exist, and it cuts a considerable amount of time off my bootup

Cheers,

Dan.

[steve.dawes]

AaronXP . . . Thanks for the advice on the network card . . .it worked !!!

Many Thanks !!