re: Slow boot
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:32 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by avb
(9 messages posted)
I would look toward your motherboard. There may be some BIOS settings you can change
to boot quicker. Have you ever been in your BIOS?
On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 6:06 am, Alex wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>Well, since I have XP PRO (5 years) I have a booting problem that nobody has been
>able to solve so far.
>
>Now, after some years, I try again, maybe there's more experience around and some
>of you can help.
>
>When I switch my desktop on, I get all the disk controls etc. in DOS, then, a blank
>screen for 27 sec., finally the Windows XP image page that introduces to all the
>windows booting process.
>
>The 27 sec. are a constant since day one, in the past I tried Bootvis and did whatever
>was possible to reduce the booting time, but no changes.
>I also formatted my PC, no change.
>All the services are perfectly matching my needs, therefore the ones I do not need
>are disabled.
>
>My machine is clean, no spywares, no malware, no virus or so, the registry is clean.
>
>After 5 years the bloody 27 sec. are there and still, do not know why.
>
>Connection is not the problem, I was on cable before, on ADSL now, same story.
>
>I still hope somebody can help me to understand, I never lose my hope :)
>
>Thank you guys.
>
>Alex
>
>AOPEN AX34, PIII 1.0 GHz, 1GB RAM, HD Maxtor 40GB, HD WD 120 GB, LaCie 500 GB,
>Plextor 16/10/40A, Plextor PX-716A, HIS Excalibur Radeon 9600 256Mb, 2xMonitor Philips
>109P20 Br, Canon i865, Ethernet D-Link DE-828CT, Philips ToUCam Pro, WXP PRO
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