re: Slow boot
Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:48 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Alex
(82 messages posted)
Hi,
I tried to disconnect all the HDDs (except the system one, which is the WD) and CD/DVD
players and Floppy.
Interesting, I discovered the following:
1) WD is my primary HD, where on C:\ I have my OS installed. When I switch my PC
on, the system does not boot.
This is a mistery to me, because I can see that WD is my primary disc and it is!
2) I tried then to connect the Maxtor, which is the slave disc, so, WD + Maxtor,
the system boots up with the usual problem of the 27 sec. blank screen in between,
which is the normal situation.
So, I guess the problem is the old Maxtor, but why cannot I boot if I disconnect
it??
Hope someone can explain this, I feel we are close to solve the problem...
Thank you
Alex
Please, see my signature for clarification.
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
On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 11:35 pm, Alex wrote:
>Hi,
>
>You hit a good point.
>If you look at my signature profile, you see my first drive, a Maxtor 40GB, I had
>the problem already 5 years ago.
>Then, I bought the WD 120 GB that became the primary drive, while the old Maxtor
>is now the secondary one (back up).
>With WD nothing changed, notwithstanding I installed the latest BIOS and of course
>reformatted.
>I never tried to disconnect all the drives and leave the WD only, but I will do
and
>let you know the result.
>
>Thanks for the tip
>
>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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