Nick Burns
March 30th 03, 07:57 PM
Forgot to send the link.
http://www.blackviper.com/index.html
"Nick Burns" > wrote in message
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> "Greg" > wrote in message
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> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >
> > >"Greg" > wrote in message
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> > >> Have just upgraded from win98 to winxp but seem to
> > suffer
> > >> painfully long bootup times on winxp splash screen. I
> > >> downloaded bootvis and ran a check. It seems that the
> > >> initialization of my hard disk is taking 150 seconds to
> > >> start, then the rest of bootup procedure seems fairly
> > ok.
> > >> Any ideas of what may be causing this delay in
> > >> initialization?
> > >>
> > >> What are your machine spec's
> > >
> > > Athlon XP2400+ running at 2.04Ghz (133mhz) on a
> > Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard. 512mb DDR pc2700 RAM, G-
> > Force4 Ti4200 128mb DDR. Win XP Pro, without service pack
> > 1. BIOS Version/Date: Award Software International,
> > 14/01/2003. HD is 30gb FUJITSU MPG3307AT formatted NTFS.
> >
> > BTW Alvin I did actually do a fresh install, I used the
> > term upgrade in the sense that I progressed from win98 to
> > win XP. There should be no issue of shared drivers.
> >
> > Nick - Have you any ideas what may be causing this delay
> > on the HD. There are no drivers needed for this device
> > and it seems to be recognized and working ok in Bios and
> > winxp. I dont get why it sits there for so long before
> > starting winxp. Are there any services that I could shut
> > down which may be causing this?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > Greg, hear is a site that list xp services and what they do and what you
> can get rid of. Scan down the page and the link is on the left side of the
> screen. He also shows you how you can use hardware profiles for safely
> testing new system settings. Is your pc networked and do you have many or
> any programs loading on boot..?
> >
> >
> > >.
> > >
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>
http://www.blackviper.com/index.html
"Nick Burns" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Greg" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >
> > >"Greg" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> Have just upgraded from win98 to winxp but seem to
> > suffer
> > >> painfully long bootup times on winxp splash screen. I
> > >> downloaded bootvis and ran a check. It seems that the
> > >> initialization of my hard disk is taking 150 seconds to
> > >> start, then the rest of bootup procedure seems fairly
> > ok.
> > >> Any ideas of what may be causing this delay in
> > >> initialization?
> > >>
> > >> What are your machine spec's
> > >
> > > Athlon XP2400+ running at 2.04Ghz (133mhz) on a
> > Gigabyte GA-7VA motherboard. 512mb DDR pc2700 RAM, G-
> > Force4 Ti4200 128mb DDR. Win XP Pro, without service pack
> > 1. BIOS Version/Date: Award Software International,
> > 14/01/2003. HD is 30gb FUJITSU MPG3307AT formatted NTFS.
> >
> > BTW Alvin I did actually do a fresh install, I used the
> > term upgrade in the sense that I progressed from win98 to
> > win XP. There should be no issue of shared drivers.
> >
> > Nick - Have you any ideas what may be causing this delay
> > on the HD. There are no drivers needed for this device
> > and it seems to be recognized and working ok in Bios and
> > winxp. I dont get why it sits there for so long before
> > starting winxp. Are there any services that I could shut
> > down which may be causing this?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > Greg, hear is a site that list xp services and what they do and what you
> can get rid of. Scan down the page and the link is on the left side of the
> screen. He also shows you how you can use hardware profiles for safely
> testing new system settings. Is your pc networked and do you have many or
> any programs loading on boot..?
> >
> >
> > >.
> > >
>
>