10 minutes until windows!?

j0nnyd · 25 Apr 2007 at 16:10

Hi,

im running 2 hard drives, 1 ata with vista on it and 1 ide with xp on it. There has been problems as after the xp install vista stopped working. Now with a reformat and fresh vista install, vista works, xp doesnt!

However - when i boot the pc, everything seems very slow. I get the post screen, then it goes to a black screen for 5minutes! then the vista load bar comes up but seems to load for a further 5 minutes!

can anyone identify the problem? Is it hardware or software?
should i remove the ide and if anything improves?

thanks for your time. j

P.s Once im in vista it runs quite smoothly though

Admiral Huddy · 25 Apr 2007 at 16:24

Just a long shot.. Have you checked your memory using Memtest86+. Worth checking just for elimination.

killer_uk · 25 Apr 2007 at 16:31

Your hard drive hasn't reverted to PIO only mode has it? Check it in device manager.

You will need to check the settings, they should be listed under ATA/IDE controllers or something similar.

j0nnyd · 25 Apr 2007 at 16:54

hi,

i took out the ide drive completely and just ran the main ata with the vista install. Much quicker - back to normal i think.

there must have been a conflict between the two drives - my fault, i didnt follow any guide to dual booting!

by the way - as ive found out it was the drive making the problem. the other thing i have had recently is the cmos reset itself randomly. it seems a lot to do with turning the computer power supply button off and detaching the cable.

OR... could the hard drives have helped cause this problem to?