long boot up

Willbo · 3 Apr 2006 at 17:40

Have a weird one, never had it before. For some reason recently my pc is taking a lot longer to boot up.

Its an Athlon X2 4400, 150gb raptor, x2 20" tfts, 1gb ddr400.

but for some reason, when i boot into windows the blue bar takes 10+ instead of the usual 2-3. any ideas why this happens?

Paul -C- · 3 Apr 2006 at 20:23

Start>Run>msconfig

Check what's loading at startup and delete anything you don't need.

comradpoplin! · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:07

yes also delete some stuf off ya pc if its taking that long to load you must have a lot of stuf on there

squiffy · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:20

Make sure Event Log is set to automatic, I was disabling unneeded services usually event log isn't needed on my other machine, but when it's disabled on this desktop it takes about 30 seconds just before the username/password entry.

Willbo · 4 Apr 2006 at 08:59

where abouts can i find the event log?

as for having much on my machine, i've only got the basic applications, no games, just drivers and programs.

i cant see what the problem is as all the things ive got installed now were installed on previous hard drives and there wasnt a problem.

ive even done a hdd test using the western digital software and it says my drive is working fine.

the only thing i can say is that when the blue bar is going across on the winxp screen, theres a small click as its loading

WatchTower · 4 Apr 2006 at 09:16

Ages ago I had a problem like this on 98SE it was down to graphics drivers.

squiffy · 4 Apr 2006 at 09:36

Willbo said:
where abouts can i find the event log?

Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. Use this page to go back to standard, and then disable some things. Don't disable Workstation!

http://www.vernalex.com/tools/services/

dale1uk · 4 Apr 2006 at 09:44

had a problem the same as this a while back and was down to a failing dvd drive, try unpluging your optical drives and boot up to see if it makes any difference. I changed the drive and all was fine again.

WatchTower · 4 Apr 2006 at 09:47

I've also herd about usb deivces causing slow boot ups. I't just something I ethier herd or read somewhere I'm not sure how true it is.