Slow loading of XP

AndyBorzi

AndyBorzi

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I recently built a new PC and ever since the start the loading of XP takes ages.

It gets to the black XP screen with the timer/loading bar thing and seems to sit there with not much hd activity. After about 30-40seconds the CD/dvd winds up and then the blue XP screen appears for a few more seconds and then in. After that it runs fine. It becomes a pain when I am tweakiing my settings whilst o/c'ing

Can anyone give me guidence of where to look/change?

FYI, I have Asus P5B Deluxe, E6400, HIS XT1900, 2Gb Ram, NEC DVD all with the latest BIOS/Drivers etc.

Thanks
 
It could be something to do with the devices and in what order they boot. i think. Try changing the bios to make the HDD boot first then the CD-rom etc. Maybe it wont help but its just a thought.
 
I remember windows 98 use to have a bug like that when it was set to use DHCP on the network card but the card wasn't plugged in or there wasn't a DHCP server to get an IP address from. I know it's unlikely though :)

Have you tried TuneXP ? there's a few settings in there that might help.

Is there any hard disk activity during this delay?
 
Kami said:
I remember windows 98 use to have a bug like that when it was set to use DHCP on the network card but the card wasn't plugged in or there wasn't a DHCP server to get an IP address from. I know it's unlikely though :)

Have you tried TuneXP ? there's a few settings in there that might help.

Is there any hard disk activity during this delay?
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There is some activity but not a lot - i.e its not grinding away!

I haven't tried tunexp but I don't have that much on the h/d yet as it is fairly new.

I have a OS only hd, a programs hd and a data hd with a partition for downloads and the windows paging file. I don't suppose having my setup like this makes a difference?
 
z0mbi3 said:
You might of missed some drivers on install.
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How can I check this? Is there a boot log or something I can see?

The Device Manager is showing all ok though I have disabled the 1394 Net Adapter, and the two Marvell Yukon GigabgitEthernet controllers cos I am using wireless.

BTW it takes 1minute 30 secs to get to the desktop :eek:
 
when you get into windows do the properties on my comp

then advanced

if you only have one drive in your machine then that will be there in primary in secondary it will be set to auto change it none

also do this on both the secondary ide channel aswell

i did this only last night and my boot time decreased by 45 secs apparentley it looks for drives when these are set to auto
 
I have exactly the same problem. Ages spent staring at the loading screen until finally the DVD drive (also NEC) starts to spin and then it's fine.

It's not to do with the boot order as mine is set to FD, HD then DVD.
It may be to do with the the primary/secondery settings, set in the BIOS and dependent on the cable settings. I'll have a look.

If you find a solution could you please post it in this thread. Likewise if I find one I'll post it here.
 
Hey. My DVD drive was set to slave, both by the cable and rear jumper. Stuck my other one back in, as I have been meaning to do for ages and windows loads noticeably faster. Might be worth giving looking at.
 
Curiosityx said:
Its not trolling its a suggestion on how best to avoid these issues.
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Yes but people buy pc's to play with, no to stay totaly std and untuched. Dont turn on you pc if you want to avoid all problems....but its not what its about.

When people make mistake we ask here, for people who have done the same and made it out the other side can help us. But it wont stop us trying somthing else that may or may not nacker our computers.
 
I had the same issue on my asus a8n32-sli mobo, to resolve it I disabled "usb legacy" support in the BIOS which sorted the problem right away.
 
System > Device Manager.

Go to IDE/ATAPI Controllers. Select primary channel. Right click properties. Click the Advance settings tab. Then on the device (0 or 1)that does not have 'device type' greyed out select 'disable' instead of 'autodetect'. This should stop windows trying to find a drive that isn't there.

If you have your IDE channels set up differently simply repat the above for the secondary IDE channel settings.

When I did this my boot time went from 3mins 20 to 35 seconds.
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My XP boot went from 15 secs on the XP logo to about 3 seconds.
 
"none" not disabled :)

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