Had to reformat/reinstall the other weekend... RAID 1 array degraded (classic sucky nForce 4 RAID controller scenario basically) and I ended up setting them back up as two seperate SATA drives.
Since then, my boot from POST to welcome screen has increased from around 30 seconds to closer to 90 seconds.
I go through the mobo splash screen and the POST screen, Windows XP GUI comes up - then nothing for 40 seconds, NO HD activity at all, nor is floppy drive or DVD drive being accessed - then suddenly HD kicks into life and Windows load in about 40 seconds. These timings verified using Bootvis; Bootvis shows start up applications (including Kaspersky AV) loading v fast, in about 10 seconds.
Quickboot enabled in BIOS, and various unused devices turned off in BIOS; dual core drivers installed; XP Pro fully patched; clean of viruses, spyware etc; main 1.5GB page file is on E: drive, much smaller page file on C: drive.
I am completely at a loss as to what is going on... Bootvis also tells me have have write caching disabled, but it is definitely enabled in Windows.
No stray devices in Device Manager.... seen it suggested that I could drive turning off and then turning back on File & Printer sharing, but that issue doesn't seem to tie in with total lack of HD activity.
Thanks as always.
Since then, my boot from POST to welcome screen has increased from around 30 seconds to closer to 90 seconds.
I go through the mobo splash screen and the POST screen, Windows XP GUI comes up - then nothing for 40 seconds, NO HD activity at all, nor is floppy drive or DVD drive being accessed - then suddenly HD kicks into life and Windows load in about 40 seconds. These timings verified using Bootvis; Bootvis shows start up applications (including Kaspersky AV) loading v fast, in about 10 seconds.
Quickboot enabled in BIOS, and various unused devices turned off in BIOS; dual core drivers installed; XP Pro fully patched; clean of viruses, spyware etc; main 1.5GB page file is on E: drive, much smaller page file on C: drive.
I am completely at a loss as to what is going on... Bootvis also tells me have have write caching disabled, but it is definitely enabled in Windows.
No stray devices in Device Manager.... seen it suggested that I could drive turning off and then turning back on File & Printer sharing, but that issue doesn't seem to tie in with total lack of HD activity.
Thanks as always.