Windows ARGG!!

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 17:48

Evertime i boot up it takes ages approx 20 mins for me to accses My Computer + To load programs up. Microsoft word etc

I formatted and the same thing is happining

I am running

Windows xp MCE (OEM)
P4 2.93 GHz
1 GB Ram

Trigger · 8 Aug 2006 at 17:53

What hard disk drive do you have?

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 18:06

seagate 160 GB (ST3160023AS)- for windows, apps,games..

Maxtor 200GB ( Maxtor 6L200P0) - Media drive... music,Vids, Liverpool matches

Trigger · 8 Aug 2006 at 18:10

david334 said:
Liverpool matches

Ahh well having that crap on there is bound to cause problems

When you say you formatted, was it a full format or a quick format?

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 18:15

Trigger said:
Ahh well having that crap on there is bound to cause problems

HOW VERY DARE YOU!!!

It was a quick! :rolleyes:

Trigger · 8 Aug 2006 at 18:17

That could very well be your problem then- try a full format

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 18:22

Okay will try that

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 21:51

It does the same

joey1211 · 8 Aug 2006 at 22:23

Best bet is to strip it bare of any un-necessary hardware and reinstall.

Or boot up in safe mode and see what happens

Trigger · 8 Aug 2006 at 22:30

Yeah, it sounds like a piece of hardware causing the problem. You don't by any chance have a creative sound card do you because I have seen similar problems to this before with dodgey drivers for those cards.

Try running memtest86 as well as it could be RAM causing problems.

After doing that, try installing XP with one stick of RAM, the HDD, one optical drive and a GFX installed and see if it's any better

EDIT: ^^ Safe mode sounds a good option as well

david334 · 8 Aug 2006 at 23:00

No i have Realtek sound 5.10.0.5129 on board.

david334 · 9 Aug 2006 at 17:16

Right i have fixed my problem well i thought i did

- I run memtest86 + Seagate's hard disk software, to see if enything was wrong and it passed the tests
- updated BIOS
- Disabled floppy in BIOS ( I dont have a floppy )
- re-installed windows

Thanks David334

Steve Watford · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:02

It would have probally been the floppy if you dont have one but still set it in bios, its probally looking for the drive, but takes ages to find out nothing is there.

david334 · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:19

It's never done this to me before

Will_3rd · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:23

i had a similiar problem like this not too long ago, have you tried checking your start up items? using run -->msconfig

Trigger · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:29

Steve Watford said:
It would have probally been the floppy if you dont have one but still set it in bios, its probally looking for the drive, but takes ages to find out nothing is there.

I very much doubt that would cause it to hang for that long.

Will_3rd said:
i had a similiar problem like this not too long ago, have you tried checking your start up items? using run -->msconfig

Read the thread

david334 · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:35

Hehe!

Soo what could be my problem ?

Its really doing my head in

I can't see this being a hard disk problem. :\

FrankJH · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:43

Spyware? What Applications / Processes are running at startup?

Some av's are notorious for doing age long background scans of the hdd

david334 · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:47

Here is my startup list ....

Thanks david 334

skiba · 9 Aug 2006 at 18:58

no wonder, untick it all and see if it makes a difference.