xp loading takes agggges

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 01:54

So, i formatted recently.

My old boot time was under 20 (or there about) seconds, doing one maybe two loads of the loading bar then booting up.

Why the fudge is it doing 20+ loads :/ And shutting down is dire too.

I've tried the usual, tunexp(rearrange/defrag boot files), general defrag etc, not a squat of difference.

Help?

Linz · 8 Feb 2007 at 10:30

I had something similar. Might have been a coincidental fluke, but I disabled System Restore on all drives. Defragged from that point then reboots were much faster.

lay-z-boy · 8 Feb 2007 at 11:15

have you tried bootvis?

To see what is causing the problem at startup. Its got an optimise function in it too, works really well.

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 12:29

boot vis, red letters saying disk write cache is disabled
?

shows a 54 second blank gap, then shows activity of windows loading.

tried the optimize system and its the same, also tried turning off sys restore and its the same

33scott · 8 Feb 2007 at 16:59

just a guess, but have you disabled unwanted programs from the msconfig menu?????

i saved loads of time doing that.

Just dont turn off the system tray!

hope it helps

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:02

thats the first thing i did

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:06

just tried doing the suggested again, as id installed a fair bit since.

31 loads of the bar

-.-

snowdog · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:26

31 still a lot, have you disabled all unused IDE channels in device manager, if you dont windows usually stands there searching for a drive that doesn't exist...

1)) Right click on "My Computer", select the Hardware tab, and Select Device Manager.
2) Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel"
3) Under "Advanced Settings" tab, check the devices settings. Set it to none on the device type (from automatic detection) if you can (if you can't it means there's a drive on that channel then you dont wnat to disable this)
4) Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel"

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:55

Worked a treat

Cheers!

Now fix my x-fi

lay-z-boy · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:13

Psypher5 said:
Worked a treat Cheers!

Now fix my x-fi

Return it

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:14

They said:

"no"

lay-z-boy · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:17

What is the problem with it?

Psypher5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:31

well, 99% of the time no sound is coming out. Microphone works fine though.

every couple of boots, itll sound the windows start tune, ill start winamp, all is good. Then suddenly no sound.

There is one thing I saw which made me wonder earlier: in cretive diagnostic thing (like dxdiag) it shows devices>hardware>xfi> then this:

Device name:
- Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)

Hardware location:
- PCI bus 5, device 8, function 0

Status:
- Device driver is loaded.
- Device is configured.
- Device can be rebalanced.

Problem:
- Device has no problem.

Device capabilities:
- Hardware disabled

Hardware disabled? Shouldnt that be..enabled? :/ Everything in device manager etc says its enabled.

Was just a thought though.

Its just odd it works sometimes, worked for a few mins othertimes then cuts out, or doesnt work at all.