Insanely long boot-up

Bobo · 05-03-2006, 09:53 PM

Until about yesterday, my computer booted in about 30 seconds. Here is the chain of events:

Compaq screen
BIOS screen
Blinking white cursor on black screen
Windows Loading screen
Logon

All of the sudden, there is this long time of nothingness(blank screen) in between steps 3 and 4. It is generally about 1 minute long, and the Windows loading takes about 45 seconds, which is much longer than it previously did.

What can I do to make this computer behave?

btw, logon only takes 6.5 seconds, so I don't have a lot of programs to load

Hairy_Lee · 05-03-2006, 10:24 PM

performed a scandisk to check the state of your drive?... my guess is bad sectors or something like that

Bobo · 05-03-2006, 10:26 PM

I just got this hard drive a month ago (250GB, 16MB, 7200RPM), it better not have bad sectors. I'll run that and post back.

edit: OK, where is scandisk?

btw, the hdd does not need to be defragged

**Lax** · 05-04-2006, 05:46 AM

Quote:

I just got this hard drive a month ago (250GB, 16MB, 7200RPM), it better not have bad sectors. I'll run that and post back.

edit: OK, where is scandisk?

btw, the hdd does not need to be defragged

Is that the SE16 WD2500KS would it? I have 4 of them and have gotten "reports" of bad sectors from my machine with 2 of the 4 drives. Could also be a lot of different reasons. My best guess would also be something with the HDD or possibly the windows install.

computerhakk · 05-04-2006, 08:50 AM

just go to your c:
right click and check for errors in the tools panel.
you will probably have to restart.

other things you can try is run a defrag on your registry. find a good free one and see if it helps.

Bobo · 05-04-2006, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord AnthraX

Is that the SE16 WD2500KS would it? I have 4 of them and have gotten "reports" of bad sectors from my machine with 2 of the 4 drives. Could also be a lot of different reasons. My best guess would also be something with the HDD or possibly the windows install.

Nope, its a Maxtor 6L250R0

Bobo · 05-04-2006, 10:06 PM

OK, I performed a scandisk check, but I don't know if it gave any errors, because I let it run overnight and in the morning it was just sitting at the logon screen. How do I know?

Hairy_Lee · 05-04-2006, 10:30 PM

i think it generates a text file to log if there were any changes but i cant be sure. i know for sure that you'll get a load of files that say found001 etc if there were any serious errors

gamerman4 · 05-04-2006, 10:44 PM

Download Microsoft Bootvis and run a scan from Trace>NextBoot + Driver Delays. Then zip it and attach it here and let me look at it.

05-03-2006, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Insanely long boot-up Until about yesterday, my computer booted in about 30 seconds. Here is the chain of events: Compaq screen BIOS screen Blinking white cursor on black screen Windows Loading screen Logon All of the sudden, there is this long time of nothingness(blank screen) in between steps 3 and 4. It is generally about 1 minute long, and the Windows loading takes about 45 seconds, which is much longer than it previously did. What can I do to make this computer behave? btw, logon only takes 6.5 seconds, so I don't have a lot of programs to load

05-03-2006, 10:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	performed a scandisk to check the state of your drive?... my guess is bad sectors or something like that __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

05-03-2006, 10:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	I just got this hard drive a month ago (250GB, 16MB, 7200RPM), it better not have bad sectors. I'll run that and post back. edit: OK, where is scandisk? btw, the hdd does not need to be defragged Last edited by Bobo; 05-03-2006 at 10:29 PM.

05-04-2006, 08:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,635	just go to your c: right click and check for errors in the tools panel. you will probably have to restart. other things you can try is run a defrag on your registry. find a good free one and see if it helps. __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

05-04-2006, 10:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	i think it generates a text file to log if there were any changes but i cant be sure. i know for sure that you'll get a load of files that say found001 etc if there were any serious errors __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

05-04-2006, 10:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	OK, I performed a scandisk check, but I don't know if it gave any errors, because I let it run overnight and in the morning it was just sitting at the logon screen. How do I know?

05-04-2006, 10:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 992	Download Microsoft Bootvis and run a scan from Trace>NextBoot + Driver Delays. Then zip it and attach it here and let me look at it. __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

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