slow boot up

lo-jule · 03-08-2005, 10:46 AM

i have recently tried to add a new disc drive (without success) and since then when i boot up it's taking minutes instead of seconds. 1st the cpu logo comes up (1 minute) then black screen, with flashing curser (one minute). is there a setting in bios or windows (xp) that changes bootup time? motherboard is msi 915/g combo, cpu is p4 3gig, i have also recently installed service pack 2. please help me

ripken2004 · 03-09-2005, 01:16 AM

did to try to RAID them? also maybe your boot files somehow got fragmented, run u defrager,hopefully u have diskeeper or sumtin good like that, and tell us about it then

lo-jule · 03-09-2005, 01:21 AM

did a defrag, no joy. i don't think i can use raid, only one hard drive.

Blue · 03-09-2005, 02:10 AM

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did to try to RAID them?

I'm thinking he's talking about a floppy drive.

You mention that you where not successful, did you remove the drive? was it a floppy drive that you are reffering to? Also did you change anything in the bios after installing it?

lo-jule · 03-14-2005, 08:33 AM

no, was trying to install cd drive, but can't get ide ports running, that's another story, probably did change bios (not sure, i didn't do it) i guess the question is, is there a setting in bios that changes how long 'till windows boots up?

691175002 · 03-15-2005, 01:06 AM

There may be an option in the bios that is "quick boot" but it should be on already. Other than that maby it has something to do with jumper settings?

**Praetor** · 03-16-2005, 12:30 AM

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did to try to RAID them? also maybe your boot files somehow got fragmented, run u defrager,hopefully u have diskeeper or sumtin good like that, and tell us about it then

The problem occurs before the interface drivers are even loaded

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did a defrag, no joy. I don't think I can use raid, only one hard drive.

Problem is at the pre-OS stage so definitely look at the BIOS

As noted about the quick-boot also try setting the harddrives manually

691175002 · 03-16-2005, 11:17 PM

Changing the boot order (I think that is what Praetor ment) might help. Make sure the hdd is at the top. That shaved a few seconds off my computers boot time...

03-08-2005, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
lo-jule New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10	slow boot up i have recently tried to add a new disc drive (without success) and since then when i boot up it's taking minutes instead of seconds. 1st the cpu logo comes up (1 minute) then black screen, with flashing curser (one minute). is there a setting in bios or windows (xp) that changes bootup time? motherboard is msi 915/g combo, cpu is p4 3gig, i have also recently installed service pack 2. please help me

03-15-2005, 01:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
691175002 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 376	There may be an option in the bios that is "quick boot" but it should be on already. Other than that maby it has something to do with jumper settings? __________________

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691175002 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 376	Changing the boot order (I think that is what Praetor ment) might help. Make sure the hdd is at the top. That shaved a few seconds off my computers boot time... __________________

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03-09-2005, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
ripken2004 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 534	did to try to RAID them? also maybe your boot files somehow got fragmented, run u defrager,hopefully u have diskeeper or sumtin good like that, and tell us about it then

03-09-2005, 01:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
lo-jule New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10	did a defrag, no joy. i don't think i can use raid, only one hard drive.

03-14-2005, 08:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
lo-jule New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10	no, was trying to install cd drive, but can't get ide ports running, that's another story, probably did change bios (not sure, i didn't do it) i guess the question is, is there a setting in bios that changes how long 'till windows boots up?