Help!, Just made new system and system now takes almost 5mins to boot!.

KraXed112 · Feb 17, 2006, 05:17 AM

Just like the subject says, I recently made a new system for my gf,
the specs are
P4P800-E, P4 2.8 1gig Corsair Value Select, Nvidia 5500 128meg, dvd-rw, dvdrom, 120 8mb wd hd and a 80 gig wd hd as secondary and lastly a tv card..

The computer has been in use for about 3 weeks and has been very fast on boot ups and so forth but one day i came home and my gf says the computer now takes 5mins to load up completly into windows. This morning before i left for work it worked fine,

She did mention that it was doing windows updates.

Help
Seriously Fustrated User

Tipstaff · Feb 17, 2006, 06:16 AM

Couple of things to check.

First, check the bios, and make sure that options such as booting to USB devices, network or lan booting are disabled. This can cause problems if you have USB devices connected as the system will try to boot to them. Normally this is fine, but some devices controllers can act like a bootable USB device due to their design.

Secondly, when you installed the operating system you most likely had the CDRom drive as the first bootable drive. Now that you have the system installed you want to change it so that either your floppy drive is first, or your hard drive, but in all instances you want the CDRom drive last. What can happen is that the system will stop booting in order to try too boot a CD/DVD that might be in the drive, and depending on the CD/DVD it can take no time at all, or forever until the system decides there is nothing to boot, and moves on to booting the the hard drive, or next device.

Question: what type of internet connection do you have? Cable, DSL? Are you using a router?

KraXed112 · Feb 17, 2006, 08:09 PM

I've changed all those options already, but what i should have said is that once the windows xp logo comes up, it stays up for about 4 minutes, then in windows the background would load up, then the task bar would show, in a period of 5mins.

I'm trying not to just reformat the system and actually fix this issue so if it ever came up again i would have a remedy for it.

Currently using Cable thru a router with 3 computers hooked up atm.

Exceededgoku · Feb 17, 2006, 08:31 PM

well since its your gf, she most likely has spyware (not taking the mick or anything). Women tend to spam their system with stuff they dont need and just click anythign that pops up, which usually is spam installer lol. Best thing is to do a full spyware and antivirus run, get her some on-demand scanning utilities (Nod32, Lavasoft adaware and adwatch)

KraXed112 · Feb 17, 2006, 08:39 PM

Her system has Webroot Spysweeper and AVG installed, I did a full scan using spybot and other utils i got from work and its very clean.

Rasta Monsta · Feb 17, 2006, 09:45 PM

Sounds like Windows is struggling with a piece of failing hardware. . .I have seen a sketchy CD drive bring the OS to its knees. Try unplugging stuff to find the culprit.

rasta

BWX · Feb 17, 2006, 10:43 PM

Start / run/ msconfig / startup tab

What is checked? Maybe take a screenshot..

Tipstaff · Feb 18, 2006, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasta Monsta

Sounds like Windows is struggling with a piece of failing hardware. . .I have seen a sketchy CD drive bring the OS to its knees. Try unplugging stuff to find the culprit.

rasta

Funny you should say that, Rasta, as I had this very same thing happen today. Windows 2000 would take up to 5 minutes to boot, and every subsequent reboot would boot normally. I had tried everything from changing hard drives, network card, ram, and power supply. I figured Windows was screwed, and was about to reload, but the DVDRom drive wouldn't read the install disc. As soon as I switched drives the damn computer booted up normally, and has ever since.

KraXed112 · Feb 18, 2006, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasta Monsta

Sounds like Windows is struggling with a piece of failing hardware. . .I have seen a sketchy CD drive bring the OS to its knees. Try unplugging stuff to find the culprit.

rasta

You were dead on, Once I unplugged all the drives minus the primary it booted up fine, then i started plugging stuff back in one by one and couldn't find the culprit, but all in all it seemed to fix my problems

Thanx alot!!!

and BWX, I've disabled all the startup stuff already to see if that was a problem =)

Dyre Straits · Feb 18, 2006, 09:18 AM

It actually sounds like something may not have been connected securely to begin with. Disconnecting and reconnecting must have cured it.

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 09:52 AM

It is amazing how many times doing that can "fix" things...

Feb 17, 2006, 05:17 AM	#1
KraXed112 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 0	Help!, Just made new system and system now takes almost 5mins to boot!. Just like the subject says, I recently made a new system for my gf, the specs are P4P800-E, P4 2.8 1gig Corsair Value Select, Nvidia 5500 128meg, dvd-rw, dvdrom, 120 8mb wd hd and a 80 gig wd hd as secondary and lastly a tv card.. The computer has been in use for about 3 weeks and has been very fast on boot ups and so forth but one day i came home and my gf says the computer now takes 5mins to load up completly into windows. This morning before i left for work it worked fine, She did mention that it was doing windows updates. Help Seriously Fustrated User __________________ AMD 4800 X2 / ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 2024 Corsair PC3200 CPT BFG Tech 7900 GTX 512 Pioneer A04 DVD/RW 1 x 120GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) 5 x 200GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) Soundblaster Live 5.1 Platinum, Logitech Z-680 Antec TrueControl 480W, RAIDMAX 420W Coolermaster CM-Stacker STC-T01 Case (Crossflow Fan + Extra 4in3 Module)

Feb 17, 2006, 06:16 AM	#2
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	Couple of things to check. First, check the bios, and make sure that options such as booting to USB devices, network or lan booting are disabled. This can cause problems if you have USB devices connected as the system will try to boot to them. Normally this is fine, but some devices controllers can act like a bootable USB device due to their design. Secondly, when you installed the operating system you most likely had the CDRom drive as the first bootable drive. Now that you have the system installed you want to change it so that either your floppy drive is first, or your hard drive, but in all instances you want the CDRom drive last. What can happen is that the system will stop booting in order to try too boot a CD/DVD that might be in the drive, and depending on the CD/DVD it can take no time at all, or forever until the system decides there is nothing to boot, and moves on to booting the the hard drive, or next device. Question: what type of internet connection do you have? Cable, DSL? Are you using a router? __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Feb 17, 2006, 08:09 PM	Thread Starter #3
KraXed112 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 0	I've changed all those options already, but what i should have said is that once the windows xp logo comes up, it stays up for about 4 minutes, then in windows the background would load up, then the task bar would show, in a period of 5mins. I'm trying not to just reformat the system and actually fix this issue so if it ever came up again i would have a remedy for it. Currently using Cable thru a router with 3 computers hooked up atm. __________________ AMD 4800 X2 / ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 2024 Corsair PC3200 CPT BFG Tech 7900 GTX 512 Pioneer A04 DVD/RW 1 x 120GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) 5 x 200GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) Soundblaster Live 5.1 Platinum, Logitech Z-680 Antec TrueControl 480W, RAIDMAX 420W Coolermaster CM-Stacker STC-T01 Case (Crossflow Fan + Extra 4in3 Module)

Feb 17, 2006, 08:31 PM	#4
Exceededgoku DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	well since its your gf, she most likely has spyware (not taking the mick or anything). Women tend to spam their system with stuff they dont need and just click anythign that pops up, which usually is spam installer lol. Best thing is to do a full spyware and antivirus run, get her some on-demand scanning utilities (Nod32, Lavasoft adaware and adwatch) __________________ Vista Ultimate x64 edition rocks my world! Makes XP (and lower) look like dried poo stains on the wall! Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2Ghz (400Mhzx8) 1.52V (set in bios, 1.47v real) \| 2GB GeIL PC6400 4-4-4-12 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 \| Gigabyte DQ6 @ 1600Mhz \| Sapphire 512MB X1900XTX @ 689/774 \| Enermax Liberty 620W \| Silverstone TJ07-B with custom watercooling \| Dell 2005FPW 3dmark05 - 13140 \| 3dmark06 - 6698 \| SuperPi 1M - 15s

Feb 17, 2006, 08:39 PM	Thread Starter #5
KraXed112 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90 Rep Power: 0	Her system has Webroot Spysweeper and AVG installed, I did a full scan using spybot and other utils i got from work and its very clean. __________________ AMD 4800 X2 / ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 2024 Corsair PC3200 CPT BFG Tech 7900 GTX 512 Pioneer A04 DVD/RW 1 x 120GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) 5 x 200GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200rpm) Soundblaster Live 5.1 Platinum, Logitech Z-680 Antec TrueControl 480W, RAIDMAX 420W Coolermaster CM-Stacker STC-T01 Case (Crossflow Fan + Extra 4in3 Module)

Feb 17, 2006, 10:43 PM	#7
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Start / run/ msconfig / startup tab What is checked? Maybe take a screenshot.. __________________

Feb 18, 2006, 09:52 AM	#11
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	It is amazing how many times doing that can "fix" things... __________________