PC took long time to boot up, help please.

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What you need is a hard drive with 10,000 RPMs instead of 7,200 RPMs.

Thats all you need and your computer is quick as a lightning.
 
A Big thank you for your tips! Sincerely.

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At which point does it hang up and wait... is it while you have the big Windows screen or after the desktop appears?
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B4 the big Windows screen. To be sure I will timing it….
Quote from saico:

Maybe there is still a CD or DVD in your CD/DVD drive which need to be removed.
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It ring the bell, I will check it. As I have a few removable device share an USB port, an USB disk, handwriting pat, a web cam…..thanks saico.

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OK...

What you need is a hard drive with 10,000 RPMs instead of 7,200 RPMs.

Thats all you need and your computer is quick as a lightning.
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Will quote a 10K spin HD.
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short answer: no, i can't. :(

however, a couple of things may help others help you:

1. what OS are you running?
2. after the long boot process did you run any type of diagnostic software that may help narrow down or even pin-point issues affecting the boot process?

also, you might want to check out:
http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/sgp-tweaks.ars

i think it is specific to XP but not totally sure. also, it mentions an app called Bootvis which is no longer offered by Msft. you can, however, google it and find it elsewhere (free).

if it is XP you can run Msconfig and see what's going on in your startup config. you may have some rogue app mucking it up for you. i think the above link also mentions msconfig.

hth

take care -

omni
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I am on XP professional, thank you for the advice. I will follow up the points….
 
Just a few additional thoughts.

1. Some software, Norton AV for instance, will occasionally finish an update/install on the next boot. Same for many of Microsoft's patches.

So if you updated your AV or installed a MS patch, that could easily account for it. Note that some AV updates happen in the background without you asking for it.

2. Some versions of XP Pro come with boot time defragmentation (directory consolidation). That could take a long time

3. Filesystem check: if you didn't shut down properly, or if Windows "hung" during shutdown, the filesystem will go through a check, which can be slow.
 
Start with this.... unplug all USB devices from your machine except your mouse/keyboard. Restart the machine and see what happens. If it loads faster, then one of the devices you are plugging in requires a driver update. You really don't need a new HD; I don't think this is the problem. I'm suspecting that a piece of hardware you have attached is causing your machine to wait for a timeout sequence.

Write back when you have done this.
 
Are you getting any error messages? What are they?
Did you just recently upgrade to service pack 2 for xp?
Have you defraged your hd?
 
My PC is working normal now.

I believe Omni's tip helped. It likely to be a registry "tidy up" boost the PC up.

Lucky of having a bunch of warm hearted ETers.

Learner:)
 
Here's 2 free utilities to monitor what's running on a computer.

Hijack This is generally used via a scan to see if any hijack/malware software has been installed on the computer in addition to the generated list of programs loaded at startup. Malware may be able to be removed by selecting item and 'Fix checked', otherwise sites such as Computer Cops may need to be consulted for detailed removal instructions.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

System Tracker is very comprehensive realtime audit of ongoing computer processes with the ability to 'effectively disable selected processes from running on the machine, regardless of location by using the NoStart tab'.
http://downloads.suntimes.com/product.php[id]87029[cid]62[SiteID]suntimes
 
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