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19 minute boot???
Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and
the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you |
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Unfortunately, it sounds like Windows is hopelessly corrupted and it's time
to reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS and your software. Restore your old data from your backups. -- DaveW __________ "s_landa" wrote in message .18... Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you |
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"DaveW" wrote in
: Unfortunately, it sounds like Windows is hopelessly corrupted and it's time to reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS and your software. Restore your old data from your backups. I'm sorry I forgot to say that I've tried 3 different win xp drives and could not get past that point. |
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"s_landa" wrote in message .18... "DaveW" wrote in : Unfortunately, it sounds like Windows is hopelessly corrupted and it's time to reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS and your software. Restore your old data from your backups. I'm sorry I forgot to say that I've tried 3 different win xp drives and could not get past that point. There is no such thing as an "XP drive" Erase the hard drive so there is nothing on it. Reboot from your Windows CD and install. |
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:42:47 GMT, "s_landa"
wrote: Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you This is not a windows newsgroup. To get detailed information about windows resolution you are best turned to a windows group. As for the system itself (sans OS), you've told us nothing about it so we can hardly advise on what to do next. What you decribe could be errors in memory, motherboard or CPU instability, hard drive or cabling fault- just about anything. Given no background info all I could suggest is doing the usual basic diagnostics like memtest96, the HDD manufacturer's utility to check the drive, checking cables and connectors, fans, battery, capacitors, and clearing CMOS. If all these things check out, you might want to see if you use an alternate HDD to install windows fresh, or copy off any valuable data before trying a repair install of windows, or lastly, a reformat of the HDD partition and clean install of windows. |
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"s_landa" wrote in message
.18... Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you Hello, It could be as simple as having the Hard Drives jumpered wrong, or it may be a hard drive going bad...! Or............. anything in between...! Starz_Kid... |
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On 30 Sep 2005, you wrote in alt.comp.hardwa
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:42:47 GMT, "s_landa" wrote: Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you I've run Norton, Check-it, Symantec virus, Tuneup 2006, no luck. And don't forget a boot logging program that found nothing. The problem is just before win xp starts, and after the pci device listings. This is the 19 minute moment. I have plugged in other hardrives that have the same os on it (3 others) and get the same delay. There is nothing in Microsoft web site to address this. I have even done a system resore to several days before this began. No luck. After it finally boots it works fine. Is there something in the bios (award) that could cause this? Thanks |
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"s_landa" wrote in message .18... On 30 Sep 2005, you wrote in alt.comp.hardwa On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:42:47 GMT, "s_landa" wrote: Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. Help Thank you I've run Norton, Check-it, Symantec virus, Tuneup 2006, no luck. And don't forget a boot logging program that found nothing. The problem is just before win xp starts, and after the pci device listings. This is the 19 minute moment. Sounds like hardware to me. Unfortunately, the only real way to find out is swapping hardware. Alias I have plugged in other hardrives that have the same os on it (3 others) and get the same delay. There is nothing in Microsoft web site to address this. I have even done a system resore to several days before this began. No luck. After it finally boots it works fine. Is there something in the bios (award) that could cause this? Thanks |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:43:20 GMT, "s_landa"
wrote: I've run Norton, Check-it, Symantec virus, Tuneup 2006, no luck. And don't forget a boot logging program that found nothing. Frankly I would uninstall those apps as they are often more trouble than they are worth, particularly since this seems a pre-windows issue. The problem is just before win xp starts, and after the pci device listings. This is the 19 minute moment. Did you clear the CMOS? Check your drive jumpers and disconnect all drives, including removable ones and memory readers (which might include printer with memory slot). Leave only the floppy connected and try to boot to (floppy). Does that work without delay? If so, reconnect only the HDD with OS on it, alone, and jumper it as such (master device OR single device in cases where the drive requires it- like Western Digital HDDs). Check your bios boot options. If there is one for network adapter ROM booting, disable it (assuming you have no desire to network boot). I have plugged in other hardrives that have the same os on it (3 others) and get the same delay. There is nothing in Microsoft web site to address this. I have even done a system resore to several days before this began. No luck. After it finally boots it works fine. Is there something in the bios (award) that could cause this? It's possible, yes, and was one of the reasons I'd suggested clearing CMOS. Did the system do this originally or did the problem begin later? If later, what had changed just prior to onset of the problem? |
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"s_landa" wrote in message .18... On 30 Sep 2005, you wrote in alt.comp.hardwa On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:42:47 GMT, "s_landa" wrote: Today, it takes 19 minutes to go from the "pci device listings" screen and the xp splash screen. (Before the "welcome" screen.) Usually this is the place where the "operating system not found" happens. Not today. I've tried Tune up 2006. Norton. Reg clean. All seem to fix problems, but not this one. This is your first mistake... Symantec stuff is more likely to trash your PC than fix it. Same goes for registry cleaners. I've run Norton, Check-it, Symantec virus, Tuneup 2006, no luck. And don't forget a boot logging program that found nothing. The problem is just before win xp starts, and after the pci device listings. This is the 19 minute moment. Have your reset your CMOS settings? It could be looking for non-existant hardware. Try booting from a floppy disk or CD. If it still takes a long time, then you know it isn't an OS problem. I have plugged in other hardrives that have the same os on it (3 others) and get the same delay. Unless the other hard drives were formatted on an identical PC, then there's a big chance that you'd see a hardware confict anyhow. That could also cause delays. There is nothing in Microsoft web site to address this. I have even done a system resore to several days before this began. No luck. It's probably not a Windows issue. Anything that you've installed besides Windows is not Microsofts problem. |
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