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Clay
05-19-06, 07:03 PM
I have XP SP2. Recently it began taking a long time to finally get into Windows. It will post in the BIOS, etc...but stay at the black screen after that point for a long time. If I power down and back on I get the options to start Windows since it didn't shutdown properly. It then boots just fine.

Any ideas? I've run bootvis in the past, but can't think of anything recently that would have caused this. I keep a close eye on my startup apps to make sure as little as possible is starting up.
OWA
05-19-06, 07:20 PM
Does the event viewer show any problems? I've had my boot time increase by a lot b/c the system was trying to communicate with the router but was having problems (so basically it was waiting to timeout before continuing). I can't remember the exact error but it was like it was trying to renew the DHCP settings but couldn't. My issue showed up in the event viewer.
CaptNKILL
05-19-06, 07:24 PM
Any external drives or devices connected?

This is sort of like what happens to my system when I have my external USB hard drive connected at boot.

Disconnect all external devices and give it a try.

If that isnt it, id do a good thorough scan of your hard drive(s) and a defrag.

Flakey drives can cause this too. Any kind of drive. If you cant figure it out with the things above, unplug all your drives except your hard drive and try a boot. If it STILL does it, check the drive to make sure it isnt making any noise (strange clicks, beeps etc.).

Other than that, I dont know.

Maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling your IDE drivers?
tacos4me
05-19-06, 10:33 PM
Check your event viewer, and yes, make sure you don't have any USB devices connected. I've had this happen because of my iPod being plugged in.

Oh, and are you overclocking anything at all?
Clay
05-19-06, 10:51 PM
Thanks for the ideas guys. I'd already checked the Event Viewer logs and nothing out of the ordinary there. I have had a digital camera docking station attached with (via USB) with the camera usually docked but that's always been that way...ah...just thought of something. I just recently started using the USB hub capability of my Dell 2405 FPW...maybe that's the root of the problem. Thanks again guys.
Peacemaker
05-20-06, 05:14 AM
its propobly problem with NCQ stuff, etc.
I don't know what kind of HDD you got there, but try this :

i hope this help :
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1439/hdd27dk.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdd27dk.jpg)

if not, try also this :
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/2153/hdd18fb.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdd18fb.jpg)

greetings,

Peacemaker.
SLippe
05-25-06, 12:19 AM
Mine is greyed out, so I guess my HDD doesn't support it. Or does it only show up in RAID? I only ask, because I have a single drive.
Peacemaker
05-25-06, 10:32 AM
Mine is greyed out, so I guess my HDD doesn't support it. Or does it only show up in RAID? I only ask, because I have a single drive.

its working with single drive, but ussually it got some problems... yes, your WDC doesn't support NCQ, but i don't think it has any performance changes.

greetings,

Peacemaker.
SLippe
05-26-06, 07:48 PM
its working with single drive, but ussually it got some problems... yes, your WDC doesn't support NCQ, but i don't think it has any performance changes.

greetings,

Peacemaker.
Okay, thanks.
Clay
05-26-06, 09:42 PM
Same here, that option was ghosted for mine as well. Thanks for the info though! :cool:
Tuork
06-02-06, 06:57 PM
I'm actually having a similar problem too...

The only thing I can recall that I've done (other than installing a game, but I see no reason why that would damage boot times seeing as it's on a secondary drive) is I recently ran de the home network wizard.

Is there anyway I can disable whatever I did?
PSYCHODAD
06-02-06, 07:44 PM
I have XP SP2. Recently it began taking a long time to finally get into Windows. It will post in the BIOS, etc...but stay at the black screen after that point for a long time. If I power down and back on I get the options to start Windows since it didn't shutdown properly. It then boots just fine.

Any ideas? I've run bootvis in the past, but can't think of anything recently that would have caused this. I keep a close eye on my startup apps to make sure as little as possible is starting up.
This recently happened to my system also. Solved my prob by going back to a former restore point. Probably caused by some apps I had installed.
EciDemon
06-29-06, 08:34 AM
You could also disable any unused IDE channel from windows hardware manager, that way windows does not scan them during bootup. Should shave a few seconds.
SLippe
06-29-06, 09:08 AM
You could also disable any unused IDE channel from windows hardware manager, that way windows does not scan them during bootup. Should shave a few seconds.
Do you mean disable them in the BIOS or actually in Windows Device Manager?
Clay
06-29-06, 07:25 PM
Back to my original post...the issue (for me) isn't slow boots. It's that the first bootup doesn't succeed...just black screen after post. So, power down...cold boot again and it gets to the "didn't shutdown properly" screen...hit Enter...boots just fine/fast as usual.

I thought it might be attached USB devices...but been narrowing that down and not the problem it seems.
grey_1
06-29-06, 09:45 PM
Had a similar problem quite a while back that turned out to be an antec psu gone bad. On the first attempt it was like I had a short or bad ground, but shutting it down seemed to discharge any residual juice, then second boot was always good.

Sorry for the really bad explanation, really tiring day:o , Good luck with it!
derdeutscha
06-29-06, 11:53 PM
I also have had this problem..it happens randomly (not all the time) and the hard drive isn't doing anything

It slows at the XP loading screen and can last for up to 5 minutes.

I just tried disabling the queing and will see if that works.
Sazar
06-30-06, 12:33 AM
Clay, something to consider is teh items you currently have booting.

Run > msconfig and go to the startup tab and see if maybe something there is also fubaring your boot?
Clay
06-30-06, 12:50 AM
Thanks guys. I've trimmed down any startup things that might have been suspect. I like Sysinternals' Autoruns (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html)(man I love Sysinternals' stuff)...anyway, Autoruns an msconfig on steroids...good point though, I'll double check, haven't in about a month.
rewt
06-30-06, 01:58 AM
Autoruns = Major pwnage!!
gregshal23
03-13-11, 10:37 AM
sounds like your computer just needs a few basic maintenance routines. i would recommend going through and clearing up unused applications, performing a defragment and scanning the registry for problems. check out this site for more tips if that doesn't work: http://squidoo.com/xp-slow