Windows XP slow boot

**Clay** · 05-19-06, 06:03 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, 06:20 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, 06:24 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, 09:33 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, 09:51 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, 04:14 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 :

if not, try also this :

greetings,

Peacemaker.

SLippe · 05-24-06, 11:19 PM

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, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLippe

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, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peacemaker

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, 08:42 PM

Same here, that option was ghosted for mine as well. Thanks for the info though!

Tuork · 06-02-06, 05:57 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, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clay

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.

05-19-06, 06:03 PM	#1
Clay GeForce 6800 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,141	Windows XP slow boot 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. __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

05-19-06, 06:20 PM	#2
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,409	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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.

05-19-06, 06:24 PM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 36,886	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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? __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

05-19-06, 09:33 PM	#4
tacos4me Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 543	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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? __________________ Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 \|\| Intel i7 920 @ 4.0GHz (20x200) \|\| 6GB Corsair Dominator 1600 (1600MHz 8-8-8-24) Radeon 4870 512MB x 2 \|\| Dell 3007WFP \|\| PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 \|\| X-Fi Fatality FPS \|\| Windows Vista Ultimate x64

05-19-06, 09:51 PM	#5
Clay GeForce 6800 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,141	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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. __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

05-20-06, 04:14 AM	#6
Peacemaker Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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 : if not, try also this : greetings, Peacemaker. __________________ x360 elite + ms wheel + sharp aquos ''32 COD4 FORZA2 GTA4

05-24-06, 11:19 PM	#7
SLippe Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 17,714	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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. __________________

05-26-06, 08:42 PM	#10
Clay GeForce 6800 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,141	Re: Windows XP slow boot Same here, that option was ghosted for mine as well. Thanks for the info though! __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

06-02-06, 05:57 PM	#11
Tuork Official pain in the ass Join Date: May 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 5,580	Re: Windows XP slow boot 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? __________________ My avatar: "An obscure and non sensical pattern made to get people to post what they think it is" - Vamp Dimitri: Dell XPS M1530 Core2Duo T5550 1.86Ghz \| 3GB DDR2 \| 8600M GT 256MB \| 250GB Hdd \| BenQ FP202W 20" LCD \| MX1000 mouse \| Inspire T5400 5.1

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