Cyborg_Commando 0 Posted September 24, 2004 a few days ago I formatted my friend his desknote I installed the drivers, performed updates, ... everything works just fine except there's something I can't figure out when you turn on your pc, after a few seconds you get the windows XP bootscreen with your version: home or pro and a progressbar but this screen won't go away for about 30 to 40 seconds while my pc at home deals with that in about 10 sec otherwise the desknote works fine, windows starts up very fast and I haven't encountered any problems what could be the problem with the bootscreen? Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted September 24, 2004 Might simply be the processing power of the computer. It might not have as much as your own so it would take a little longer. Try 45 minutes for the damn thing to away and start up. <_< Share this post Link to post
chickendippers 1 Posted September 24, 2004 Yea, what are the specs of both computers? Share this post Link to post
Cyborg_Commando 0 Posted September 28, 2004 Yea, what are the specs of both computers? sorry for the late reply... Comp 1: AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ Clockspeed 1,83GHz 448 MB RAM Comp 2: AMD ATHLON 4 2400 Clockspeed 1,79GHz 448 MB RAM but the prob doesn't lie here cause I also have a slower PC and the bootscreen dissappears after 10 sec Share this post Link to post
Sonic 292 Posted September 28, 2004 It must be something you installed that causes the slow boot times. Bad drivers for a device perhaps? Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted September 29, 2004 Get in and scan for spyware. I've fixed computers that had every known piece of which and they were screaming after I got done with them. Might even be a virus. Spyware has an effect even in the boot phase. :| Share this post Link to post
Cyborg_Commando 0 Posted September 29, 2004 It must be something you installed that causes the slow boot times. Bad drivers for a device perhaps? maybe could be, but how can I check which drivers are bad cause they're all working fine according to windows Get in and scan for spyware. I've fixed computers that had every known piece of which and they were screaming after I got done with them. Might even be a virus. Spyware has an effect even in the boot phase. yeah I know but after a clean install already spyware? Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted September 29, 2004 I forgot that. Sorry. I don't know what it could be. It seems rather odd. You might have to reformat again. :| Share this post Link to post
Cyborg_Commando 0 Posted September 29, 2004 I forgot that. Sorry. I don't know what it could be. It seems rather odd. You might have to reformat again. :| np but here's the thing I formatted once and I got the hanging thing... then I formatted again, and it's the same strange business someone told me that it's not abnormal to startup after 30 sec.... but to me it's a bit irritating :? Share this post Link to post
Hans5849 0 Posted October 9, 2004 whats the speed of the hard drives involed. Also if one is a SATA and one is a IDE drive that can make a differnece, so can if it has a 2mb or a 8mb cache Share this post Link to post