Hi there I've got Windows XP with SP2 installed which has been fine for a while now.
The trouble is that now when I start my computer it takes around 4 minutes to boot up whereas it only took 30/45 seconds before.
When I switch my machine on the initial page comes up - mainprocessor: Intel Pentium(R) 4 2.66GHz and then at the bottom of the page it says: Press F1 or DEL to enter setup.
It stays on this page then for about a minute and a half with no noise from the hard disk or anything. Each subsequent stage takes a similar amount of time to load until it gets to the desktop and from there on it works fine.
Previous to this happening I was saving a movie file in Windows Movie Maker and I also happened to notice that Windows Update was uploading/installing something.
Since then I have restored my computer by 1 then 4 days which hasnt changed the situation.
the fact it freezes on the initial startup screen before it gets to windows suggests some hardware failure may be about to come your way.
How old is the system? If you download everest from one of the stickies in this forum you can use the SMART analysing system to check your hard drive isn't about to die on you.
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Originally posted by DaveSW the fact it freezes on the initial startup screen before it gets to windows suggests some hardware failure may be about to come your way.
How old is the system? If you download everest from one of the stickies in this forum you can use the SMART analysing system to check your hard drive isn't about to die on you.
I agree with dave. Also, if you have some ghoste drive software available (norton ghoste), I suggest making some backups.
ok next up memtest - google it and you should find it. That will see if your memory is failing (in the computer that is!)
In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?! - Unknown Author
"And there's Bill Gates, the...most...famous...man in the...ah...Microsoft." -- A TV commentator for the 2000 Olympics.
Originally posted by DaveSW generally that section is for laptops.
ok next up memtest - google it and you should find it. That will see if your memory is failing (in the computer that is!)
If it is the memory you are going to notice a large lag for everything. The hard drive might store data, but could fail to boot. I forgot the term for the part of the hard drive you need to have workign to boot from it....
After two and a quarter hours it still hadnt finnished testing but I needed to do something on my computer so I had to stop it. There was a counter that had the title "Pass" which showed a value of 15 just before I stopped it. I wasnt sure what value it needed to go up to. The "Error" title showed up as 0. Which I assume is good.
I've just tried the memTest on my computer downstairs (P3 450MHz 512Mb RAM) and after an hour it is still testing but the same counter is up into the millions.
So does that mean my memory is slow then?
Everything works fine when the computer has booted up at normal speed.
It really sounds like ou're heading for a hardware failure, but identifying what exactly is the problem is going to be more difficult. You could take it to your local pc store and ask them to look at it. Other than that you could obtain a 'post code' reader - generally pretty cheap on ebay, and see at what part of the post sequence it starts to slow. That might give you some indication.
If you want to post a hijackthis log I'd be happy to chek your system for viruses or other nasties. (see forum stickies for a download location)
In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?! - Unknown Author
"And there's Bill Gates, the...most...famous...man in the...ah...Microsoft." -- A TV commentator for the 2000 Olympics.
Hi Dave here's the log file that I created from HijackThis (below). Thanks for taking a look.
If I were heading for a hardware failure I assume we are talking about the hard disk?
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:01:53, on 27/02/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
By hardware it could be anything from power supply to motherboard, harddrive to an add-in card...
In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?! - Unknown Author
"And there's Bill Gates, the...most...famous...man in the...ah...Microsoft." -- A TV commentator for the 2000 Olympics.
One other thing actually. My hard drive is 120Gb with 3 partitions two 55Gb and one 10. The C drive (55Gb) is very full it only has 6 Gb of space left. The others (55 and 10) are free. I have heard that a full hard disk can slow your hard disk down but again when my system is up and running it is fine.
I will try moving some stuff from one partition to the other to free up some space to see if that does any good.
Other than that I have started backing up all my data. Which is a good idea regardless anyway. Then all I can do is live with it and wait to see if it either rights itself or just stops working one day I guess.
I see this post when I am researching a problem where Microsoft IntelliType Pro (type32.exe) conflicts with tablet. This is kindof late, but hopefuly it helps.
Try to remove either of the following programs/drivers from the above list.
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