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Name: bl
Date: January 30, 2003 at 13:20:04 Pacific
OS: winxp
CPU/Ram: p3 1000mhz
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i am having a problem with a slow startup my pc takes long to detected ide 1 i think it takes long to detect something any suggestions?



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Name: Atomicboy
Date: January 30, 2003 at 13:28:26 Pacific
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I had a problem like this when I attached another drive to my current system. When it would get to the boot screen with the progress bar it would pause for like 2 min, then resume. I defragged both drives and that fixed it.


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Response Number 2
Name: EC
Date: January 30, 2003 at 15:47:53 Pacific
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Download the Boot vis tool from MS. it's free.

Read the documentation before using.


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Response Number 3
Name: Erik
Date: January 31, 2003 at 03:57:11 Pacific
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Well same problem over here. With an 80 GB hhd... Booting keeps very slow. But i only formatted the first 40 gb... the other was a quick format. And bootvis.... Well i tought it worked. The boot after the inspection is fast but the boot after storing is the same slow again...


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