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windows start up takes forever
Name: joe bixby Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:28:36 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 1400athlon/256
Comment:
please help, I just put in a new motherboard and changed nothing else and have tow hard drives. I just reinstalled windows with only one hard drive hooked up. I started windows with all drivers and updates and it started fast and then i shut down and pluged in second hard drive and windows recognizes it fine and works fine but now windows takes forever to start up. [Like 40 seconds on black boot up screen]The first hard drive with windows is set to master and the second is set to slave. I even tried to use cable select and it still takes forever. Please help thank you.
Name: Martin Hesketh Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:41:14 Pacific
Reply:
Have you enabled any lan devices? This can cause delays, as the OS listens for network activity on these devices before giving-up and carrying on with the boot-up procedure. Disable them if you don't use them.
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Response Number 2
Name: guru Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:44:37 Pacific
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1.Try to set "dma" at both hard disk channels 2.How did you configured your channels? try putting cdrom-master and one hard disk-slave on one cable, and the hard disk that you installed windows on, on a cable, set on master.
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Response Number 3
Name: joe bixby Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:48:51 Pacific
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thanks to both of you i will try them all.
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Response Number 4
Name: guru Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:52:18 Pacific
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no problem bro, any time.
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Response Number 5
Name: guru Date: June 23, 2003 at 15:55:49 Pacific
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