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Sata hdd booting slowing

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dghosh033 Original post #1
Aug 22, 2006 at 4:06 PM
Hi,


I have installed a 40 gb sata hdd in a via p4m800 pm8m-v main board
but after loading xp with sp 2 booting process is taking to long the
can anybody help ?????????????
Anand_RF
Anand_RF #2
Aug 22, 2006 at 4:17 PM
How long does it take? It's normal for it to take upto a minute at the most. How much RAM do you have? And processor speed?
XP SP2 normally loads slower than XP because of the supposed increase in security.
Geforce
Geforce #3
Aug 22, 2006 at 6:00 PM
Its a common problem for SP2, with the added Firewall and securities.