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XP and Vista taking too long to start

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Amitava83 Original post #1
Jan 10, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Hi guys I have a strange problem...Whenver my OS loads ie Xp or Vista,it takes at least 2 -3 minutes because my IDE connected DVD writers(one year old) try to read during the startup and my system temporarily freezes at that time ..I checked the IDE cables they are fine..I disconnected them still problem persists...Please suggest a solution..

My config:
C2D @2.66GHz
ASUS P5QE
Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic 1 GB
Corsair 2x2GB 800MHz
Seagate barracuda 500GB with 32MB cache
connexion
connexion #2
Jan 10, 2009 at 4:59 PM
have u disabled the boot from cd in bios. its just a thought try it n c
desiibond
desiibond #3
Jan 10, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I had similar problem where it takes too long to boot. In my case, it was problem with sata cables. reconnected them and it worked fine.
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gforce23 #4
Jan 10, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Set the boot sequence in the BIOS to boot from the HDD.
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Amitava83 #5
Jan 11, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Yes guys of course boot sequence is set to SATA....I'll check the SATA cables and reply back...Can it be a problm of HDD itself?Any s/w to test the data trasnsfer rate of HDD?
Thanks in advance...
connexion
connexion #6
Jan 12, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Amitava83 said:
Yes guys of course boot sequence is set to SATA....I'll check the SATA cables and reply back...Can it be a problm of HDD itself?Any s/w to test the data trasnsfer rate of HDD?
Thanks in advance...
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Ecko
Ecko #7
Jan 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Use Win7 Dude its gr8