SLOW boot
 

I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes up
with all the icons and whatever.

Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow boot-ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair, the BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in message
...
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes up
with all the icons and whatever.

The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair, the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
...
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.

Mart,

I thought I'd see if BLA had been updated at all, so clicked that link.
Doesn't appear to be up. Here's a working one:
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Shane


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow boot-ups. (NB - it
also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair, the BLA page does
state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth technical
knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in message
...
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes up
with all the icons and whatever.

Try http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Mart



wrote in message
...
The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair, the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
...
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.

Thanks Shane, just found it myself. The old link was working at end of July.
But if it's down - it's down g Yep, it's the same version too.

Mart


"Shane" wrote in message
...
Mart,

I thought I'd see if BLA had been updated at all, so clicked that link.
Doesn't appear to be up. Here's a working one:
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Shane


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow boot-ups. (NB - it
also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair, the BLA page does
state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth technical
knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in message
...
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long time to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes up
with all the icons and whatever.

The largest one was 1.722
-----Original Message-----
Try
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Mart



wrote in message
...
The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow
boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair,
the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
.. .
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long
time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green
background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know
why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.



.

Also about my system. The other hard drive also has
windows ME on it. Could the computer be trying to boot
both? I am planning on formatting that one later anyway.
-----Original Message-----
Try
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Mart



wrote in message
...
The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow
boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair,
the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
.. .
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long
time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green
background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know
why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.



.

The largest one was 1.722

Minutes or seconds?

If minutes, then that *might* explain your "1-2 minutes just sitting there"

But you need to identify the cause of the 1.722 at that point. What
operation does it say is taking place at that time?

Mart


wrote in message
...
The largest one was 1.722
-----Original Message-----
Try
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Mart



wrote in message
...
The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow
boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair,
the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
. ..
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long
time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green
background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know
why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.



.

Unless you've got some odd dual-boot command (or software), then no.

..... I am planning on formatting that one later anyway.

Disconnect it temporally if you're not sure.

Mart


"ray" wrote in message
...
Also about my system. The other hard drive also has
windows ME on it. Could the computer be trying to boot
both? I am planning on formatting that one later anyway.
-----Original Message-----
Try
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/boo...alyzer123.html

Mart



wrote in message
...
The first link doesn't work, page cannot be displayed
-----Original Message-----
Try Boot Log Analyzer (Freeware) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
It might help you to pin down the cause of the slow
boot-
ups. (NB - it also
works on WinME)

Look at the 'Duration' column and look for an event (or
events) taking
several 'tens' or 'hundreds' of seconds, instead of
fractions or several
seconds. (5 mins = 300 seconds)

Also see "Load Failures Listed in the Bootlog.txt File"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;127970

If you not sure how to decipher the results, you might
need to seek the
assistance of your local PC repair shop. To be fair,
the
BLA page does state
that " ... interpreting the results requires in-depth
technical knowledge."

HTH

Mart


"ray" wrote in
message
. ..
I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive.
Everything is working good except it takes a long
time
to
boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits
there. The only thing on screen is a green
background
and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is
flashing so it is doing SOMETHING, but I don't know
why
it is taking so long. It takes about 1-2 mintues of
just
sitting there before the windows screen finally comes
up
with all the icons and whatever.


.



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