Long Boot Times (7-8 minutes)

After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I now
get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off everything
in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension 2350
with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
causing this?

My guess would be disk corruption. I would boot to the Recovery options (F8
on restart) and use the Command Prompt to run the command :
CHKDSK /R

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"jthende" <> wrote in message
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> After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I
> now
> get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
> away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
> everything
> in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
> 2350
> with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
> causing this?

I tried another install disk with the same 8 minute boot time to get to the
Install Menu. I scheduled a chkdsk on reboot from within Vista on the
C-Drive and still have the same 7-8 minute boot time. Thanks but still
looking for a solution.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> My guess would be disk corruption. I would boot to the Recovery options (F8
> on restart) and use the Command Prompt to run the command :
> CHKDSK /R
>
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> "jthende" <> wrote in message
> news:FCC12A36-1357-4D25-A4F8-...
> > After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I
> > now
> > get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
> > away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
> > everything
> > in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
> > 2350
> > with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
> > causing this?
>
>

You say it's a 2003. Does it have enough RAM and powerful processor to run
Vista ?

"jthende" <> wrote in message
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>I tried another install disk with the same 8 minute boot time to get to the
> Install Menu. I scheduled a chkdsk on reboot from within Vista on the
> C-Drive and still have the same 7-8 minute boot time. Thanks but still
> looking for a solution.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> My guess would be disk corruption. I would boot to the Recovery options
>> (F8
>> on restart) and use the Command Prompt to run the command :
>> CHKDSK /R
>>
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>> "jthende" <> wrote in message
>> news:FCC12A36-1357-4D25-A4F8-...
>> > After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive)
>> > I
>> > now
>> > get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie
>> > goes
>> > away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
>> > everything
>> > in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
>> > 2350
>> > with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
>> > causing this?
>>
>>

It has a gig of RAM and a 2.4 gig processor (P4). Vista says both RAM and
Processor are adequate.

"Ed." wrote:

> You say it's a 2003. Does it have enough RAM and powerful processor to run
> Vista ?
>
> "jthende" <> wrote in message
> news:5B7F631F-B4A0-41DA-AF1C-...
> >I tried another install disk with the same 8 minute boot time to get to the
> > Install Menu. I scheduled a chkdsk on reboot from within Vista on the
> > C-Drive and still have the same 7-8 minute boot time. Thanks but still
> > looking for a solution.
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> My guess would be disk corruption. I would boot to the Recovery options
> >> (F8
> >> on restart) and use the Command Prompt to run the command :
> >> CHKDSK /R
> >>
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> >>
> >> "jthende" <> wrote in message
> >> news:FCC12A36-1357-4D25-A4F8-...
> >> > After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive)
> >> > I
> >> > now
> >> > get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie
> >> > goes
> >> > away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
> >> > everything
> >> > in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
> >> > 2350
> >> > with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
> >> > causing this?
> >>
> >>
>
>

I just got my brand new dell...... and it does the exact same thing.........
the initial boot every time i turn it on takes at least 5- 10 minutes,
restarts are quick and painless.

It's pretty ridiculous.

"jthende" wrote:

> After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I now
> get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
> away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off everything
> in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension 2350
> with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
> causing this?

jthende;647236 Wrote:
> It has a gig of RAM and a 2.4 gig processor (P4). Vista says both RAM
> and Processor are adequate.

The P4 cpu your machine has is single-core, so the fact that it's
2.4GHz isn't really helping matters much. If possible, try increasing
the RAM to 2GB, or more.


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Those specs are BARELY okay. As mentioned you really need to increase to 2
gig. Read my other post in your other group.

"jthende" <> wrote in message
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> It has a gig of RAM and a 2.4 gig processor (P4). Vista says both RAM and
> Processor are adequate.
>
> "Ed." wrote:
>
>> You say it's a 2003. Does it have enough RAM and powerful processor to
>> run
>> Vista ?
>>
>> "jthende" <> wrote in message
>> news:5B7F631F-B4A0-41DA-AF1C-...
>> >I tried another install disk with the same 8 minute boot time to get to
>> >the
>> > Install Menu. I scheduled a chkdsk on reboot from within Vista on the
>> > C-Drive and still have the same 7-8 minute boot time. Thanks but still
>> > looking for a solution.
>> >
>> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My guess would be disk corruption. I would boot to the Recovery
>> >> options
>> >> (F8
>> >> on restart) and use the Command Prompt to run the command :
>> >> CHKDSK /R
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> "jthende" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:FCC12A36-1357-4D25-A4F8-...
>> >> > After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard
>> >> > drive)
>> >> > I
>> >> > now
>> >> > get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie
>> >> > goes
>> >> > away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
>> >> > everything
>> >> > in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell
>> >> > Dimension
>> >> > 2350
>> >> > with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can
>> >> > be
>> >> > causing this?
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Have you checked in the BIOS for anything the computer might be doing before
it loads the OS? A RAM test for example, or searching for hardware that
isn't present or could be misconfigured? There might be a setting to enable
a boot diagnostic screen which could show what the computer is doing for
those 5-10 minutes on an initial or hard reboot that it doesn't do during a
soft reboot.

"hdboulanger" <> wrote in message
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>I just got my brand new dell...... and it does the exact same
>thing.........
> the initial boot every time i turn it on takes at least 5- 10 minutes,
> restarts are quick and painless.
>
> It's pretty ridiculous.
>
> "jthende" wrote:
>
>> After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I
>> now
>> get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
>> away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
>> everything
>> in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
>> 2350
>> with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
>> causing this?

Or a restore partition that isn't there anymore

"RalfG" <> wrote in message
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> Have you checked in the BIOS for anything the computer might be doing
> before it loads the OS? A RAM test for example, or searching for hardware
> that isn't present or could be misconfigured? There might be a setting to
> enable a boot diagnostic screen which could show what the computer is
> doing for those 5-10 minutes on an initial or hard reboot that it doesn't
> do during a soft reboot.
>
> "hdboulanger" <> wrote in message
> news:A51DF7AC-E27A-48EA-BCA1-...
>>I just got my brand new dell...... and it does the exact same
>>thing.........
>> the initial boot every time i turn it on takes at least 5- 10 minutes,
>> restarts are quick and painless.
>>
>> It's pretty ridiculous.
>>
>> "jthende" wrote:
>>
>>> After a 8 minute boot to the Install Disk (with a formated hard drive) I
>>> now
>>> get 7-8 minute boots after installation (before the sliding thingie goes
>>> away). I have removed all cards from the PCI slots and turned off
>>> everything
>>> in the BIOS I can disable with no improvement. I have a Dell Dimension
>>> 2350
>>> with the latest BIOS, albiet 2003 vintage. Any thoughts on what can be
>>> causing this?
>