Re: VERY VERY Slow startup of Ultimate SP1 Upgrade

Hi, George.

> WOW, 11 days and no one has an idea for me to try

WOW! 11 days and this is the first that WE have heard of it! :^{

You apparently posted originally in some forum somewhere that has only today
(2/16/09) forwarded it here to the Microsoft public newsgroups. This is the
ONLY post that I see here from "GeorgeDidIt" since at least November 2008.

> I use GigaNews

Perhaps that explains it. Why don't you cut out the middleman and post your
question directly to:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general

And please make your next post more readable. I got lost in the first
couple of paragraphs and never could get back on track. We know much of
your life history, but we don't know the make and model of your computer, or
if it is a homebuilt, or how many hard drives, whether they are SATA or SCSI
or something else, or if this computer is part of a network or...??? Often,
a slow startup is because of hardware, even if the software is working
properly. Sometimes the boot process spends time looking for hardware that
is supposed to be there but can't be found. We need to know about your
system in order to help you.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000

"GeorgeDidIt" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9BB4649F05790Tiredd2001yahoocom@216.196.97 .131...
> Subject: Re: VERY VERY Slow startup of Ultimate SP1 Upgrade
> Newsgroups: Giganews:microsoft.public.windows.vista
> To: GeorgeDidIt <>
>
> WOW, 11 days and no one has an idea for me to try
>
> GeorgeDidIt <> wrote in
> news:Xns9B97D68152F57Tiredd2001yahoocom@216.196.97 .131:
>
>> I cloned my XP SP2 to another Drive, Installed Ultimate 32 bit
>> upgrade all was... fairly well. Booted fast, into OS fast, and
>> worked through several software bugs(uncompatible SW) either
>> upgrading them, or removing them) and then upgraded to SP1 after
> a
>> restore point was created.
>> I have also another HD that I select in the bios that has a clean
>> install of 64 bit vista SP1 and all things there are GOOD, aero
>> works!!
>> If I boot to 64 bit (changing the boot order in the BIOS) and use
>> it for several days, then try to boot to 32 bit, the boot seems
> to
>> hang, that is 32 bit comes up to the desktop, and then takes over
>> 20-25 minutes to complet the boot process.
>> The side bar doesn't fill out, just glassed over, the NIC icon on
>> the task bar is red x'ed, and there is virtually no HD activity
>> during the "wait state" then all kinds of HD activity, and within
>> 1-2 minutes, the boot completes.
>>
>> I have turned off, all indexing, no boot defrag. I use endpoint
> and
>> diskeeper.
>>
>> During this "wait state" there is no cpu usage of more than 2-4
>> percent, no HD activity, and no program usage of memory other
> than
>> task manager(needed to checkactivity). If I try to access
> anything
>> during this time, the PC seems to lockup, and then a reboot is
>> needed. I have tried to use other things like access to control
>> panel, or desktop personilizing, and if I stop and wait, then the
>> "wait state" ends and everything I opened during this time, will
>> then start-up, and run normally.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Papa GeorgeDidIt
>
> I use GigaNews
>
> For some interesting reading try the FAQ:
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>
>
> WOW guys, did I say something wrong here? I ask a question, and
> then my messages have been have been removed from the server?
>
> --
> Papa GeorgeDidIt
>
> I use GigaNews
>
> For some interesting reading try the FAQ:
> http://www.geocities.com/abcdgenealogy/