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hi Guys.
when i reboot my system, this takes around 14 minutes.
after i log on with my user/password,
my system stays around 10 minutes as it was freezed (no ide access, no scsi access, no display changes, no sound). i can see just the xp desktop without any movement.
what's the matter?
is someone has an idea about?
im on ntfs file system under winXP Pro OS.
i have 2 40 GB hard disks full. (around 5GB space free on each)
i used to utilize my comp for capturing.
im not connected to a LAN (sometimes this can involves network timeout when booting). its a stand alone station.
i have already:
- disable xp services
- defrag each disk with microsoft defrag and VoptXP.
- i havent <i>evil</i> background programs/applications
after the boot, everything is alright and works fine.
hardwares work fine as well. (i have tested them)
i havent touched anything from my softwares (apps, drivers). i havent installed/uninstalled anything.
moreover, i havent installed/uninstalled any hardware.
however, i think its a software issue related to the huge used capacity which is up to 70GB in 2 hard disks.
im wondering if is there a problem with the ntfs file system on huge data capacity?
i havent never had before this kind of slowness til my both hard disks passed the average capacity which is 20GB for each disk.
hoping this is sufficient to explain my issue,
thanks for any comments.
Regards.
hey, im a newbie, keep it easy men. be cool and be patient. thanks. 
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by blackhorse on 05/04/02 10:16 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Dang...I think y'all scared him straight. 
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Go to your local hunting store and apply for a gun license wait a few weeks then go buy a shotgun and then go home and put your system out of its misery. It doesn't deserve to live like that man!!!
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penguin.
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or maybe throwing away the comp and buying another one. ee.
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i have done a test which has fixed the error but the issue remains to be annoying.
when i close my unique explorer window pointing to "C:" & reboot my pc, i have again a standard boot time around 1 minute (instead of 14 minutes before).
this really puzzles me?!?
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no, there is no explorer window and because of that the issue didnt appear again.
simply closing the UNIQUE explorer window before the reboot solves my problem.
but of course i cant close all explorer windows and maybe all the other task/application windows before each time i close or reboot the system.
its rather annoying, isnt it?
plus that i can say about my issue when the OS is booting it is that there is also no disk access nor whatsover til 10 or 12 minutes then after this period the OS seems to boot normally and takes around 2 minutes more.
but i repeat simply closing the window before solves this strange affection.
im really puzzle about?!?
im wondering if it is ntfs related, disk data size related, frag related (though i already did a defrag) or something else...
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just pointing to the primary drive "C:" but nothing else.
idle mode.
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he. the explorer window:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
path: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
if this is not rather clear i dunno what can i do more?!?
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he. the explorer window:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
path: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
if this is not rather clear i dunno what can i do more?!?
but i can try to clarify whatsoever to help you to understand accurately my problem.
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yes, it is a regular one.
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i have already done those but i prefer nevertheless to avoid to nuke my 40GB system.
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<b><font color=blue> I took an I.Q. test today...It came back negative.</font color=blue></b>
I was not trying to insult him, just asking a question.
<b><font color=blue> I took an I.Q. test today...It came back negative.</font color=blue></b>
LOL, just teasing
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I knew that but thank you.
<b><font color=blue> I took an I.Q. test today...It came back negative.</font color=blue></b>
i would like to point out that this is a WEIRD PHENOMENA.
and indeed its a "simple" explorer window (an explorer.exe task) which is opened during the previous OS session and which involves a 10 minutes standby during the next comp reboot.
| Quote : When you start your pc are you hybernating and then restoring the desktop to a previous state with an explorer window? |
not hybernating anyway.
| Quote : Are you connected to the internet to some garbage website? Do you have any spyware on your system? |
not at all. i havent background or evil trojan horse programs. whatever im protected against.
note:
i have a real time virus tracker, a real time email tracker, a real time ActiveX tracker, a real time Applet tracker, a firewall.
| Quote : Download adaware from download.com to check. |
i think its not relevant. im not on the Internet during the reboot.
| Quote : Is your system swamped with multiple peer-2-peer programs like Kazaa and Bearshare? |
not at all.
| Quote : Do you have multiple chat programs like ICQ installed? |
i think its not relevant. im not on the Internet during the reboot. but whatever i have disable them.
| Quote : Are your virus definitions up to date? |
yes, in real time.
| Quote : Have you defragged, updated drivers, and cleared the temp folders? |
yes, i already did.
| Quote : Have you tried running bootvis to improve performance? |
i dont know this program but if it is a good XP OS tweaker, this could be helpful.
| Quote : Have you disabled services, and are you sure you didn't disable any critical ones? |
yes, i think so.
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