HELP ON REBOOT

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pent 4 3.2 2gig h/d
Had to reinstall xp
got over lots of drive problems
service pack 2 loaded ok
all seems to be fine ran checkdisk ok.
computer sems to work fine

Problem is on restart it seems to take a while and a white bar comes up on
the bottom of screen it slowly fills up I think its a hard drive check but im
not sure.
looks like a set of white bars that fill up
how do i stop this on switch on /reboot it takes ages
many thanks

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"bluehawk" <bluehawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> pent 4 3.2 2gig h/d
> Had to reinstall xp
> got over lots of drive problems
> service pack 2 loaded ok
> all seems to be fine ran checkdisk ok.
> computer sems to work fine
>
> Problem is on restart it seems to take a while and a white bar comes up on
> the bottom of screen it slowly fills up I think its a hard drive check but
> im
> not sure.
> looks like a set of white bars that fill up
> how do i stop this on switch on /reboot it takes ages
> many thanks

If you installed Windows XP on a 2 GB Hard drive, it's a wonder it will boot
at all.
A Clean install of Windows XP can take from 1 to 1.5 GB, then add a swap
file, a sizeable piece of space for system restore, and a piece of HDD equal
to installed RAM for Hibernation.
2GB is simply not enough for Windows XP. Minimum drive size should be 10GB.

Bobby

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NoNo:



Although you and I both disagree with Microsoft's assessment, the official
Microsoft minimum requirement for Windows XP is: 1.5 gigabytes (GB)
of available hard disk space*



Read all about it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] sreqs.mspx



steve





"NoNoBadDog!" <no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "bluehawk" <bluehawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07BC0BFF-6DEE-4F75-80DE-E4F025A59D49@microsoft.com...
>> pent 4 3.2 2gig h/d
>> Had to reinstall xp
>> got over lots of drive problems
>> service pack 2 loaded ok
>> all seems to be fine ran checkdisk ok.
>> computer sems to work fine
>>
>> Problem is on restart it seems to take a while and a white bar comes up
>> on
>> the bottom of screen it slowly fills up I think its a hard drive check
>> but im
>> not sure.
>> looks like a set of white bars that fill up
>> how do i stop this on switch on /reboot it takes ages
>> many thanks
>
> If you installed Windows XP on a 2 GB Hard drive, it's a wonder it will
> boot at all.
> A Clean install of Windows XP can take from 1 to 1.5 GB, then add a swap
> file, a sizeable piece of space for system restore, and a piece of HDD
> equal to installed RAM for Hibernation.
> 2GB is simply not enough for Windows XP. Minimum drive size should be
> 10GB.
>
> Bobby
>
>

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Drew
Thanks I tried that but its still the same should i change regedit back?

It seems on start up the hard drive is moving around the same as if its
being reformated it seems to be checking itself on start up.
The screen is fully black with white lines at base that fill up during this
time (before windows starts)

once its on the computer works fine and no errors come up

any ideas
many thanks

"Drew Tognola" wrote:

> Bluehawk,
>
> Try this,
>
> How to disable 'Windows File Protection' (WFP)
>
> -open Regedit
>
> -navigate to:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> - double-click REG_DWORD key 'SFCDisable'
>
> -check 'Hexidecimal' > type FFFFFF9D, click OK
>
> -Exit Regedit
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> "bluehawk" <bluehawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07BC0BFF-6DEE-4F75-80DE-E4F025A59D49@microsoft.com...
> > pent 4 3.2 2gig h/d
> > Had to reinstall xp
> > got over lots of drive problems
> > service pack 2 loaded ok
> > all seems to be fine ran checkdisk ok.
> > computer sems to work fine
> >
> > Problem is on restart it seems to take a while and a white bar comes up on
> > the bottom of screen it slowly fills up I think its a hard drive check but
> > im
> > not sure.
> > looks like a set of white bars that fill up
> > how do i stop this on switch on /reboot it takes ages
> > many thanks
>
>
>