Painfully slow boot-up and operation

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Hi there

I recently returned my notebook to the manufacturer due to a failed DVD-drive.

They replaced the DVD-drive and the main board, but now the computer is very
slow. It takes over 5 minutes to boot-up and the most basic operations take
an age.

Is there a solution that doesn't involve a full system recovery, as their
helpdesk is recommending?

rgds

Mark

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi Andrew

thank you for the advice - my default OS is "Windows XP Media Center
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect - so this looks to be okay - I'll try
your second suggestion and see if that works.

ta

Mark

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Try R.clicking my computer,properties,advanced,start-up/recovery,settings,in
> the default OS window,it should read:microsoft windows XP home (or pro)
> fast detect If anything else is worded,usually after fast detect,edit and
> delete.
> You can/could also go to like google.com,search,download and install
> microsofts
> Boot_Vis Tool,although microsoft eliminated the tool from availability a
> year or
> two ago,it will reorganize start up to quicken the time...
>
> "Mark Aston" wrote:
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > I recently returned my notebook to the manufacturer due to a failed DVD-drive.
> >
> > They replaced the DVD-drive and the main board, but now the computer is very
> > slow. It takes over 5 minutes to boot-up and the most basic operations take
> > an age.
> >
> > Is there a solution that doesn't involve a full system recovery, as their
> > helpdesk is recommending?
> >
> > rgds
> >
> > Mark