Black screen before welcome screen

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I have Dell 4600 which is about 3 years old.I have two hard drives which are
both about 80% full. When I boot up my computer it goes to the Dell screen
and the Windows loading screen. After the Windows screen my computer has a
black screen that will stay for about 4or 5 minutes, during which the
processor does not show signs of working. and then the welcome screen comes
up to select a user. I use Mcafee services as well as Spybot and other
spyware programs. Could anyone help me get the welcome screen to load faster?

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Thank you, I have this problem with Disk defragmenter where it does not
completly finish. It says that it has completed but leaves the drive still
very much fragmented, is there a way to get defragmenter to finish all the
way, is there a third party defragmenter alternative?

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> Following is only a starter set (though basic).
>
> Free up space on your hard drives. Run Disk Cleanup. Search for all ..tmp (dot tmp) files. Delete those.
>
> Run MSCONFIG. Review closely the Startup tab. Trim back on your user startup apps.
>
> Then close all your user programs, close all antivirus, and all programs in your startup tray. Then run Disk Defragmenter.
>
> When it is done, Restart Windows.
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
>
> kman214 wrote:
> > I have Dell 4600 which is about 3 years old.I have two hard drives
> > which are both about 80% full. When I boot up my computer it goes to
> > the Dell screen and the Windows loading screen. After the Windows
> > screen my computer has a black screen that will stay for about 4or 5
> > minutes, during which the processor does not show signs of working.
> > and then the welcome screen comes up to select a user. I use Mcafee
> > services as well as Spybot and other spyware programs. Could anyone
> > help me get the welcome screen to load faster?
>

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Disk Defragmenter does complete. But it does not do a good job. It hardly
frees up any disk space.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> Heartily recommend Raxco's PerfectDisk see http://www.raxco.com
> You'll find it to be superior.
>
> I'm a bit concerned about your statement that Disk Defrag did "not completely finish". You mean it crashed, showed an error condition, or what?
> There are some files it cannot move.
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
>
> kman214 wrote:
> > Thank you, I have this problem with Disk defragmenter where it does
> > not completly finish. It says that it has completed but leaves the
> > drive still very much fragmented, is there a way to get defragmenter
> > to finish all the way, is there a third party defragmenter
> > alternative?
> >
>
>

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Well it sure has not made it noticably faster, and when I analyze again it is
still mostly fragmented. If it was doing a good job it wouldn't be done in
30min. The Win9x defrags used to take hours, they did a good job, and they
were interesting to watch too.


"Conor" wrote:

> In article <96AA1F19-269E-4564-8C01-E4D838155E88@microsoft.com>,
> kman214 says...
> > Disk Defragmenter does complete. But it does not do a good job. It hardly
> > frees up any disk space.
> >
> Disk Defragmenters are there to rearrange files, not free up space.
>
> --
> Conor
>
> If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened
> rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic
> music.
>