I've been trying to do a new Vista install, but something is wrong and I just can't figure out what is the cause. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction on how to solve this.
The PC has an AMD X2 6000+ CPU with 2 gigs of ram on an Asus M2A-MVP AM2 motherboard. The PC had a Windows XP Home installation on it before and it ran fine with no problems.
Anyway, I install Vista on a new hard drive, and the installation goes through without any problems. However, when the PC boots to Vista, it is is very slow. I'm not talking about some slowness of a few seconds, but minutes. It takes me almost 5 minutes from pressing the power button to getting the log on screen, and then almost 10 minutes from entering the password to getting to the desktop.
Basicallly starting any program would take several minutes before the program actually starts working.
One thing I have noticed, is that it looks like Vista is not using the hard drive at all. At least the hdd light doesn't light up at all when I try to start any program. Except in the beginning during the boot up process. It feels like it's running off of something else but not the hard drive.
The PC has an AMD X2 6000+ CPU with 2 gigs of ram on an Asus M2A-MVP AM2 motherboard. The PC had a Windows XP Home installation on it before and it ran fine with no problems.
Anyway, I install Vista on a new hard drive, and the installation goes through without any problems. However, when the PC boots to Vista, it is is very slow. I'm not talking about some slowness of a few seconds, but minutes. It takes me almost 5 minutes from pressing the power button to getting the log on screen, and then almost 10 minutes from entering the password to getting to the desktop.
Basicallly starting any program would take several minutes before the program actually starts working.
One thing I have noticed, is that it looks like Vista is not using the hard drive at all. At least the hdd light doesn't light up at all when I try to start any program. Except in the beginning during the boot up process. It feels like it's running off of something else but not the hard drive.
