Super Slow Boot Times in Windows XP with new SSD

[tbird2340]

I have a SUPER TALENT MasterDrive OX FTM16GL25H 2.5" 16GB SATA SSD.. I installed it on my one PC and the boot times were great. Upon booting it would show the Windows XP logo with the progress bar for like 4 seconds and I was in Windows in under 20 seconds..

I took an image of that PC with Acronis and installed the SSD on another PC to use it on, loaded the Acronis Image (w/ universal restore) and got the PC up and running. Had the same great performance..

I then formatted and did a fresh install of Windows XP on the SSD on the second system. Now, it takes over 1-2 MINUTES to just get the desktop loaded.. This is on a fresh install of XP.. I've loaded the chipset drivers and still the same issue.

I'm on the latest firmware for this drive..

I don't understand what could have happpened? On this system before I formatted (when I just loaded the Acronis Image) I was getting awesome boot times.. Ever since I formatted and reinstalled it just CRAWLS upon boot (but works fine once in Windows)..

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[cprince]

file fragmentation maybe? Acronis may have done some defragmentation when it took the image.

 

[tbird2340]

But I did a format and fresh install of Windows and that's when I have the issue..

 

[STang57]

does ur SSD support TRIM?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_%28SSD_command%29

 

[tbird2340]

Not sure. Looks like XP doens't support it, only Windows 7..

Wouldn't a full format (not quick) before installing Windows erase all the data though?

I think it's definitely something to do with the motherboard..

I've tried formatting and reinstalling twice, that didn't fix it..

I tried booting off Acronis to load the image that made it work before just to see if it would work again and Acronis woudln't load if I choose the full version.. If I choose safe mode (no network support) it would load, but my image is on a network drive..

I'm currently loading the image on another PC I have laying around just to see the results..