White Loading Bar

[Nebor]

My specs are in my sig... but when I start my computer, before I get the Windows XP logo and loading screen, I get a loading bar at the bottom of my screen. It's made of small white rectangles with spaces between them, and then as it loads, the white rectangles are bridged by a white bar. After that, it goes on to load windows... what the heck? Any ideas?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

I got that same thing with my p4 system at every boot. With my Athlon system, I get it ever so rarely. I think it's normal though. Some systems may just go through it faster though.

 

[tdgx]

It's normal. Windows 2000 has this on every boot. I've heard that Win XP only does this every once in a while. It's the point where you can hit F8 to start in safe mode, command prompt, etc. I've never heard what it's actually doing there, but I assume it's checking hardware, and loading the stuff thats needed first.

 

[Twista]

Maybe b/c there both NT b/c windows 2k does this fully than loading screen. My xp does this some times it dont hurt anything.