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Windows ME slow bootup

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Twiller

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Hi...

Hope I chose the correct category...

My 4-year old Dell desktop running Windows ME takes forever to bootup. I keep it virus and spyware clean, so that's not the problem. I got a freeware utility that analyzes the bootlog.txt file and found something interesting. One process called "Enumerated Standard Floppy Disk Controller" (ACPI\*PNP0700\0)" takes 16 seconds to complete. This can't be normal. Can I do anything to speed this up?

Thanks,

Allen
 
Originally posted by: Twiller
Hi...

Hope I chose the correct category...

My 4-year old Dell desktop running Windows ME takes forever to bootup. I keep it virus and spyware clean, so that's not the problem. I got a freeware utility that analyzes the bootlog.txt file and found something interesting. One process called "Enumerated Standard Floppy Disk Controller" (ACPI\*PNP0700\0)" takes 16 seconds to complete. This can't be normal. Can I do anything to speed this up?

Thanks,

Allen
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Honestly an older computer can take some time to boot. I think most would suggest getting rid of ME for something better. Though if it's hanging for a while on Floppy disk operation, you could try to disable the floppy in the BIOS. If that is indeed the spot where the boot process is being slowed at.

 
I would look at loading Win2k... it should run remarkably better. ME is notorious for memory leaks and well, bad design
 
I would check your floppy drive for issues. Perhaps disable it in the BIOS, and then blow it out of device manager.
 
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