Windows XP Pro hangs on loading screen!! 5 Minutes!!!

[piski]

I just reformatted and installed windows xp pro. Before the reformat, every once in a while it would hang on the loading screen (the one where the bar keeps moving side to side) but now every time it takes so long to open windows!! whats going on?

 

[Mem]

Try running BootVis,it has a trace loading program so should tell you what`s taking the time to load.

 

[trilks]

Originally posted by: Mem
Try running BootVis,it has a trace loading program so should tell you what`s taking the time to load.

yes, definitely try BootVis. i had some troubles with long boot times, but this utility pretty much took care of it

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: Mem
Try running BootVis,it has a trace loading program so should tell you what`s taking the time to load.

hm never seen that before sounds cool.

 

[Buzzman151]

BTW, what mobo, vid and sound card do you have on your setup?

 

[Serp86]

Hmmmm - that happened to me when i UPGRADED my system from 98SE. It was left-over drivers of my C-Media 8738. Iknow you just formatted - but did you install any windows 2000/98/ME drivers? If you got XP drivers, get certified drivers. The C-Media drivers which i got through windows update were not certified but they worked.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Regards
Jonathan Azzopardi