Xp takes too much time in booting

[nitin_0018]

HI
can anyone plz help....
I m using Xp service pack 2..
assembled pc Config...
core2duo processor 1.8Ghz
ram 512mb X 2
160gb hdd seagate
intel original 945 motherboard
samsung dvd writer......

when booting.....xp takes too much time.....
I mean........After starting Pc...
The xp logo comes...and under that logo...a line moves that shows processing.....
it moves 12-13 times....everytime i start my pc.........
i saw with other computers it moves only 2-3 times.....
i dont know why it takes that much time even i have good configuration:wall:

Plz help..........

 

[boygr8]

vista takes good amount of time

 

[srk006]

^^ But vista is fast to load from hibernate; infact its faster than xp under the same condition.

 

[Lokesh]

51 sec is good. how long has been XP installed on your system?

 

[vishalrao]

to the OP (original poster): check if you have some network related service which is trying to connect and your net connection is not up during boot? for example for me, DynDNS/No-IP service slows my WinXP boot time drastically if i dont boot up my modem and have it connected to the net quickly while booting...

as for vista, when i got my tablet pc 4 months ago it used to boot in a painful 2 min and have wireless connectivity issues, now it seems to have improved to about 1 min and wireless is rock solid, must be the various updates that have installed since i got it i hope SP1 will be an improvement too ...

also check out this recent tip for vista: Start Your Computer More Quickly by Delaying the Startup of a Service in Vista :: the How-To Geek

 

[nitin_0018]

1. Right-click on My Computer>Hardware>Device Manager.
2. In Device Manager, expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.
3. Right-click on Primary IDE Channel>Properties>Advanced Settings.
4. Make sure the 'Current Transfer Mode' is Ultra DMA Mode 5. If it's PIO, then select 'DMA if available' from the drop down menu. Reboot.
5. If the DMA option is greyed out and can't be selected, mention that in ur post.

i have checked ..its ULTRA DMA Mode 2

 

[xyx2000]

You are probably using 40 pin ide cable which only supports till ultra DMa mode 2, you need to use 80 pin ide cable to get ultra dma mode 5. Ultra Dma 2 = 33 mb/sUltra Dma 5 = 100 mb/s

 

[neevarp]

@ India Broadband Forum - View Profile: vishalrao Thanks for the link, needed it badly

 

[boygr8]

Mine is Ultra Dma 5

 

[vishalrao]

@cooltech: np, dont mention it that website posts good tips n tricks on a regular basis...i have its rss feed subscribed on google reader

 

[Karan]

i have checked ..its ULTRA DMA Mode 2

That could be of your DVD/CD-ROM drive, there are more than one channels, check and see if all are UDMA 2 or there is UDMA 5 there too.

That line thing you said in the first post is how long your drive takes to load the NT Kernel and other files, some drives are faster than the others just because of the placement of the files to be booted. That is not a proper benchmark for how fast XP boots. As most people have commented 50 odd secs is pretty fast.