Slow Boot

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Clippy replied

24 March 2008, 15:41
Originally posted by G8_Summit View Post

Problem solved. I feel a bit stupid now.

Got a new printer yesterday and this appears to be seen as a USB drive for some reason - and its connected into the USB port that is defined as a boot drive in the BIOS.

So full marks to Clippy - have a

No worries and thanks for the nana.

I would imagine the printer is a photo printer with built in memory card slots which may explain why Windows is seeing it as an external drive.
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G8_Summit replied

24 March 2008, 15:15
Problem solved. I feel a bit stupid now.

Got a new printer yesterday and this appears to be seen as a USB drive for some reason - and its connected into the USB port that is defined as a boot drive in the BIOS.

So full marks to Clippy - have a
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G8_Summit replied

24 March 2008, 14:57
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

I would have thought unlikely as this appears to be happening before windows is beginning to start

Very true.

Well - there are no Virii or spyware on the PC (inc. the USB HDD) and yet the problem continues unless I turn off the HDD before bootup.

Any more ideas ??
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Platypus replied

24 March 2008, 14:32
Originally posted by cojak View Post

The obvious answers are a registry change or a virus.

I would have thought unlikely as this appears to be happening before windows is beginning to start
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G8_Summit replied

24 March 2008, 14:30
Ah ha - well done Clippy - looks like the USB HDD is the culprit - powered it off and all is OK.

Just running a virus check on it to find the problem.

Thanks.
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Clippy replied

24 March 2008, 13:39
Does your BIOS support booting from USB HDD's.

If so, and you have a USB memory stick or HDD plugged in, this may be the cause.

I inadvertently left a USB memory stick plugged in the other day and when I next powered up my laptop, it was quite slow as the BIOS was looking for the OS on the memory stick.
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cojak replied

24 March 2008, 13:27
The obvious answers are a registry change or a virus.

Once it's up run the Window's System Restore (found under Programs/Accessories/System Tools) on it and take it back to a system checkpoint before the cack startup times.

If that doesn't work start it up in safe-mode and run your anti-virus on it...
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G8_Summit started a topic Slow Boot

24 March 2008, 13:16
Slow Boot

I've got an Acer desktop PC running XP and up until yesterday, bootup time was quite good.
Now, the Acer splash screen appears after a couple of secs with the "DEL:Enter Setup, F12: Boot menu" options and this stays for about 4 minutes now instead of barely any time at all before yesterday.

Any ideas ???
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