Re: Win2000 takes 15 minutes to boot

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:15:39 +0200

Tom

I would suspect that ntdetect.com is having problems detecting your
hardware, and that it is this that is delaying your boot. You could use
ntdetect.chk to better identify the problem, see this MS Knowledge Base
article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320040

Best regards

Bjorn 

-- 
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"Tom" <geoman39@nospamcharter.net> wrote:
>I have a fairly new install of win2000.  I was completing the setup by
>installing an adaptec AHA2940UW controller and 5 external drives after
>installing the motherboard drivers, win2000 service packs and updates, and
>the AVG antivirus.  That install worked fine, but during a reboot, I
>accidentally turned off the PC when the white windows startup bar was about
>half done.  After that, windows 2000 wouldn't startup.  I removed the
>Adaptec card and that didn't help.  I finally got it to boot from the
>Win2000 CD and ran a repair.  It then finished booting  into windows2000
>with no errors.  But, after a normal shutdown, it took 15 minutes to begin
>starting up.  After the motherboard BIOS finished, it stayed a blank screen
>for 15 minutes, then the white startup bar came up and startup finished at
>the normal speed.  What could be the problem, and how could I track the
>startup process to see what is hanging up for so long?  Is there a repair
>for the startup loader portion of Win2000, i.e. ntldr?
>
>Thanks
>Tom
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Start Menu, Icons Not Appearing
    ... Also, make sure your system has no malware, download, install and run Ad ... Assuming your system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive, ... To Setup Windows XP now, ... To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)
  • Re: Cannot Boot Into any Option for Safe Mode
    ... NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the original XP CD maybe help? ... How To Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP ... An upgrade will probably not fix anything where a clean install might. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • Re: WINDOWS XP WONT BOOT
    ... you can to a repair install but you cannot do it ... Now, if a retail disk doesn't work, you could install XP to a different ... When I rebooted, it told me to hit> any key to start CD ROM boot and then it went back into> the same old screen as I originally described. ... The disc I was using> was the Windows XP disc that came with my Dell but since I> bought it, the hard drive had to be changed and I now have ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)
  • Re: PLEASE HELP: 2 ERROR MESSAGES
    ... The advice to do a repair install, turned out to be a grievous and expensive ... The repair install caused a corruption and windows became ... It seems as though it would not boot from the CD ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Automatic Downloads Activation Issues
    ... repair install as follows: ... NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if ... Assuming your system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive and you have an ... with the option to setup Windows or Repair Windows Installation ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)