Re: XP Suddenly Slow to Boot [Long/Detailed]

From: Rex (rexr64_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:51:08 +1000

<snip>
>
> Problem:
>
> This machine used to take less than 30 seconds from Power-Up, to ready to
> use. It now takes over three minutes. This occurs from either a cold
> boot, or a restart. No new programs have been recently installed, and SP2
> has been running flawlessly for a couple months.
>
<snip>

I had this problem.
Then replaced the motherboard, CPU and memory. Still slow to boot.
I solved the problem by replacing the cable between the motherboard and hard
drives.
No idea why, but it worked for me.

Rex

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