Splash Screen Hangs

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Hello,

My splash screen at boot-up consistently hangs for 9 minutes. It then goes
through BIOS, and then the screen goes dark, and then if I leave it alone
for about 20 minutes, it goes to the desktop and the computer ap[ears to rum
smoothly. I tried safe mode and all the other options with F8 but could not
activate any of them. I'm using XP Pro.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.


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