Re: XP extremely slow boot up

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to boot it in
regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event log. Here are some
items from the start up. These bring up a question. Would a bad block make it
do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device
is not working in safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which failed to
start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....œ..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @..„....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòë
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àë
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........





"Gerry" wrote:

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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RDT wrote:
After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later
and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and
reverting back to a previous save point.

"Gerry" wrote:



Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last
boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please.
Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event Viewer.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

"nass" wrote:



"RDT" wrote:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to
free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a
new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to
Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass
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