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Slow Boot Up in Windows XP

  • 05-04-2007 10:13am
    #1
    dmcmahon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi All,

    Recently my laptop which runs windows xp has been taking a ridiculous amount of time to boot up. It stays on the XP loading screen for ages before actually starting up windows xp. It has happened ever since I did a drive cleaner scan using the aShampoo optimizer programme.

    Has anyone any ideas why this would happen or any suggestions?

    Thanks a mil,
    Denis


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  • #2
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Is there anyway to undo what the optimizer program did, it possibly has an option to remove optimisations or something?


  • #3
    dmcmahon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭dmcmahon


    I don't think there is. It was a system scan that pointed out files that is thought wasn't being used and then deleted them. So I don't know if it deleted something important it shouldn't have and I can't seem to roll this back, even with system restore. Any other ideas?

    Thanks!


  • #4
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    have you got the OS repair disk?
    stick it in and boot from the cd
    at the prompt type CHKDSK /R


  • #5
    dmcmahon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭dmcmahon


    I'm not sure I have, but I'll check and try that out!

    Thanks


  • #6
    dmcmahon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭dmcmahon


    Hi Again,

    I can't find the OS Repair disk! I'm gonna try a few things like closing down some of the start up programmes and maybe running bootvis on it. Any other suggestions? Thanks!


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    use google to see what others say about that app

    uninstall it ?

    use procexp to see what is running
    use autoruns to turn off stuff you don't want to run ( both sysinternals utilities and now on microsofts site)

    boot up in safe mode to compare , perhaps use system restore to go back to before you installed the app


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