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Dell Latitude D600 slow boot up

  • 28-05-2008 10:36AM
    #1
    flanders2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a Dell latitude D600 that takes approximately 7 minutes to boot up. I recently reinstalled windows XP on it after formatting the hard drive and all seemed fine, boot time approx 30 seconds. Then for some reason it started taking a lot longer. I have run virus scans, re-formatted and re-installed XP and als ran bootvis. My CPU is maxing out at 100% for approx 4 minutes during boot up. I booted in diagnostic mode to scan hard drive (ectended scan) but no problems were found.

    Any suggestions?


Comments

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


    Exactly what programs did you install after you reinstalled windows?

    Did you install McAfee/Norton?


  • #3
    flanders2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭flanders2006


    All i've installed is SP2 first time nad all updates and then AVG, but I re formateed yesterday and was still taking as long to boot up with nothing installed. I've since put on SP3 and AVG 8.0


  • #4
    flanders2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭flanders2006


    I had been having problems with network adaptor before I re-formatted the first time, some times I'd boot up and it would say the network drivers weren't installed but when i went to device manager and scanned for new jhardware changes the network adaptors would appear. This is the main reason I did a windows re-install.


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