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by mshimla

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I have Compaq PIV XP Pro machines it takes ages to boot. Even my PII machines boot faster. I have reinstalled the OS, for few days it worked fine but again it is giving the same trouble. However it works much better after it boots completely (after it loads all services and programs. )

Does any one has any solution???

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by sgt_shultz

perhaps you have programs trying to auto update themselves thru the internet? perhaps you have no anti-virus protection? are you connected to the internet? how? (dial up, dsl?)

by sgt_shultz

perhaps you have programs trying to auto update themselves thru the internet? perhaps you have no anti-virus protection? are you connected to the internet? how? (dial up, dsl?)

by darts32

Memory has always been an issue with XP. I recommend at least 256mb or more of Ram. Also check what is running in the system tray. Take a look at the services and programs that run in the background, go to start, run, and type msconfig. Turn offwhat is not needed. Also after these changes go to C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch and delete all files there. The first boot will be a little slow but after the bootup files are recreated the next reboot should be faster.

Try this and comment back if these do not help.

by mshimla

I spoke to compaq regarding the above problem. The asked me to run CHKDSK to find out any bad sector. Since this was a new PC I never suspected the bad sectors. And the bad sectors was the only culprit of slow PC. Anyways thanks for help.

by bckurd

There are a fe issues which you should consider as follows:

1. Get in to bios and disable Virus Protection if there is, it will help to load PC faster

2, In Bios, Make hard drive to first looking device

3. Try to upgrade your PC's memory up to 500 MB

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