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winxp sp2 slow boot

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by greasywog87 1 view

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I would like to know why my freshly installed slipstreamed xp w/ service pack 2 takes so much time to load up when i turn the computer on.

Firstly, it comes up with this white loading bar which takes about 3/4 of a minute, then it comes up with the regular xp loading screen which takes another minute or so.

I've just formatted as well, and my computer has 1 gb of ram and a 1.7ghz processor. Every other time i formatted with service pack one saw very rapid boot ups, about 20 seconds - now its just unacceptably slow.

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by p.j.hutchison

May need a defrag. Alsom the Prefetch area will rebuild itslef after first few boots. Its difficult to tell what could cause the slow down.
Check drivers as well.

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