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XPS M1530 - Slow Startup / Bootup / Shutdown
Hi
I have a Dell XPS M1530, T8100 with 2gb RAM running Vista Premium SP1. I have a slow boot-up - it takes about 2.5-3 minutes from switch on to get to the desktop. Shutdown takes a couple of minutes.
Crucially, in startup, the main delay isn't once the desktop appears and programs from "startup" are loaded, it's the very first screen after the bios - it's a black screen with the scrolling green bar with "Microsoft Corporation" text below. The system stays on this screen with the green bar scrolling for about 1 minute.
In Event Viewer I have the following error message:
***STARTUP ERROR***
EventID 100
GENERAL TAB
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 163683ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 18/05/2008 08:55:00
DETAILS TAB
+ System
- Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
[ Guid] {cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}
EventID 100
Version 1
Level 2
Task 4002
Opcode 34
Keywords 0x8000000000010000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2008-05-18T08:58:28.093Z
EventRecordID 1002
- Correlation
[ ActivityID] {00000000-36C8-0000-0CA3-F3DAC4B8C801}
- Execution
[ ProcessID] 1904
[ ThreadID] 2344
Channel Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Computer laptop-EW
- Security
[ UserID] S-1-5-19
- EventData
BootTsVersion 2
BootStartTime 2008-05-18T08:55:00.656Z
BootEndTime 2008-05-18T08:58:22.941Z
SystemBootInstance 89
UserBootInstance 83
BootTime 163683
MainPathBootTime 109983
BootKernelInitTime 21
BootDriverInitTime 11971
BootDevicesInitTime 18019
BootPrefetchInitTime 65236
BootPrefetchBytes 359624704
BootAutoChkTime 0
BootSmssInitTime 21351
BootCriticalServicesInitTime 669
BootUserProfileProcessingTime 4324
BootMachineProfileProcessingTime 530
BootExplorerInitTime 7727
BootNumStartupApps 23
BootPostBootTime 53700
BootIsRebootAfterInstall false
BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits 0
BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0
BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits 0
BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0
BootIsDegradation false
BootIsStepDegradation false
BootIsGradualDegradation false
BootImprovementDelta 0
BootDegradationDelta 0
BootIsRootCauseIdentified false
***SHUTDOWN ERROR***
EventID 200
GENERAL TAB
Windows has shutdown:
Shutdown Duration : 74285ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : 18/05/2008 08:58:14
DETAILS TAB
- EventData
ShutdownTsVersion 1
ShutdownStartTime 2008-05-18T08:58:14.362Z
ShutdownEndTime 2008-05-18T08:59:28.648Z
ShutdownTime 74285
ShutdownUserSessionTime 34511
ShutdownUserPolicyTime 307
ShutdownUserProfilesTime 2077171813
ShutdownSystemSessionsTime 27253
ShutdownPreShutdownNotificationsTime 2172
ShutdownServicesTime 20012
ShutdownKernelTime 12520
ShutdownRootCauseStepImprovementBits 0
ShutdownRootCauseGradualImprovementBits 0
ShutdownRootCauseStepDegradationBits 0
ShutdownRootCauseGradualDegradationBits 0
ShutdownIsDegradation false
ShutdownTimeChange 0
Can anyone please advise? I am pretty sure this isn't the Startup programs under MSCONFIG as I have removed quite a few of these.
Many thanks
Elliot
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May 19th, 2008 19:00
In this situation I would try three things to fix this. First, I could run a chkdisk. If that didn't solve the issue, I would run a professional defrag tool (I recommend O&O don't use the Vista one if possible). Finally I would boot up my Vista OS DVD, and go into "Repair my system" Once you select your Vista installation, it may fine the bug on its own, and repair it on its own. If not, tell it to pull up a command line, then do this.
Bootrec.exe (enter)
/FixBoot (enter)
y (enter, this accepts the fixboot command)
/FixMbr (enter)
y (enter, this accepts the FIX MBR command)
exit (enter)
Then reboot. Your problem should be fixed at this point. If its still giving you an issue you may need to reinstall, though usually rewriting your Boot and Master Boot Records will fix your problems.
Cheers
Cameron