Slow bootup before Windows XP startup screen....

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Well, just yesterday I experienced a pretty weird problem with a game known as Warcaft III. At first I couldn't host games, but I decided to ignore the problem and just play. A few hours later I go back on the game and I then try to Alt-tab to go on internet while its loading up. All of a sudden... none of my shortcuts worked and the game that was already minimized was the only thing I could run. So I decided to exit the game and see what the problem was. Nothing still seemed to work, so I decided to just restart the computer.   However, this caused another problem and I got a nice little screen that showed a bunch of bars at the bottom, which once loaded gave me a message saying that my :   windows/system32/ntfs.sys was missing or courrupt   So I decided to reformat, clearing the whole mess up. I've now got my windows xp reinstalled (internet connection and all), however I still experience those bars at the begging of my bootup, which cause about a 6-7min wait to get to the windows startup screen. If anyone knows how to get past those bars (because it seems like some sort of analysis everytime I begin), it would be a great help. Message Edited by Eloquence on 07-27-2005 11:33 PM

jmwills · Answer

Did you re-install all the drivers (mainly the chipset)?  There's a lot going on while those bars are ruinning especially trying to obtain DHCP and if your NIC isn't working properly, it will max out that time frame allowed then boot up.

aareedy · Answer

I agree w/ willis.  Definitely sounds like a driver issue.  Either a driver not installed, or not the correct driver installed.  Try pressing (F5 or F8, depending on machine) when its booting.  Select 'SAFE MODE' from the boot list and try to boot.

jmwills · Answer

I doubt very seriously if you need any sort of proxy settings for your LAN connection.  That may very well be the issue; trying to find a proxy server when there isn't one.

Eloquence · Answer

Okay I tried the safe mode, and when that boots up the bars are replaced by a list of just about everything in my windows/system32 folder which also takes about 6-7 mins to show. I also started noticed that when I first try to get on the internet (on normal mode) it has to detect my proxy settings everytime after I reboot. This takes about a min on its own. So yea, I don't know if this is a driver problem or not.

Eloquence · Answer

What about the slow bootup issue, should I just go seaching for drivers?   EDIT: Oh and by the way, I already installed the chipset, video, sound and network updates and it has caused no change. Message Edited by Eloquence on 07-28-2005 11:59 AM

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Slow bootup before Windows XP startup screen....

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