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Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by 1mills on Friday, 29th August 2008, 18:29

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Basically my mum's computer has all of a sudden started taking well over 5minutes to get to the log in screen when her computers turned on.

It's got Vista on, but never really been an issue before.

There's not much installed on it really (but would have thought that would slow down from logging in to being able to actually use the computer??)

Don't even have a clue where to look and it's such a needle in a haystack question, any suggestions would be appreciated.

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RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by MADTheOgster on Friday, 29th August 2008, 18:41

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anything been installed recently ? also, do a roll back, sometimes it works....

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RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by kevingattaca on Friday, 29th August 2008, 18:57

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I used to just do a complete Erase and replace every 6 month's when I had a PC ALWAYS worked for me !?

K

RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by Gaffski on Friday, 29th August 2008, 23:37

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Could be the start of a bad sector on the hard disc.. I've experienced this on a few machines.

Alternatively it could be another piece of hardware that is causing bootup to stall.. I've seen this twice.. Once it was the CD Drive and the other time it was the graphics card.. As soon as they were removed, the machines went perfectly.

You're right about the needle in a haystack! Good luck!
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RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by flyingmonkey on Saturday, 30th August 2008, 06:15

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I reformat every 6 - 12 months as Windows is rubbish and fragments itself like a mo fo.

Nick

RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by admars on Saturday, 30th August 2008, 07:44

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have alook in event viewer

in XP that's
start -> Settings-> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Eventviewer

so it's probably similar in Vista

see if there are any warning crosses or exclamation marks. Could point to a faulty device as suggested above or a faulty application.

start -> run-> msconfig

see what starts up at boot time and see if anything looks wrong!

RE: Computer taking ages to start (what should I be checking?)

posted by 1mills on Friday, 12th September 2008, 08:15

Elite

Sorry for the lack of response, I've been away and logging in infrequently and haven't been back to my mums to check anything out.

Will try the recommendations and see how I get on.

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