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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
Hi, wondering if anyone can help.
Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
Open the case..........disconnect the CD-RW drive.
Reboot and see if Vista loads Faster. If it does you have a defective CD-RW drive. peter "tpmdevon" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
This has happened to me as well. Something to do with the type of drive(s).
Yet another Microsoft conspiracy to get you to change your hardware... "tpmdevon" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
have you tryed to do a disk check? and a error checking? or if you only just
put in vista days ago? try to Defragment your hard disk? cos it makes your hard disk work alot better and a quicker. von" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
Bearing in mind that MS do not make drives, why do you think that it would
be in their interest to get anybody to buy a new one? "Scott Thomas" wrote in message ... This has happened to me as well. Something to do with the type of drive(s). Yet another Microsoft conspiracy to get you to change your hardware... "tpmdevon" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive -- Mike Hall MS MVP Windows Shell/User http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
A previous poster indicated to me that older DVD and CD drives don't have
anti-piracy technology. The newer drives have the capability to enfore all the various copyright and DRM technologies. This, of course, also impacts legitimate uses. Additionally, given the flat sales of computers, I don't doubt that Microsoft has deals (it wouldn't be the first time) with computer manufacturers who have an interest in forcing user upgrades. "Scott Thomas" wrote in message ... This has happened to me as well. Something to do with the type of drive(s). Yet another Microsoft conspiracy to get you to change your hardware... "tpmdevon" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |
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Vista takes 10 mins to boot up!
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:56:02 -0400, "Mike Hall - MS MVP"
wrote: Bearing in mind that MS do not make drives, why do you think that it would be in their interest to get anybody to buy a new one? Good old boys club :^) Hardware lasts to long if well maintained. I have a Connor 104M drive that had been running 24/7 for over 5 years (currently powered down in a Netware 4.2, IPX network, server that is not compatible with Vista.) The Mother board is a hand me down P1 w/96M ram. Compatible wit DOS6.2 thru XP pro. Everything is being obsolete by software that will NOT run on a small foot print( Bloated A/V won't run on a 20M RAM W95 system). Nobody writes drivers for older hardware Besides costing $$$, it hurts sales of the new models. Imagine if the old laws from vacuum tube days were still on the books that REQUIRED 5 year support? "Scott Thomas" wrote in message ... This has happened to me as well. Something to do with the type of drive(s). Yet another Microsoft conspiracy to get you to change your hardware... "tpmdevon" wrote in message ... Hi, wondering if anyone can help. Vista Ultimate takes around 10 mins to boot up everytime I start the computer. When booting into Safe Mode, it hangs on crcdisk.sys and still takes ages to finally start Windows. The computer has a DVD drive and CD-RW, however the CD-RW drive does not appear in My Computer or Device Manager. In the BIOS screen the drive can be opened, but in Windows the drive will not open when you press the button! As it's a Dell PC, I'm not sure what model the drive is and what drivers I need. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance. Specs: Dell Dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz 2GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 128MB Liteon LTD-163 16x DVD drive Unknown CD-RW drive |