Mike

Not all Andrew's suggestions are on the ball. Periodically an MS MVP
jumps on him.

If you created a Boot Menu delay the default is 30 seconds and this can
be reduced to 5 seconds. However, I suspect you have not created one.

You can often see the cause by a careful examination of the System log
in Event Viewer. Another approach is to use the techniques described
here:
How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

Drivers can cause start up delays so if you have not updated a third
party driver that could be the explanation. Another area is having
programmes load at start up, when they may be better used on an "on
demand" basis. Autoruns is a useful tool to look at what loads on Start
Up. Others use Msconfig but I much prefer Autoruns.

A safer way than msconfig to disable / remove unwanted start up items is
to use Autoruns.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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MikeR wrote:
> Daave wrote:
>> "MikeR" <nf4lNoSpam@pobox.com> wrote in message
>> news:eDy2hs1vIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Any more suggestions?
>>
>> I would suggest including a context. Without one, your post doesn't
>> really make much sense.
>
> Well Daave -
> Sorry it's not clear, but it's in the thread. I don't like to quote
> everything in previous posts, if it's a short thread. Can you not see
> the thread?
> I have an issue. A fix was suggested, which did not work, and I'm
> asking for further guidance.
>
> So here's the whole story:
> ================================================== ==================================
> OP:
> I had to do a fresh install of XP Pro. I've added SP 2 & 3.
>
> There is a 27 sec delay between the bios info screens, and the XP
> splash screen. My other boxes are about 5 seconds.
>
> Googling got me a hint to check the boot order, and it's HD, CD then
> floppy. Most of the stuff I found applied to a delay after Windows
> starts.
> ================================================== =================================
> Suggested fix: Fresh install of xp,as in booting to xp cd,deleting the
> partition,creating one,
> then xp formats the hd.If not,then thiers youre problem(s)..If you
> followed the above,& performed a "clean xp installation",then boot
> to xp cd,recovery, in recovery type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /p
> After,type:EXIT Let xp restart.
> ================================================== =================================
> My 1st response:
> Thanks, Andrew-
> Booting to XP CD, yes. I didn't delete the partition, but I did
> format(qiuck). So maybe the problem is???
>
> No joy with fixboot and chkdsk, altho chkdsk did report a problem. I
> ran it again with the /r option.
> ================================================== ==================================
> I had no further suggestions , so I asked for more.