Re: Windows XP SP2 very slow to boot

I am having the same problem. I was using Windows Vista Home Basic, but had
too many application compatability issues, so I went back to XP pro. After
Service Pack 2, before I even get the windows loading screen, The screen goes
all black with a white block loading bar at the bottom. It takes this screen
5-10 minutes to load before I even get the XP pro loading screen. I have
tried, defragging, running registry mechanic, made sure all my drivers and
windows updates were up to date, and I also formatted my entire hard drive
trying to fix this problem. My system specs are as follows:

AMD Athlon 64X2 6000 (3.15ghz) Dual Core Processor
Asus M2R32 MVP Motherboard
2x ATI Radeon 2900HD Video Cards (Crossfired)
1 320 GB HD with 1 Partition

Someone told me before it may be a hardware issue, but I have also tried
removing parts I didn't need like the second video card and I still cannot
get the black and white loading screen to go away.

"John Blight" wrote:

> But the problem exists when installing WIndows XP including SP2, not just
> applying SP2 following a Windows XP installation. And that was from a
> Microsoft-supplied disk.
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
> > "John Blight" <JohnBlight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0C64A048-ED20-4D71-931A-E4C7C234986B@microsoft.com...
> >
> > > However, I'm amazed that a 'clean' Windows install is so badly organised
> > > on
> > > the disk that it would cause such boot problems.
> >
> > Applying Service Pack 2 is pretty dramatic, there's barely a file it doesn't
> > change.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Smith,
> > Yeovil, UK.
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> >
> > *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
> >
> >
> >