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Thread ID: 107333 2010-02-12 19:07:00 Very long bootup? straka01 (310) Press F1
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857671 2010-02-12 19:07:00 Last weekend I reloaded WinXP Pro onto a friends PC - got everything set up & going well. I set up the PC back at her place and tested it - excellent.

Now I don't know what's happened since then but now she's mentioned that it's taking 'forever' to boot up. I tried it yesterday & had to wait about 15mins for it to get past the initial screen where it has 'Press Del to enter Setup'.

I haven't tried pressing Del & going into setup to check settings - I haven't had time yet. I want to have a look at it tomorrow.

Any ideas?
straka01 (310)
857672 2010-02-12 19:24:00 Check it - if it takes ages at that stage I'd suspect hardware. pctek (84)
857673 2010-02-12 21:04:00 If it is finding the drives Ok, I would re-seat the memory cards.
Could also be a Power Pack problem.

Does it make any Beeps?
mzee (3324)
857674 2010-02-12 21:59:00 Try unplugging any usb devices that have storage (mp3 players, usb sticks etc). wuppo (41)
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