slow boot with xp pro

[Rich Czuba]

i have a new sony laptop (p4, 2ghz, 512mb ram) that came with xp home. i
repartitioned the drive and added a dual boot and xp pro. the xp pro boot
is extremely slow. when it gets to "loading your personal settings" it sits
there for 2-3 minutes before the desktop appears.

is there any way to diagnose what is happenning here and why this portion of
the boot process takes so long? has anyone had a similar experience and if
so, how did you fix it?

thanks,

rich c

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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Rich,

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP [Q310560]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone