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Hi all! Seeking your wisdom. I have XP w/ SP1, 3.2GHz P4 w/ HT (so XP
sees it as ACPI multiprocessor) 800MHZ fsb, 1GB RAM. Want to perfect
my boot time using bootvis. All goes fast except for the disk init
time reported by bootvis. It should be within the typical 2 seconds,
but is instead at 5 seconds. I know, it's "only" 3 seconds, but I
paid so much for the system, I don't want to accept BS delays. When I
zoom in on "cpu usage" during the "offending" 3 seconds, hal is
running under the "system" PID and "ntoskrnl" is running under the
"idle" PID, AND THAT'S IT. I've disabled the ide slaves under device
manager, and they are on DMA mode. Not sure where to go from here.
Any diagnostic utilities out there that may better analyze what is
occuring at that time? My deepest thanks for any help.
-Ben
sees it as ACPI multiprocessor) 800MHZ fsb, 1GB RAM. Want to perfect
my boot time using bootvis. All goes fast except for the disk init
time reported by bootvis. It should be within the typical 2 seconds,
but is instead at 5 seconds. I know, it's "only" 3 seconds, but I
paid so much for the system, I don't want to accept BS delays. When I
zoom in on "cpu usage" during the "offending" 3 seconds, hal is
running under the "system" PID and "ntoskrnl" is running under the
"idle" PID, AND THAT'S IT. I've disabled the ide slaves under device
manager, and they are on DMA mode. Not sure where to go from here.
Any diagnostic utilities out there that may better analyze what is
occuring at that time? My deepest thanks for any help.
-Ben