Its a small file so it should take that long, even on a older machine. I
have w2kpro and its almost instant.
Is this the only program that takes a long time to load, or are other
programs slow to load also.
you might want to check to see how much other programs autostarted and is
running in the background. you can goto the run line and type msconfig, and
do a diagnostic start, and see if things speed up. If it does then its one
of the programs or drivers that is loading in normal boot that is causing
the slowdown.
Do you got to be careful answering posts here with a solution which involves
msconfig. We are in Windows 2000 so we cannot assume the users have that
application. I am not criticising please don't take it that way. What you
suggest is correct but the way to find what you say to look for in Windows
2000 can only be guaranteed to work is Ctrl-Alt-Del | Task Manager |
Processes. But that is not just autosart I understand.
Thank you, but I use Command Console as a standalone application, like
MS-DOS, loading it instead of Windows. It is one of my three choices (2000,
ME, or Command Console) during the pre-boot screen. I don't load it from
Windows, so there are no resident services or apps.
When I choose Command Console, there is briefly a ". . ." progress
indicator, but it stops, and then nothing happens (no disk activity) for a
minute or so. Then I get the Command Console prompt and all is normal. I
just wondered why it takes so long. My computer is an AMD 2000+ with 512 MB
memory and is normally very speedy and carefully tweaked.
I believe that you're referring to what is usually called the Recovery
Console. Loading this application is relatively slow because it's
designed to work without any reference to the existing operating system.
Each time you load it, it effectively does a mini-install, analyzing the
hardware, choosing appropriate drivers, and expanding whatever program
modules it's going to use from the compressed versions. "Installing" the
Recovery Console just means copying the files it uses from the CD to your
hard drive and setting up a boot option. Aside from that, running it is
exactly the same as booting and running it from the CD.
Thank you, but I use Command Console as a standalone application, like
MS-DOS, loading it instead of Windows. It is one of my three choices (2000,
ME, or Command Console) during the pre-boot screen. I don't load it from
Windows, so there are no resident services or apps.
When I choose Command Console, there is briefly a ". . ." progress
indicator, but it stops, and then nothing happens (no disk activity) for a
minute or so. Then I get the Command Console prompt and all is normal. I
just wondered why it takes so long. My computer is an AMD 2000+ with 512 MB
memory and is normally very speedy and carefully tweaked.
Loading this application is relatively slow because it's
designed to work without any reference to the existing operating system.
Each time you load it, it effectively does a mini-install, analyzing the
hardware, choosing appropriate drivers, and expanding whatever program
modules it's going to use from the compressed versions.
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