Not sure what to choose in BIOS screen

[Ninip]

Hi
I went to the Bios
It says Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled
Is this the right set up or should it be enabled
I have HP Pavillion computer
WinXp Home

I am now having a problem from 2 days ago when booting up my computer.
Originally it went from Blue HP Screen with options at bottom Boot
Menu--Setup -- System Recovery
Then to Windows XP Microsoft loading
Then to blue screen with the word welcome
Then to my desktop

But now...
Blue HP Screen with options----sits there longer than it used to
Then Windows XP Microsoft loading-----about the same time
Then blue screen with the word welcome---about the same amount of time
But then a Black screen which sits there for about 2 minutes
Then finally my desktop

Please help me get it back to the fast booting up
I have tried a restore point, to no avail.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Richard Urban]

Get out of the bios - NOW. You don't know the ramifications of what you
could do to your computer by choosing incorrect settings.

I really wish that the manufacturers would make it extremely hard for
beginners, and those without the requisite knowledge, to access this
critical area.

Search on Google for bios settings. Read up a bit and learn. Then you will
have the knowledge to work in the bios and not turn your computer into an
extremely expensive "paper weight".

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Ninip]

Okay, that's fine, thankyou. But can you offer any help on my situation on
logging on to my computer that I explained.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Richard Urban]

When was the last time you checked for virus, spyware, trojans and other
nasties - using antivirus, Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy and up to the
minute updates to these programs. This is usually the cause of slow
computers.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Tony Luxton]

Ninip,

Try enabling it and see what happens. It won't go bang if you do, and you
can always put it back. There should also be an option for default settings
or previous settings that you can try.

HTH Tony.

 

[John R Weiss]

But now...
Blue HP Screen with options----sits there longer than it used to
Then Windows XP Microsoft loading-----about the same time
Then blue screen with the word welcome---about the same amount of time
But then a Black screen which sits there for about 2 minutes
Then finally my desktop

Please help me get it back to the fast booting up
I have tried a restore point, to no avail.

Have you installed any new apps or drivers?

If you have interrupted a normal shutdown, or if XP detects a HD or file
integrity problem on startup or shutdown, it may be running CheckDisk on startup
behind the black screen. Right-click your C: drive from My Computer or
Explorer, then Tools, then Error-checking. Check the "Automatically fix file
system errors" box, Start, then restart the computer to allow it to run.

If that doesn't fix it, you may have a virus/trojan/worm running on startup.
Run a full antivirus scan with 2 different AV apps, and a malware scan with
Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.

 

[Phillips]

That means simply that booting processes - motherboard, CPU, RAM,
hard-drive, ports etc checks and 'wake up'- are hidden from user's view
since they mean little for many. There might be an option of Quick Boot -
the system does not have to discover each device but rather loads their
settings drom a list.
Your problem might be caused either by a hardware issue - bad driver, lose
cable, overheating - or by a driver (graphics, mainly), services,
antispyware, malware. Obviously, you can have a dying hard-drive and a
corrupted graphics driver on same machine.

Check hardware status in Device Manager/Hardware... look for Alert signs
(yellow exclamation marks), check the temperature of the CPU (might overheat
on boot if it runs 100%) using some utility such as Moterboard Monitor. If
overheats, check dust accumulation and fans.
Software issues can take quite a lot to fix... pending your skills Check
what programs load on start up - Run/msconfig..., update/reinstall correctly
graphics drivers, check for malware. Since you say it waits at XP boot
start, try a check disk and a defrag first, then check the hard-drive health
using the manufacturer's utility (all major HD provide one free on their
websites). Post if you still have problems.
Michael

 

[Mistoffolees]

Hi
I went to the Bios
It says Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled
Is this the right set up or should it be enabled
I have HP Pavillion computer
WinXp Home

I am now having a problem from 2 days ago when booting up my computer.
Originally it went from Blue HP Screen with options at bottom Boot
Menu--Setup -- System Recovery
Then to Windows XP Microsoft loading
Then to blue screen with the word welcome
Then to my desktop

But now...
Blue HP Screen with options----sits there longer than it used to
Then Windows XP Microsoft loading-----about the same time
Then blue screen with the word welcome---about the same amount of time
But then a Black screen which sits there for about 2 minutes
Then finally my desktop

Please help me get it back to the fast booting up
I have tried a restore point, to no avail.
Thanks in advance.

There is more to the bios configuration screen then mentioned
here. But playing around with the bios, as others have already
mentioned, is a dangerous game. If the option exists to reset
the bios to its defaults, this could be the best tact until one
reads the manual, understands what each feature and its options
do and how to configure them. Moreover, what has been described
seems to have very little to do with the computer's bios but more
with Windows XP, its setup and how it loads up. Loading of Windows
can well be affected by the factors mentioned by Richard Urban.

 

[Ninip]

Hi
I went into device manager and found a yellow !
USB Mass Storage Device
Went to properties

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

 

[Mike Hyndman]

Hi
I went into device manager and found a yellow !
USB Mass Storage Device
Went to properties

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

N,

Do you own a removeable USB flash, pen, mem stick type drive that may be
being looked for at startup time but has been removed?

MH

 

[Ninip]

No I don't
I have a digital camera that is not plugged in right now.
I have a scanner and printer both plugged into the other USB ports

 

[Phillips]

Mmm, try to disable the device either in Device Manager or USB in BIOS and
see if the boot's still slow; alternatively, you can try the XP
Troubleshooter. I am not familiar w/ your hardware setup or OEM flavor of
XPHome, but you might also try reinstalling USB drivers from Intel's site
(for Intel chipsets -
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-009262.htm) or HP site
(recomended). This might or might not solve your issue, but it eliminates
one possible cause.
An useful site for slow XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx
Michael