problems starting XP

[Guest]

Please could anybody help?

When booting up or restarting Windows XP it stops on the "Windows is
starting up" screen for about 5 minutes before it continues to the welcome
screen before it finally loads!

I would be grateful if someone could help its very frustrating it takes XP
ages to load!!

Many thanks

Marco

 

[Alias]

Please could anybody help?

When booting up or restarting Windows XP it stops on the "Windows is
starting up" screen for about 5 minutes before it continues to the welcome
screen before it finally loads!

I would be grateful if someone could help its very frustrating it takes XP
ages to load!!

Many thanks

Marco

When was the last time you did a clean up and a defrag?

Alias

 

[Guest]

Not for a while - should I try that?

When was the last time you did a clean up and a defrag?

Alias

 

[Guest]

I have done a disk clean-up and run an analysis and it reckons I dont need to
defrag!!

 

[Alias]

I have done a disk clean-up and run an analysis and it reckons I dont need to
defrag!!

Do it anyway. It's lying. How many fragmented files are there? Over 200?

Alias

 

[Guest]

I have completed a full defrag and I am still having the problem!

 

[Rock]

Please could anybody help? When booting up or restarting Windows XP it stops on the "Windows is
starting up" screen for about 5 minutes before it continues to the welcome screen before it finally loads!

I would be grateful if someone could help its very frustrating it takes XP ages to load!!

Many thanks

Marco

Do some clean boot troubleshooting to identify what is hanging up:

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

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

 

[Guest]

Thanks but is there a simpler way to solve this problem like a tool I could
download? I dont have the confidence I am not very IT literate.

 

[Rock]

Thanks but is there a simpler way to solve this problem like a tool I could
download? I dont have the confidence I am not very IT literate.

:

Those tools are straight forward. If you don't feel competent then take
the computer to a reputable repair shop, not a compu usa type store. If
there was a simpler tool I would have suggested it.