Slow boot

[ruben.schollaert]

I just formatted my laptop and installed "Windows XP Pro"..
The problem I'm having is my computer "starts slow", everything boots
fast, but after that the computer uses 30-60-40-70% CPU, and after
~30secs my wifi & normal nic load too..

I think it's something to do with the processes just before my network
cards.. Or are it the network cards? Anyone who can help me debug? Or
had a similar problem?

Kind regards,
- Ruben

 

[Bob I]

Does that mean that Windows XP Pro wasn't originally on this laptop? If
that is the case I suspect that you don't have the proper or current
drivers from the manufacturer loaded.

 

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test safemode
and
safemode with networking
too

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[ruben.schollaert]

My network card isn't supported by default drivers (marvell) I
installed the drivers from my manufacturer (Medion)

- Ruben

 

[ruben.schollaert]

I've installed the drivers of my manufacturer (got the cd included)..
(Medion)
When I boot in safe mode, my network doesn't work at all.. (I booted
with networking)

Regards,
- Ruben

 

[Bob I]

You may check for newer drivers from the manufacturer. Also is the hard
drive access set to DMA(fast) instead of PIO(slow) in Device Manager
Primary IDE channel Advanced?

 

[ruben.schollaert]

I already updated my drivers (from the Medion website) + my hard drive
is set to DMA (ultra fast)

- Ruben

 

[ruben.schollaert]

But as I said, it's not just my computer that boots slow - everything
starts normal, but all of a sudden it just stops starting everything -
after a while my network interfaces show up in the right corner and
everything is ok...
If I try to do something in between, I can't.. Eg. right click on my
computer takes alot of time to load 'till my network interfaces show
up..

Is there a place I can see the starting times of services? Eg: 10.00
trying to start [x], 10.01 started [x].. So I can see what service
takes so long before my network interfaces?

It's really stupid - everything starts fast - but then I have to wait
~30secs before I can work on my computer :s