Slow cold boot.... won't hibernate or go on standby

[John Hall]

I am running the latest version of XP Pro (service Pack
1) on a dual boot system with Red Hat Linux. I am using
the Linux GRUB dual boot loader on startup. I am also
running dual hard drives. XP is installed on the primary
partition of my master HD. (Slave HD is backup drive only)
I have several problems I have not encountered before.
From a "cold" start XP boots very very slowly,when I cold
start my user account (administrator priveleges) the
usual into music does not play immediately, the workspace
screen comes up as normal and some services load quickly.
After about 90 sec delay the startup music plays and the
remainder of the auto running services slowly start
(norton antivirus norton, firewall, dataquest
datakeeper). However, if I log off my account and then
log back in without a restart, I get a normal boot up!
I've tried everything within my knowledge to winkle this
out short of reinstalling. On top of all that my system
wont stand-by or hibernate activating either option just
causes a few seconds of blank screen and away we go again
back on line. I need some help folks!

 

[Malke]

I am running the latest version of XP Pro (service Pack
1) on a dual boot system with Red Hat Linux. I am using
the Linux GRUB dual boot loader on startup. I am also
running dual hard drives. XP is installed on the primary
partition of my master HD. (Slave HD is backup drive only)
I have several problems I have not encountered before.
From a "cold" start XP boots very very slowly,when I cold
start my user account (administrator priveleges) the
usual into music does not play immediately, the workspace
screen comes up as normal and some services load quickly.
After about 90 sec delay the startup music plays and the
remainder of the auto running services slowly start
(norton antivirus norton, firewall, dataquest
datakeeper). However, if I log off my account and then
log back in without a restart, I get a normal boot up!
I've tried everything within my knowledge to winkle this
out short of reinstalling. On top of all that my system
wont stand-by or hibernate activating either option just
causes a few seconds of blank screen and away we go again
back on line. I need some help folks!

This actually sounds like it may be a hardware, not software, issue.
Dual-booting has nothing to do with it if this is the case. Your power
supply may be failing, or the hard drive on which XP is installed may
be dying. Do some serious hardware testing now - start with the hard
drive(s), then RAM, then check your power supply.

Malke