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what OS? Windows 2000 or Windows XP ?
Try going to Start - Settings - Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management and take a look there.
Maybe just Windows Error Checking on the disk as well.
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Oct 18th, 2006 07:43 AM #1
just installed a new hard drive, but now it takes really long to boot up Windows
what is wrong with it??? is there some settings i should go to?
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Oct 18th, 2006 08:06 AM #2 Reply With Quote
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Oct 18th, 2006 08:45 AM #3
If you are using SATA-II drives, there is a jumper you have to remove in order to run at SATA-II mode... (but seriously, I can't tell much difference, cuz it is still limited by the media read speed which is way below even SATA spec)
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Oct 18th, 2006 09:27 AM #4
i am using Windows XP
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Oct 18th, 2006 09:32 AM #5
Is there a second drive with an OS installed?
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Oct 18th, 2006 09:33 AM #6Permanently Banned
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Make sure you set the Boot sequence to the new HD. and make sure you install all the MB Chipset Driver.
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Oct 18th, 2006 09:36 AM #7
NEED...MORE....INFOO.....
Is it a slave drive? secondary master?
How many partitions are on it? how big is it? how old is your mobo...
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Oct 18th, 2006 02:08 PM #8
As other posters have said, we need more information.
Keep in mind that speed is relative to the user. I have a new computer (C2D E6600) and when I see the bar on the Windows XP loading screen go by more than 6 times, I lose it :P (4 or less is ideal for me..but only happened when I first formatted..now there's too much crap that has to load before booting to windows). Reply With Quote
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Oct 18th, 2006 02:09 PM #9
also, try a different sata port...
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Oct 18th, 2006 02:11 PM #10
check to see if the jumper is set correctly (ie. Master, Slave, CS, etc)
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Oct 18th, 2006 03:17 PM #11
Have even established it's a sata drive? Perhaps its an IDE, perhaps it's a real slow IDE.
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Oct 18th, 2006 07:56 PM #12
its a sata 2.
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Oct 18th, 2006 08:21 PM #13
Try another cable.
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Oct 18th, 2006 09:18 PM #14In the absence of other useful info, this is the advice I would give. I had the same situation with a new SATA drive, and horrible speed. There is a thread on it here somewhere, but in the end, it was just a bad cable.
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Oct 19th, 2006 08:13 AM #15Deal Addict
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Where is it being slow?
At the 'loading Windows XP' screen? After you login and before explorer loads?
Even before you get to the loading Windows XP screen, ie: BIOS? Reply With Quote
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