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Lo' folks.
I'm having a bit of a problem with Window XP Home Edition. I was trying to speed up a friend's PC (it was running hellishly slow) when I noticed that it seems to have the 'Windows' folder but also 'Windows.0'. The BOOT.INI file has multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS AND multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
I checked my own PC, and it only has the former.
Could this be the reason the system takes almost 2 minutes to boot up? (It asks, whilst booting, to pick either' 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition' or 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition'. It's a 1048Mhz PC with 384Mb of RAM.
(Note : My PC has a slower clock speed and takes around 15 seconds to boot, so it's not because it's only a gigahertz clock speed)
Any ideas? And if not this, any other suggestions for why it runs so slow?
I'm having a bit of a problem with Window XP Home Edition. I was trying to speed up a friend's PC (it was running hellishly slow) when I noticed that it seems to have the 'Windows' folder but also 'Windows.0'. The BOOT.INI file has multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS AND multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
I checked my own PC, and it only has the former.
Could this be the reason the system takes almost 2 minutes to boot up? (It asks, whilst booting, to pick either' 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition' or 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition'. It's a 1048Mhz PC with 384Mb of RAM.
(Note : My PC has a slower clock speed and takes around 15 seconds to boot, so it's not because it's only a gigahertz clock speed)
Any ideas? And if not this, any other suggestions for why it runs so slow?
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Do you have mounted network drives that are disconnected?
Not if none of the other windows installation is being used.
Just delete the directory.
I have done it before and all is fine
the borg
Just delete the directory.
I have done it before and all is fine
the borg
Cool. So no uninstall / reinstall required then?
Sounds about right to me, but again don't go on my word.
Has the boot.ini got a line similar to default=multi(0)disk(0) rdisk(0)partition(1)\ ?
The os mentioned after the \ will be the one in use. If you are not using the other version, just delete the windows folder of the superfluous one and remove it's line from the boot.ini. It should then read something like this
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect
or
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0) rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) \WINDOWS.0="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect
the borg
Has the boot.ini got a line similar to default=multi(0)disk(0) rdisk(0)partition(1)\ ?
The os mentioned after the \ will be the one in use. If you are not using the other version, just delete the windows folder of the superfluous one and remove it's line from the boot.ini. It should then read something like this
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect
or
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0) rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) \WINDOWS.0="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect
the borg
Indeed the diagnosis and solution given in the previous post seems accurate.
This is only a guess, but it sounds like Windows XP has been installed twice and the multiboot option is getting confused as both OS's are identical.
You may need to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP.
Don't do anything until someone can confirm or correct my theory though!
You may need to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP.
Don't do anything until someone can confirm or correct my theory though!
Lo' folks.
I'm having a bit of a problem with Window XP Home Edition. I was trying to speed up a friend's PC (it was running hellishly slow) when I noticed that it seems to have the 'Windows' folder but also 'Windows.0'. The BOOT.INI file has multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS AND multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
I checked my own PC, and it only has the former.
Could this be the reason the system takes almost 2 minutes to boot up? (It asks, whilst booting, to pick either' 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition' or 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition'. It's a 1048Mhz PC with 384Mb of RAM.
(Note : My PC has a slower clock speed and takes around 15 seconds to boot, so it's not because it's only a gigahertz clock speed)
Any ideas? And if not this, any other suggestions for why it runs so slow?
I'm having a bit of a problem with Window XP Home Edition. I was trying to speed up a friend's PC (it was running hellishly slow) when I noticed that it seems to have the 'Windows' folder but also 'Windows.0'. The BOOT.INI file has multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS AND multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0
I checked my own PC, and it only has the former.
Could this be the reason the system takes almost 2 minutes to boot up? (It asks, whilst booting, to pick either' 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition' or 'Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition'. It's a 1048Mhz PC with 384Mb of RAM.
(Note : My PC has a slower clock speed and takes around 15 seconds to boot, so it's not because it's only a gigahertz clock speed)
Any ideas? And if not this, any other suggestions for why it runs so slow?