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XP pro seems to take an age to boot up

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 7:03PM

the other night i inadvertantly switched machine off while shutting down, the nex night it would not boot past desktop whih i resolved with system restore, but since then it seems to take much longer to boot,

any ideas or have i done some damage? XP pro sp3

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rdave13

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 7:22PM

If you have an XP pro SP3 disc, try running the system file checker, click here for info.

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 7:27PM

forgot about that thanks will try tonight

johnny

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woodchip

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 8:29PM

May be you loaded Some startup Programs that had been disabled from Starting

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 8:36PM

system restore should have sorted the system files so would not expect to get much from sfc

Agree with woodchip look at your startup programs using CCleaner - tools -startup

and get rid of any unnecessary ones.

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Secret-Squirrel

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 8:22AM

" i inadvertantly switched machine off while shutting down.... but since then it seems to take much longer to boot"

When Windows is shutdown abruptly like that, file corruption can occur so it may help if you did a disk check.

If you need step-by-step instructions then just ask.

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 9:00PM

as fruitbat said the sfc did not produce anything, and i doubt i downloaded anything but thank you anyway

johnny

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 9:04PM

as fruitbat said the sfc did not produce anything, and i doubt i downloaded anything but thank you anyway, help on diskcheck would be an idear

johnny

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Secret-Squirrel

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 9:22PM

"help on diskcheck would be an idear"

Assuming that XP is installed on the C: drive (which it nearly always is) then here's what you need to do:

Open "My Computer", right-click the C: drive icon, choose "Properties", click the "Tools" tab then the "Check Now" button. Tick the top box then click the "Start" button. Answer "Yes" when prompted if you want to schedule the check for the next reboot then restart your PC. The disk check should start automatically. When it's finished the PC will restart normally.

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 10:09PM

my thanks for that it is scheduled for tomorrow

johnny

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johnnyrocker

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Posted September 7, 2012 at 12:22PM

it went through chkdisk and did not appear to find anything, still takes 7 mins to boot on from desktop

johnny

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