Problem: Laptop takes 5 - 7 minutes to load bios. Then is slow to load Windows (XP Pro). After everything is loaded, speed and functions seem to be fine. Never did this until I plugged in someones thumb drive to share some pictures I had taken with them. I have been to computer mfg. and their last suggestion was to do a clean install after re-formatting the hard drive. Seems like a lot of work to me, and I'll probably lose some data or applications / software in the process. I have run msconfig several times and de-selected as much as I could in the start-up tab but this issue (slowness) occurs immediately after pressing start button. I get a very quick flash of the bios version etc. and then a black screen with gray bars or blocks at the bottom of the screen that takes too long to go away. I read in a forum where the bois may be searching for USB ports and in a loop of some sort? Suggested resetting the bios or disableing something. How does one enter the bios and work with it?
2006-07-03 02:38:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Bios is probably looking for device that is no longer there. Look in your bios setup for a option to clear.
2006-07-03 02:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of laptops will let you get into the BIOS by immediately and continuously pressing on the F8 key as soon as you power up.
Sometimes a bad driver will cause slow startups. If you have Win XP you can roll back the thumbs driver to a previous (non-installed) time.
Assuming you haven't picked up some kind of a virus, and hoping you have XP installed, have you tried doing a full system restore? Go back in time to a restore point that is prior to when you installed the thumb drive.
2006-07-03 09:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Angry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first chk in the msconfig wheather the normal boot option is selected or else u may have many programs which is booted when the xp starts
2006-07-03 09:55:08 · answer #3 · answered by srikanth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much stuff on your ocmputer so it needs more memory, or it has a virus
2006-07-03 09:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-07-04 02:54:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋