Abit Hotrod100 pro+w2k=very slow boot

I have installed a hotrod RAID card (with HPT 370 chip). It has the latest bios and drivers. The first few times windows 2000 boots normally, but now it stops for 5-10 minutes in middle of the boot process.

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I have installed a hotrod RAID card (with HPT 370 chip). It has the latest bios and drivers. The first few times windows 2000 boots normally, but now it stops for 5-10 minutes in middle of the boot process. After continueing the booting, the system works normally without troubles.
 
Is there something to do with this delay? There are no IRQ-conflicts (and I am using standard-PC hal).
 
Should I make a clean install?
 
My system is:
Asus P5A-B
AMD K6-2/500 MHz (not overclocked)
192 MB PCI-100 RAM
Samsung SpinPoint 10 GB (in HR-IDE0)
Quantum L? 10 GB (in HR-IDE1)
Sony 140E-CD/RW (in Asus-IDE0)
SBLive!
Ati Xpert2000
Ethernet Card (winbond chipset)
Abit HotRod 100 Pro RAID (HPT 370)

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I had the windows swap file in second IDE drive (quantum). When I moved it back to the boot drive (samsung) the boot time reduced from 15 minutes to 1 minute. Wow!