S L O W bootup with XP
I am running XP home edition on my P4 system. I reformatted my drive and installed XP fresh. When I boot, the splash screen is on for about 2 min, the bar is moving the entire time. Then a blank screen for about 10 sec.
I am running XP home edition on my P4 system. I reformatted my drive and installed XP fresh. When I boot, the splash screen is on for about 2 min, the bar is moving the entire time. Then a blank screen for about 10 sec. Then the XP is starting screen lasts about 1 min, then the dessktop comes up and that takes about 1.5 min before I can do anything. I have seen XP system take as little as 3- sec or less to boot. The hard drive is being accessed the entire time it is booting. It has never reported an error, any ideas why this is so SLOW?
My system:
P4 1.8 Ghz
Intel 850GB
512K RAMDAC
Radeon 8500 128m DDR
Sound blaster LIVE!
52X creative CD-ROM
Iomega 12x10x32 Burner.
Thanks
My system:
P4 1.8 Ghz
Intel 850GB
512K RAMDAC
Radeon 8500 128m DDR
Sound blaster LIVE!
52X creative CD-ROM
Iomega 12x10x32 Burner.
Thanks
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Quote:Quote:Why would a removable HDD cage make a hit on performance? it's still connected to the mobo's IDE controller.
i always thought that removable drivers were considerably slower in their connection from the drive into the cage.
guess i was wrong.
It depends on the brand and type. Some have the 80 conductor ribbon cable while some have only 40 conductor. The old style will give the same performance hit as an older IDE cable. The newer ones may give a YNNI (You'll never notice it) hit due to capacitance of the connector itself but overall performance is not changed. Cooling the newer faster hard drives in the limited air space can become an issue though. Most olderremovable rack are only rated for 5400RPM or lower drives.
i always thought that removable drivers were considerably slower in their connection from the drive into the cage.
guess i was wrong.
It depends on the brand and type. Some have the 80 conductor ribbon cable while some have only 40 conductor. The old style will give the same performance hit as an older IDE cable. The newer ones may give a YNNI (You'll never notice it) hit due to capacitance of the connector itself but overall performance is not changed. Cooling the newer faster hard drives in the limited air space can become an issue though. Most olderremovable rack are only rated for 5400RPM or lower drives.
