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can someone help me get my start up faster? when i turn on my pc it asks me
to hit f1 to continue, then the motherboard window comes up taking forever,
then the windows xp takes another 2minutes and then the desktop finally
appears but it takes a while too. my startup is empty....what can i do?
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quichita

Buy a faster computer?

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"quichita" <> wrote in message
news:8CD84ACC-6561-440D-BEC4-...
> can someone help me get my start up faster? when i turn on my pc it asks
> me
> to hit f1 to continue, then the motherboard window comes up taking
> forever,
> then the windows xp takes another 2minutes and then the desktop finally
> appears but it takes a while too. my startup is empty....what can i do?
> --
> quichita

It could be a lot of things, but the fact that you are having problems with
the BIOS boot before it even starts to load your operating system, makes me
wonder if you are having problems with your hard drive. Do you have any
thing like SpinRite or the Western Digital Diagnostic program that you can
use to check your hard drive?

Todd


"quichita" <> wrote in message
news:8CD84ACC-6561-440D-BEC4-...
> can someone help me get my start up faster? when i turn on my pc it asks
me
> to hit f1 to continue, then the motherboard window comes up taking
forever,
> then the windows xp takes another 2minutes and then the desktop finally
> appears but it takes a while too. my startup is empty....what can i do?
> --
> quichita

Also, check the clock in BIOS and make sure it's correct. I have
heard of this happening when the battery on the mainboard is
discharged. If your PC is 3 or 4 years old, this could be a viable
cause.

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:57:09 -0400, "Todd" <>
wrote:

>It could be a lot of things, but the fact that you are having problems with
>the BIOS boot before it even starts to load your operating system, makes me
>wonder if you are having problems with your hard drive. Do you have any
>thing like SpinRite or the Western Digital Diagnostic program that you can
>use to check your hard drive?
>
>Todd
>
>
>"quichita" <> wrote in message
>news:8CD84ACC-6561-440D-BEC4-...
>> can someone help me get my start up faster? when i turn on my pc it asks
>me
>> to hit f1 to continue, then the motherboard window comes up taking
>forever,
>> then the windows xp takes another 2minutes and then the desktop finally
>> appears but it takes a while too. my startup is empty....what can i do?
>> --
>> quichita
>