10 minutes to start

[Derek]

I have w98 and w2k on a laptop. Suddenly I can only boot
to safe mode. Normal startup takes about 10 minutes and
then the system is almost unusable with the system process
(NOT system idle process) at 100%. This problem applies to
both operating systems. I have tried disabling nearly all
devices. I have re-installed w98. Still no joy.

Any ideas please?

DErek

[Ron Badour]

You start by saying you can only boot to safe mode and in the next sentence,
you say a normal boot takes 10 minutes. Which is it? Assuming you can boot
both ways, does the safe mode boot take a long time also? If not, something
loading in normal mode (but not safe mode) is probably the culprit. Use
this technique for troubleshooting:

How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Derek" > wrote in message
...
> I have w98 and w2k on a laptop. Suddenly I can only boot
> to safe mode. Normal startup takes about 10 minutes and
> then the system is almost unusable with the system process
> (NOT system idle process) at 100%. This problem applies to
> both operating systems. I have tried disabling nearly all
> devices. I have re-installed w98. Still no joy.
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> DErek

[Derek]

I did say that in normal mode it takes 10 minutes and is
practically unusable. Safe mode boots quite quickly. So I
had concluded that it was something in normal mode causing
the problem. CPU usage etc. is OK in safe mode.

Thanks

Derek
>-----Original Message-----
>You start by saying you can only boot to safe mode and in
the next sentence,
>you say a normal boot takes 10 minutes. Which is it?
Assuming you can boot
>both ways, does the safe mode boot take a long time
also? If not, something
>loading in normal mode (but not safe mode) is probably
the culprit. Use
>this technique for troubleshooting:
>
>How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926
>
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>"Derek" > wrote in
message
...
>> I have w98 and w2k on a laptop. Suddenly I can only boot
>> to safe mode. Normal startup takes about 10 minutes and
>> then the system is almost unusable with the system
process
>> (NOT system idle process) at 100%. This problem applies
to
>> both operating systems. I have tried disabling nearly
all
>> devices. I have re-installed w98. Still no joy.
>>
>> Any ideas please?
>>
>> DErek
>
>
>.
>

[Ron Martell]

"Derek" > wrote:

>I have w98 and w2k on a laptop. Suddenly I can only boot
>to safe mode. Normal startup takes about 10 minutes and
>then the system is almost unusable with the system process
>(NOT system idle process) at 100%. This problem applies to
>both operating systems. I have tried disabling nearly all
>devices. I have re-installed w98. Still no joy.
>
>Any ideas please?
>
>DErek

Do a logged startup in normal mode.

Then use BootLog Analyzer (free) from
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/ to analyze the log file and see
what caused the delays.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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