Commander X800
03-24-2005, 12:19 AM
Ok, let me first start off by saying i have a fairly good knollege of computers, and most types of software. Now with that said let me star explaining my problem and its current state.
A few days ago i was using an application to creat a dvd that contained game cds (turnning a 5 cd set of a game into a dvd). now while i was saving the file about 3.3 or so gigs, as an .iso file for later editing/burning in Nero. well while save this file takes a bit of time to save as it effectivly making a cd image my machine rebooted do to a power outage.
well my machine rebooted and loaded into windows (toke a lot longer than normal 26 or so swipes ow the blue loading bar, normal only takes 3-4) finaly loaded up windows so i go an look for that uncompleted save iso image so i could delete it. Did that and then started using a defraging software to streighten up all the file fragmentation. I use Perfect Disk 7. and becuase of this i tryed to do a online defrag (has nothing to do with internet, its a defrag that that cleans up your boot and page file) anyways it said that there were problems with the drive so it couldnt continue with the offline defrag. I knew something was up then, so i go back to windows and do a normal defrag with the same program and it toke a very long time much longer than it has ever before. It complets and then i do a check disk to fix the drive takes three hours but fixes the problems with te drive (stage 4 and 5 take a very long time). retry the offline defrag and it works.
That brings you to where im at now, the machine is still taking a very long time to boot into windows(POST is as fast as it has ever been 2 secounds on avrage so i know its no the hardware) so this leaves me to beliefe that there is something wrong with the boot.ini file or something.
reinstalling is an option and is not a problem (but would like to leave it as a last resort option)
just tell me if you need more info.
if any one can help it would be greatly noted.
---> Edit:
forgot to say that the latest drivers for all hardware are installed, and have been for a fair amount of time, also including all updates for xp.
and the soul reason why this accured was because of that file not save correctly.
A few days ago i was using an application to creat a dvd that contained game cds (turnning a 5 cd set of a game into a dvd). now while i was saving the file about 3.3 or so gigs, as an .iso file for later editing/burning in Nero. well while save this file takes a bit of time to save as it effectivly making a cd image my machine rebooted do to a power outage.
well my machine rebooted and loaded into windows (toke a lot longer than normal 26 or so swipes ow the blue loading bar, normal only takes 3-4) finaly loaded up windows so i go an look for that uncompleted save iso image so i could delete it. Did that and then started using a defraging software to streighten up all the file fragmentation. I use Perfect Disk 7. and becuase of this i tryed to do a online defrag (has nothing to do with internet, its a defrag that that cleans up your boot and page file) anyways it said that there were problems with the drive so it couldnt continue with the offline defrag. I knew something was up then, so i go back to windows and do a normal defrag with the same program and it toke a very long time much longer than it has ever before. It complets and then i do a check disk to fix the drive takes three hours but fixes the problems with te drive (stage 4 and 5 take a very long time). retry the offline defrag and it works.
That brings you to where im at now, the machine is still taking a very long time to boot into windows(POST is as fast as it has ever been 2 secounds on avrage so i know its no the hardware) so this leaves me to beliefe that there is something wrong with the boot.ini file or something.
reinstalling is an option and is not a problem (but would like to leave it as a last resort option)
just tell me if you need more info.
if any one can help it would be greatly noted.
---> Edit:
forgot to say that the latest drivers for all hardware are installed, and have been for a fair amount of time, also including all updates for xp.
and the soul reason why this accured was because of that file not save correctly.