Slow windows boot time

[Sidane]

Hi,
I got a new rig yesterday (specs at end of this post) and everything is set up and running smoothly, apart from one problem - XP Pro takes an age to boot compared to my old rig and another one I use for work. Both of these take about 15 seconds to go from the loading XP screen to the login screen. My new rig takes about a minute. Shutdown takes about 3 seconds but startup is slooooow!

I've installed SP2 & Norton Antivirus but not much else so far.

I enabled boot logging in the safe mode menu and this is what was generated in windows/ntbtlog.txt

Service Pack 212 2 2004 16:10:51.500
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\KDCOM.DLL
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\BOOTVID.dll
Loaded driver ACPI.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver pci.sys
Loaded driver isapnp.sys
Loaded driver ohci1394.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\1394BUS.SYS
Loaded driver pciide.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver MountMgr.sys
Loaded driver ftdisk.sys
Loaded driver dmload.sys
Loaded driver dmio.sys
Loaded driver PartMgr.sys
Loaded driver VolSnap.sys
Loaded driver atapi.sys
Loaded driver disk.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver fltmgr.sys
Loaded driver KSecDD.sys
Loaded driver Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver NDIS.sys
Loaded driver nv_agp.sys
Loaded driver Mup.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\AmdK8.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Imapi.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\GEARAspiWDM.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ati2mtag.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ctoss2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\ctprxy2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ctaud2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\gameenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\nic1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\Rtlnicxp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\fdc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\serial.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\serenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\parport.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\audstub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\msgpc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\psched.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ptilink.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\raspti.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\rdpdr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\update.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ha10kx2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\emupia2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\ctsfm2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\ctac32k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\hap16v2k.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\flpydisk.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\lbrtfdc.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Sfloppy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\i2omgmt.SYS
Loaded driver \??\C:\Program Files\Symantec\SYMEVENT.SYS
Loaded driver \??\C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVRTPEL.SYS
Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\VIRUSD~1\20041201.025\NavEx15.Sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\VIRUSD~1\20041201.025\NAVENG.Sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVRT.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Changer.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdaudio.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fs_Rec.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Null.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Beep.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\vga.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\mnmdd.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Msfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Npfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\rasacd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ipsec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\tcpip.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\afd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\processr.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\PCIDump.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fips.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\arp1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\USBSTOR.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\hidusb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mouhid.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\SYMTDI.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ndisuio.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\mrxdav.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\ParVdm.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\srv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wdmaud.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\sysaudio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\splitter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\aec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\swmidi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\DMusic.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\drmkaud.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\PfModNT.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\symlcbrd.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\SYMREDRV.SYS
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\NPDRIVER.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fastfat.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\HTTP.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\VIRUSD~1\20041201.025\NavEx15.Sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\VIRUSD~1\20041201.025\NAVENG.Sys

A number of "Did not load driver" statements are in that list. Could they be the cause of the slowdown?

Any help would be appreciated, I'm at a bit of a loss on how to fix this

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MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum, AMD64 3500+, 1Gig OCZ DDR400 Platinum Series, Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, 74Gig WD Raptor, 300Gig SATA Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10, SB Audigy 2.

 

[Sidane]

This might shed some more light on the situtation. Here are the bootvis results:

It looks like the disk is completely inactive for about 43 seconds and then kicks in and loads windows normally. Don't understand why though.

The "Warning! Disk write cache is disabled" may be pointing to the problem but in the disk device manager, under policies, write caching is enabled.

The driver delay graph is empty so no problem there.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sidane]

Problem solved. I hadn't installed the IDE drivers that came with the motherboard. Had read on the net they were a source of problems and thought the native XP ones would do just fine - clearly not.....doh!

All's well that ends well!

 

[Yoblad]

always install the latest drivers for all hardware.