hard disk boot problem

[swampfire]

hi guys my old pc has an Seagate ST3160215AS hardisk @7200.10 -160gb

it takes long time to boot (to bios screen itself) it nearly takes >=10min to arrive

at my windows desktop whats the problem and how to solve it pls help me

 

[tigerg]

There could be a millions reasons why your computer is taking so long. You have not given us very much information on your situation.

Anyway, the most common problem is because you have a ton of crap installed on your computer and your system is loading tons and tons of drivers.

 

[swampfire]

dude i hav just formatted my whole hard disk but the problem exists still

 

[tigerg]

How does your drive boot to Windows if you just formatted it? Do you mean you freshly installed Windows over a reformat??

 

[swampfire]

i formatted my old OS ie windows 7 ultimate and installed windows xp sp2 but again problem persists

 

[tigerg]

Is your hard drive plugged into the same SATA port? If don't have the right drivers for your third party ports installed, it can take a long time to boot.

 

[swampfire]

tigerg i dont understand what ur saying my motherboard is intel D945GCPE

 

[Hawkeye22]

Download seatools from seagate's site and check the disk's health.

 

[swampfire]

ok ill check