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> C <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote:
> > "" wrote:
> >> C <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote:
> >>> "" wrote:
> >>>> C <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote
> >>>>> Rod Speed rod_speed@yahoo.com wrote
> >>>>>> C <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote
> >>>>>>> Rod Speed rod_speed@yahoo.com wrote
> >>>>>>>> C <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>> A while back I bought a 80GB SATA HDD, an upgrade
> from 40GB
> >>>>>>>>> PATA. Now Windows will start to load hang and then
> go ahead
> >>>>>>>>> and load. The problem occurse when the "loading
> windows"
> >>>>>>>>> screen startsto fade in. It will fade in 50% hang
> for about
> >>>>>>>>> ten seconds then continue on.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>> Whoops, read that too quickly. Thats an entirely
> separate
> >>>>>>>> problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>> When you did the repair, did you use the initial
> option
> >>>>>>>> to load the drivers off floppy for the SATA channel.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I have ran fixmbr and checked the boot.ini. Any
> other
> >>>>>>>>> suggestions? SYS specs:
> >>>>>>>>> Chaintech 7NJL6
> >>>>>>>>> Athlon XP 3000+
> >>>>>>>>> 512MB
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> I already had the drivers in windows for the SATA on
> my mobo.
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Yes, but when doing a repair, you need
> >>>>>> to ensure that the install has them too.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> Unless you are talking about something else.
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Nope.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Wouldn’t it give you an error if it needed a driver?
> >>>>
> >>>> Nope, what XP has might well work fine apart
> >>>> from that pause you dont like when it boots.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Is there a way to fix this from windows?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, its possible to update the sata driver from within
> XP.
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have ran the repair twice already.
> >>
> >>> There are not any new drivers for the hdd
> >>
> >> I didnt mean new ones, just the driver supplied with the
> >> motherboard which may behave differently to what XP
> >> uses if you dont supply what came with the motherboard.
> >>
> >>> and I don’t have that combined mode in my bios.
> >>
> >> Yeah, its not very common. You did check if
> >> there is an updated bios for the motherboard ?
> >>
> >>> How might i edit the windows boot loader?
> >>
> >> It isnt feasible on that pause you dont like.
> >>
> >>> Could that be it?
> >>
> >> Looks more likely to be the driver to me.
> >>
> >>> I know it must be something when windows is first trying
> to load.
> >>
> >> Yes, but its likely just the driver farting around
> initially.
> >>
> >> You could try logging the boot and see if there is any
> useful
> >> info in the log on what its doing when you see that pause.
>
> > How do you do a bootlog?
>
> Same way you do a safe mode boot, its one of the entrys in
> that menu.
>
> > I’ll try the driver for the mobo.
I put the latest drivers on to no avail.
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