[swagmaster]

I have two desktops, one is a e machines 6410. Been having issues with this thing the past 2 months, and have had to do a full system restore 4 times. Each time wiping out all data only to work for about a week or two. Either it would not boot out of windows (stays spinning at the logo), or loops endlessly, and Safe Mode does nothing to help.

Well I may have stumbled on the problem. Today I had my son switch the Lexmark printer that was on the 6410 to his old Dell Dimension 4400 since the 6410 seemed to be a dead cause. Well, when he went to boot it, guess what. It now loads the logo then goes to a black screen for about 20 minutes, then his desktop images for 20 minutes, then the icons load after another 20 minutes. A total of 60 minutes to become functional.

Anybody have any suggestion how to get the 4400 working? I recovered the Emachines again and we will see how it does without the printer. Works fine now but it usually does for a week or so. (CHKDSK checks out okay by the way).

Now, how do I fix the 4400 and not have to wait an hour for my PC to boot?

 

[BMR777]

First, go to start > run and type "msconfig" without quotes. Go to the startup tab. If you have a lot of programs checked here this could explain slow load times, but only to a degree. You can uncheck unnecessary programs here, but don't reboot immediately once done, just for the sake of time.

Go to start > run and type "eventvwr.msc" w/o quotes. Look in Application and System for any Warning or Error events and post their info back here.

BMR777

 

[swagmaster]

Had an awful lot checked on startup.

and a few errors:

Most Common (A lot that just started after we hooked up that printer):

Source: Disk

The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\D.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Then a few:

Source:MrxSmb

The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer SWAGMASTER-PC that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{920D88E0-ED23-. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Source:Service Control Manager

The Application Management service terminated with the following error:
The specified module could not be found.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

[BMR777]

You said that you did restores 4 times? Did the problems only appear after installing the printer or straight on right after reinstall of XP?

 

[swagmaster]

I've restored the Emachines 4 times, right now it is running fine. The Dell is the one that is now taking an hour to load. I'm convinced that it has something to do with moving the printer from the e machine to the dell. I think the printer may have been causing issues with the emachine. I have not restired the Dell, would like to avoid that. Also, don't want to wait an hour for it to load. Seems fine after it loads.

 

[BMR777]

Well, you could follow these directions to completely remove the printer and it's driver from the Dell. Maybe that will help.

Also, is the Dell connected to a router or other always-on network? Try rebooting it with all network cables and wireless adapters disabled and see if the boot time increases.

BMR777

 

[swagmaster]

The dell is on a wireless network.

Not really sure how boot time can increase, it's already an hour.

Thanks for all your help

 

[BMR777]

Is it hooked up to it with a removable adapter? If yes, remove the adapter. If it is a built in adapter, try unplugging your router. Having it disconnected from the network will help try and troubleshoot that second error you were getting in event viewer. That's probably not the issue, but there's always a small chance it might be.

BMR777

 

[swagmaster]

No luck, just the disk errors again

 

[1 g0t 0wn3d]

Does the dell boot faster in safe mode?

 

[swagmaster]

Yes it does. Not maybe only 10 minutes in safe

 

[swagmaster]

Here's the entire error. It happens about 15 times. I assume this is the slowness in the boot.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11
Date: 11/21/2007
Time: 9:23:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP_RYAN
Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\D.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 03 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 0b 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 03 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 11 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 .2......
0030: ff ff ff ff 06 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: ff 20 06 12 4c 01 20 00 ÿ ..L. .
0048: c0 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 À.......
0050: 78 59 2a 83 e0 f1 0c 83 xY*ƒàñ.ƒ
0058: 00 00 00 00 70 ee 05 83 ....pî.ƒ
0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0068: 1a 00 1c 00 c0 00 00 00 ....À...
0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11
Date: 11/21/2007
Time: 9:23:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP_RYAN
Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\D.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00680300 00b60001 00000000 c004000b
0010: 00000103 00000000 00000000 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000 00003211 00000000
0030: ffffffff 00000006 00000040 00000000
0040: 120620ff 0020014c 000000c0 0000000a
0050: 832a5978 830cf1e0 00000000 8305ee70
0060: 00000000 00000000 001c001a 000000c0
0070: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0080: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

 

[1 g0t 0wn3d]

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