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#Slow start up at home

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#180518From: Larry HallMar 29, 1994 10:14 PM
#Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=(none), resolved parent_id points to #(none)
At home, running on a Vectra 486/25, NT always wants to read the CD, even if Metallica happens to be on it. This takes quite a while. At work, running on a Vectra 66U I do not see this problem. NT boots right up. Furthermore, it does not seem to address the CD for any significant length of time. Any ideas as to how to get the home system to quit listening to my disks? There is 1 Reply. Read action !
#180638From: Sam Karroum [MS]Mar 30, 1994 11:18 AM
#180518-#Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=180518, resolved parent_id points to #180518
Larry, Do you when booting and before the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen, or after logging on? If after logging on take a look at the path and make sure you don't have the CD letter included. Regards, Sam Karroum [MS] —————————————————————————– At home, running on a Vectra 486/25, NT always wants to read the CD, even if Metallica happens to be on it. This takes quite a while. At work, running on a Vectra 66U I do not see this problem. NT boots right up. Furthermore, it does not seem to address the CD for any significant length of time. Any ideas as to how to get the home system to quit listening to my disks? There are 2 Replies. Read action !
#180793From: Matt DegnenMar 30, 1994 6:04 PM
#180638-Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=180638, resolved parent_id points to #180638
Sam — I have same problem, while booting only. CD Drive is Panasonic 563, seemingly correctly installed AFTER NT install from floppies (per setup.txt and readme's in drvlib\storage\mkecr5xx\x86). Time to boot: BEFORE CD-ROM installed: less than 10 secs (5 secs fastest as I recall). AFTER: over 1 minute. Times above for BLUE char mode screen only to disappear, DO NOT INCLUDE logo time prior to c-a-d box. I've done several installs since 1st one last September and all seems in good shape; I'm at SP-2. DOS boot is very fast, immed access to CD. Machine is Dell 466vXPS, 16Meg with aprx 12ms IDE drive. Thanks — Matt Read action !
#181214From: Larry HallMar 31, 1994 10:57 PM
#180638-#Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=180638, resolved parent_id points to #180638
Sam, The slow time in booting at home is when the NT logo appears and before the CNTRL/ALT/DEL message appears. I found no sign of the CD within the PATH statement. During this time it is searching the CD. At work it does not do this. Regards There are 2 Replies. Read action !
#181244From: Bob ChronisterApr 1, 1994 4:09 AM
#181214-Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=181214, resolved parent_id points to #181214
slow reads of cd-roms can be a PITA. make certain that no cd is in the cd-rom. This can be a termination issue etc. Read action !
#181328From: Sam Karroum [MS]Apr 1, 1994 11:36 AM
#181214-Slow start up at home — declared parent_msg_num=181214, resolved parent_id points to #181214
Larry, What kind of setup (controller and CD drive) do you have at home and at work? Regards, Sam Karroum [MS] —————————————————————————– Sam, The slow time in booting at home is when the NT logo appears and before the CNTRL/ALT/DEL message appears. I found no sign of the CD within the PATH statement. During this time it is searching the CD. At work it does not do this. Regards Read action !t