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Slow boot up sometimes, other times fast
I'm new here and in need of help. I installed Windows 7 pro 64 bit by upgrading an XP Pro machine, ie. a clean install with a windows.old directory. After installing all of my programs, sometime when I bootup first thing, it can take 5 minutes to reach my desktop. Last night I ran msconfig and disabled all of the startup, and booted up in 45-55 seconds. I slowly enabled each of the items in startup, and now with all items in startup enable, it still boots in 45-55 seconds. I don't understand why sometimes it stays at the black screen with the windows logo for 4 or 5 minutes with the hard disk trashing, and other times it boots up quickly. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks.