start up slow and how to speed up comp

[Petey7]

Do you have Daemon Tools installed? Daemon Tools does not work well with 7 and it is a good idea to remove it if you do have it.

 

[madtownidiot]

open task manager and post a list of running processes at startup.. that will help. You could try disconnecting all peripheral hardware (printers, webcams, external drives, etc) and disabling everything in the startup tab of MSconfig. That alone should cut your boot time to less than a minute. Then start reattaching hardware and enabling startup items in msconfig one at a time and restarting until your boot time slows down again and you will have the source of your problems.

 

[Wicca]

i do not have daemon tools but how come that thing comes up about the drive

 

[Wicca]

aso mad town i only have one thing in start up and 30 processess in task manager so and other idea's
why does this come up i do not have daemon tools anymore
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
sptd

 

[Petey7]

Not having Daemon tools, and not having it anymore a little different. For some reason, your computer is still trying to run the driver for it at startup. For the first time in my life, I'm going to recommend trying Ccleaner. It might remove any registry entries, files, etc. the was left behind when Daemon Tools was removed.

 

[Wicca]

ok fixed the sptd problem thanks now here is another
here is another in my
ev
Log Name: System
Source: nvstor32
Date: 20/08/2010 17:58:28
Event ID: 4
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DARKSHADOW-PC
Description:
Command to device was aborted.

Device: \Device\RaidPort1
Model: ST3500830AS
Firmware Version: 3.AA
Serial Number: 6QG1QQ27
Port: 0

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="nvstor32" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49374">4</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-08-20T16:58:28.310300000Z" />
<EventRecordID>743763</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DARKSHADOW-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\RaidPort1</Data>
<Data>ST3500830AS</Data>
<Data>3.AA</Data>
<Data> 6QG1QQ27</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Binary>0000000005002800000000000400DEC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[madtownidiot]

You'll have to disable it from the services list in MSconfig, then delete it from the registry in order to get rid of it completely, which can be accomplished with a simple search in regedit for instances of sptd

 

[Petey7]

I would make sure the SPTD problem is actually fixed. If it is fixed, have you noticed in change in boot time/

 

[Wicca]

it is fixed it was not by daemon tool it was another company i got a tool off there website that got rid of sptd but did not notice a difference and sptd is not appearing in the ev any more so that tells me it has been removed
now here is something esle

Log Name: System
Source: volmgr
Date: 20/08/2010 15:35:28
Event ID: 46
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DARKSHADOW-PC
Description:
Crash dump initialization failed!
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="volmgr" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">46</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-08-20T14:35:28.972400000Z" />
<EventRecordID>743563</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DARKSHADOW-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\HarddiskVolume2</Data>
<Binary>0000000001000000000000002E0004C001100000010000C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Petey7]

I have one idea. Go into bios and switch from AHCI to IDE, and see if you still have the problem.

Every where I look, people say that switching to IDE solves the problem.

 

[Wicca]

ok but what about this now Log Name: System
Source: volmgr
Date: 20/08/2010 15:35:28
Event ID: 46
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DARKSHADOW-PC
Description:
Crash dump initialization failed!
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="volmgr" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">46</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-08-20T14:35:28.972400000Z" />
<EventRecordID>743563</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DARKSHADOW-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\HarddiskVolume2</Data>
<Binary>0000000001000000000000002E0004C001100000010000C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Petey7]

It's the same as the last one you posted. Try switching to IDE mode of you can.

 

[Wicca]

I have one idea. Go into bios and switch from AHCI to IDE, and see if you still have the problem.

Every where I look, people say that switching to IDE solves the problem.

also i went into bios looked everywhere and cannot find it AHCI OR IDE

 

[Wicca]

also many people say doing this fixes the problem
Goto Control Panel\System and Maintenance\System
Click on "Advanced System Settings" on the left panel
Under "Startup and Recovery" select "Settings"
Make sure you have a check mark beside "Write and event to the system log"
but if i tick it and click ok i went back to it and it was unticked it seems it will not let me tick it

 

[Petey7]

I read about that and I'm trying to figure out this work around I found. This person did wrote it very clearly.

 

[Petey7]

I this point I would try opening an elevated command prompt and running SFC /SCANNOW.

If that doesn't fix anything, a repair install might.

 

[Wicca]

a repair install would take 7 hours forget it any other options why can't i tick the box why does it untick

 

[Petey7]

Did you at least try SFC /SCANNOW?

Seriously, a lot of what I've read suggest a clean install. I figure a repair install might have to same effect without you having to reinstall all your programs.

 

[whs]

a repair install would take 7 hours forget it any other options why can't i tick the box why does it untick

7 hours? - how come?

 

[madtownidiot]

if your bios isn't up to date, do that first, and you might not have the same errors after reinstalling windows, but I think Petey7 is right when he says you may have to reinstall windows.