Boot up very fast to very slow

[itwontme]

Am back again, thanks to all for the help you have gave me!!!

hp e9260f, win 7 pro 64 bit, also has xp mode.

i5-750, 2.67ghz. 8gb ram. Two questions..

1 - machine went from a boot up time of about 20 seconds

to 2 minutes, no reason, nothing was installed, software

or hardware except udates from windows and hp, required

updates not ones i picked. Exact same time, no idea if has

anything to do with it. My dvd hp-dh16aal starts going crazy.

Thought i needed to use restore cd's. Since it would not boot

at all at first, got to hp screen then the cursor left top of screen

just sat there. DVD sounds like its chewing up the disk. I did something

right not sure what so it does boot up now. In two minutes, cursor sits

there going crazy but it will boot. DVD still is a mess no mater what you

put in it. Anyone had this happen?

[Big_Dave]

If you can get to the HP blue screen then enter setup (F10) and run some diagnostics.

You may have to go back to a known good system restore point.  Do you have Norton AV on your PC?

[itwontme]

Sorry Dave been away. Tried f10 no problems found.

Now that you mention it, it didnt start doing that until

I took Norton off. Didnt activate it though just took it

off and put on free AVG. DVD player is shot though.

Put any cd-dvd in it it just grinds away. What type

of dvd player/burner works on mine? I think a SATA

type but not sure. Thanks for your help Dave, sorry

took so long to answer.

[Big_Dave]

If you need a new CD/DVD player then go with an internal  Samsung SH-223L SATA lightscribe drive. It's $25  at www.newegg.com.  It will take at 20 minutes max to install.

Do you have a set of the HP Recovery disks?  Or, try F11 at the HP blue screen and see if your recovery paritiion will boot.  Be sure to backup your data.

[itwontme]

Samsung on order, great site thanks for the link!

Yes i made the restore disks. F10 at screen works,

no problems found. F11 dont, no idea why. Every

(F) works at that screen but that one. Will try again

when I get the new drive. Thanks Dave!!!

[itwontme · Accepted solution]

Dave, Do you have ESP or something?

I got that Samsung 30 minutes ago.

I put that thing in and boot up went

from 2 minutes back to 20 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!

Free Nero9 added benefit. Did nothing

but change the drive, thats all. Tackle

memory thing shortly, play with this

Samsung a while. Its very fast, extremly

quiet. Thanks Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DaveRoker]

My brand new HP pavillion deskop is doing this, took an age to boot up and an age to shutdown. All I did was make a once of backup to my Flash drive. The first time I booted up after backing up, the Windows display was flashing on the bit that radiate out from the square icon

Not sure if its cure itself, I am afraid to power down