Windows XP boot issue

[Rumata]

hi:
I have sometimes a problem when booting into windows xp home edition, i takes to much time to boot. I've checked the event viewer and have found an entry that repeats a lot of times with a message like this "SOURCE: ATAPI, EVENT ID.: 9, The device \device\ide\ideport1 did not respond within the alowed wait time", well it's something like it, i wonder if any one can help me aout with this. I've tried chkdsk /r, scf /scannow, virus scanning to no solution. I see it is related to hard disk drive or ide channel. One thing I've noticed is that when windows xp takes a lot of time to load there is a short read/write noice in the hard disk.

Any one with some help to solve this will be very apreciated.

 

[aquias]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/su...indows+Operating+System&LCID=1033&ProdVer=5.0

That error is a slow/failure to read/write to a CD? Clean up any CD's you have and that should correct it.

As for the slow boot...a few things to try

Download spybot/adaware (or any of the others I'm certain people can suggest) and ensure you don't have any spyware on your system.

Run a virus checker.

Defrag the drive.

Lastly, use MSconfig to clear out any unnecessary items in your startup process.

 

[bcastner]

Use Device Manager to identify, if possible, the original manufacturer of the hard disk drive.

Go to their website and download their free diagnostic/setup utility. I know MAXTOR, Wester Digital, SAMSUNG, IBM and FUJITSO offer such a utility.

The download will create a bootable floppy disk image. Boot from it and run any and all "non-destructive" tests offered.