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    XPS m1530 Slow start up times

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ck.2323, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. ck.2323

    ck.2323 Newbie

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    Last night, I restarted my xps and it took forever to start back up again. After the pretty vista screen, it sits there for at least 5 minutes, then the login screen pops up, it is able to boot through the bios. I'm confused.
     
    ck.2323, Jan 15, 2009
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    It could be the sign that the hard drive is going.
     
    atbnet, Jan 15, 2009
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  3. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    go benchmark your hard drive(HD Tuner)

    go download uBuntu, burn to CD, try Live CD.... any problems? if there are, then its not the hard drive, probably a dead mobo or something
     
    paper_wastage, Jan 15, 2009
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  4. pchan

    pchan Notebook Geek

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    does it happen often? or just last night? It maybe due to some windows update, check your updates if something has been installed on it last night... its worth checking your laptop event logs as well.. see if some clue is there..
     
    pchan, Jan 16, 2009
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    pchan Notebook Geek

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    yep, checked mine and i had two installed yesterday KB905866 and KB958687.
     
    pchan, Jan 16, 2009
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