OOPS No C Drive

[wyse_tech2000]

Hello all... i am using XP pro with few problems.
Now for the big BUT!........when I log on after a reboot and opening MY COMPUTER , all get is a searching flashlight.
After 3 to four minutes, C:/drive appears with no problems.
Any Ideas?
Wyse>>>

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

what kind of machine?

whats your stats ?? I used to run xp on a slower puter did so for about a year, until I built this one I am on now, if you have a slower machine not so much ram , what your talking about happenes , xp needs a good cpu and lots of juicy ram , I have 384mb right now getting another 256mb real soon more ram the better ...............

 

[wyse_tech2000]

Thanx Kirmit: I don't think my system is a problem...P4......1.7gh.........512mg of rambus.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

mmmmmmmm NOPE

lol nope not that then , just without knowing what you had could not say ...... well thats a bummer for you


not sure what might be the cause here... mines as fast as light
and I am not as high on the food chain as you lolol

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Nope that ain't your problem. Go to services & turn off the workstation if you don't need it.
Administative tools/computer management/services & applications.

 

[2z]

Might be worth doing a repair install

boot from the cd
Enter - for setup
F8 - I agree
R - repair option

it takes about 30 mins & you'll need your volume key
leaves all your programs & shortcuts intact

To make your XP up to date
do a repair with a bootable XP slip streamed SP1 CD
fairly simple to do just follow these instructions
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

 

[koko]

i'd recommend doing a thorough virus sweep on your system. the nimda virus causes a general system slowdown. this may be the cause of your problems.

i had a similar thing happen to me. everytime i did a right click on the start button and tried to explore, it took about 10 seconds for all the drives to display.

after running a free virus scan i located on the net, it found 5 instances of the nimda virus.

 

[wyse_tech2000]

Thanx for everyone who tried to help.
> no virus was found koko
> this is a fresh install twoZigzagcolt45
I still have the flashlight for 5 min. after boot up.