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I'm having problems with my old computer, currently it takes forever (5-10mins) to get past the "Starting Windows" page for Windows 7. When I go and try to re-install Windows 7, it takes like 10 minutes to get to screen where I can even install Windows.

Here is my hardware:

Asus P5PGD1
Antec Earthwatts 500W (Brand new)
2GB Crucial DDR400
500GB Seagate Barracuda (ST3500418AS) SATA (Brand new)
Gigabyte 6600GT

Some other notes:
-I had problems with WinXP also. It would get to the loading screen, then bluescreen me.
-I've ran memtest86, no errors found

Thanks ahead of time.

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how long did u run memtest? did u try prime95 also?

This comment was edited at 10/23/2009 2:35 AM

I ran it for a while, maybe like an hour or so.
I've managed to speed up the load screen significantly by removing the DVDROMS as well as the floppy drive. Any ideas why that sped things up?

umm, did you install it fully now? i think in my mind maybe another 2gigs of ram.. windows 7 is about as bad as Vista when it comes to hogging memory.. in my opinion that is..

Check you msconfig? really doubt thats the problem.. but maybe u have to many startup proggies..

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