Long Delay booting Pre-OS

>-----Original Message-----
>Remove SP1 and I bet it works

>>-----Original Message-----
>>When attempted start-up..
>>my system delays booting by approx 2mins. The delay
>>occurs just after DMI pool data and just before the OS
>>(XPsp1) begings to load i.e. before boot options like
>>safe mode etc appear. The problem seems to have arisen
>>spontaneously on a system that seemed problem-free
>>previously. There are no obvious hardware difficulties

>or

>>problems that I can detect beyond this. The disc itself
>>checks out and shows no errors under chkdsk or hard

>>diagnostics
>>Reinstalling (repair mode) didnt help.
>>I have checked boot.ini and the xp start up files (as

>far

>>as feel able to) The
>>hard drive light is on during this time (as if it is
>>scanning or looking for something - similar to running
>>bootcfg utility.
>>The fault does not occur on another hard drive. So I am
>>thinking it must be corrupt or problemmatic boot-loader
>>processes?
>>I am completely stumped!
>>The system is a via kt400 chipset (ga-vax) with 640ram
>>2600+AMD
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