Vista - Very Slow BOOT Vista x64

Hello everyone,
Looks like my Vista x64 experience is a pain in the neck since the beginning.

Here is the next one I am in front of:
Vista needs from 5 to 10 minutes (sometimes maybe more but I do not have the patience to wait and I just switch off - switch on again)

Once in Vista it works fast and I do not have any wait on starting application (Only Games), I can also say that once I put my user password, Vista is ready in few second including Wireless connection Network, but the Screen with the Scrooling Bar is the one which takes so long to disappear.

If you see my rig, you'll deduce that cannot be a low Hardware performance.
As I use it only for Gaming purpose I do not have much Application on Start-up.
I do not even have a Anti-virus installed yet, which could slow down the Booting process.
Shut down seems with no problem, faster than I am with XP Pro Sp2

So what could be?

Also weird result: If I restart my PC from Vista the BIOS does not detect anymore the DISC0, where dual Boot file are installed, so none of my OS can boot. I always have to Shut down Vista completly and Switch on again to have the BIOS detecting this HDD.

So what could be?

Thks in advance for any response.

looking at your spec's i can tell you there is a problem somewhere
my system is similar and takes approx 6 to 10 seconds to fully boot

i have had myself some slow booting b4 now and this mainly happend when i have left some kinds of dvd's or cd's in the drive.... if this inst the case then it could also be a USB device or several USB devices all fighting to boot at the same time

however the dual boot could also be the issue here
i remember reading an article on dual booting and bug that can occur that causes many problems

i am suer i remember reading an article on this site also about the best way to dual boot..... just do a quick search on it
or search threw Shawn Brink's tutorials
http://www.vistax64.com/search.php?searchid=181207

Mine does this too and it's because USB legacy support is disabled in BIOS...so basically your Windows is having to load your peripheral drivers prior to loading itself fully. I just can't be arsed to buy a PS2 keyboard in order to get into BIOS to change it because I could care less how fast it boots up since I leave it on most of the time anyway.

i thought it sounded like a pre boot problem threw USB or other such devices

would be nice to see a reply from PaxeSalute to confirm this is the case so that many other ppl who experience this problem can use this thread as a guideline

Actually I haven't had the chance to switch on my PC these last past days.
The only USB device I have plug is for my wireless Keyboard & Mouse.
First I tried only with the mouse and PS2 Keyboard (my MoBo only have 1 PS2) and I had the same long loading time.

I will try once to Boot with No Mouse to avoid to have any USD plug and see if it goes faster.

Also having a disc in DVD Writer or not does not change anything.

My USB Legacy is on in BIOS.

And I'm sorry to not have post back before but I did not receive any e-mail notice since I first post so I was thinking nobody answered yet

Tks for your responses I will try tonight.

PaxeSalute,

1.Check the CD-Rom Jumpers and make sure it's a master.
2.Load default BIOS settings and reboot your system.

You might want to take a look at any device entries you aren't actually using and disable them. For example, shut off the RAID controller if you aren't using a RAID array, etc...

Thk you very mucheveryone for your help,
it looks like my Long Time Load Vista is fixed.
I have a Keyboard & Mouse Wireless USB, yesterday I unplugged the USB and started Vista only with PS2 Keyboard. And the load time drop to 30 seconds instead of 10 minutes.
Once in Vista I plugged the USB, Vista detected it as new Hardware and install some Human device drivers and that's it.

Now Vista load in 30 Seconds, I heard it can do better but between this and 10 minutes I happy enough.

Beside this the other problem I had that if Restart from Vista , BIOS did not detect DISC0 with Dual Boot File, it's fixed too since the process with the USB plugged.

Also I think, my 3rd problem that DISC0 did not appear under Vista in Explorer, neither Device Manager, nor Administrative Tools, I could see it in explorer so all 3 problems were related together.

Thks again

No problem. I have a Logitech G15 keyboard which I paid nearly $100 for...I am not giving it up because the BIOS wants to be dumb.