Windows XP startup issues

I just replaced my motherboard with a new one and did a repair install of Windows XP (not a reformat). It starts up in Windows but take forever on the second splash screen. It hangs for about a minute and a half before it loads up the desktop. Could this be a result of the old motherboard drivers conflicting with the new hardware? I would rather figure out how to get rid of the old inactive drivers rather than do a whole reformat of my C drive. Please help me, this is driving me batty.

 

didn't the new mobo come with a drivers cd?

i think you need to go back and read the instructions pertaining to installing the new drivers. or, once the pc is up and running, go to the mobo makers web site, and download the latest drivers from there. sometimes the cd is made and just after that, new drivers that superceed those appear on the web site.

 

Yes, I used the CD that came with my Epox motherboard. Windows still started up with that lag before I installed the CD and still afterward.

 

you know, just a thought here. i seem to remember that when xp is installed for the first time, either because of a new mobo, or hdd, it takes a few boot-ups to get the system back to speed. try to re-boot the pc several times, timing each boot-up. the boot up times should get shorter, then stay at a more stable boot up time.

 

Well, I fixed the problem. I realized that SP2 had to be reinstalled since Windows was reinstalled with the quick repair. After downloading all of the Windows updates and redownloading and installing SP2, the computer reboots and loads up Windows at it's normal pace.

So that's what the problem was, the absence of SP2 must have been causing some type of conflicts causing the system to lag before it realized that it must continue on without the SP2 features. Remember, I didn't reformat, only repair installed Windows XP.

Thank you for your help and I'm sorry if I wasted your time. I may find this forum more useful in the future. Thanks again.

 

I have seen a few cases where a repair install corrupted a file in your user profile or antivirus/ firewall.
So step one would be to go into your firewall and antivirus and disable their load on windows startup (most will also require you to disable a couple of service entries in services.msc or admin tools/ services) .
Reboot and see if this solves it. If so, you reenable them, uninstall the culprit and reboot and reinstall.

If it is not that; the the next thing to try is to go to control panel / users and add a new user account , give new username and password and full admin priveleges.
Reboot computer and login to this one. If it has no problems, ask for instructions on copying this profile to your old one; or moving your data from the old one to the new.