Boot Camp - Slow Startup

aaphid · #1 October 17th, 2009, 08:13 PM

I've just loaded Snow Leopard onto a newly formatted drive and then installed Boot Camp.

Whenever I hold Alt at startup and then select Windows the computer seems to freeze for about a minute and then starts loading windows. While it is frozen I can't move the mouse cursor and nothing seems to be happening.

Is it normal for it to take so long?

Here's what it looks like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2WuSJIrKmU

aaphid · #2 October 24th, 2009, 11:52 PM

Any ideas?

djackmac · #3 October 25th, 2009, 12:51 AM

I've seen it with machines that have bad RAM, HDs, optical drives, and bad logic boards. Its really hard to put a finger on. If it only happens when booting to the windows partition I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can always put in your original disk 1 installer and power on holding the D key to run Apple hardware test.

aaphid · #4 October 30th, 2009, 08:40 PM

Thanks djackmac

I tried running the Apple Hardware Test and it says everything is A OK.

Satcomer · #5 October 31st, 2009, 03:20 AM

Well then try to use System Preferences->Startup Disk and see if the windows partition shows up. If It does just select that. Then when in Windows and want to go back to OS X (if you installed the Boot Camp drivers into Windows) just go to Control Panel and the Boot Camp drivers should have installed a Control panel called Startup Disk (in Windows 7 it is in the BootCamp Control Panel).

After selecting the Startup disk, just restart and it boot to that selection you made. Clever isn't it?

aaphid · #6 November 1st, 2009, 05:07 AM

Thanks Satcomer but I think I'm narrowing this down now.

I took the Mini to an Applestore Genius Bar and when we started it up there it was fast and started loading Windows in 7 seconds as against 40 seconds before. Bring it home and it's taking 40 seconds again.

The only difference that I can see is that at the shop the Airport bar on the lower part of the screen doesn't show up. And on the demonstrations that I have seen and the YouTube videos I have seen this is not there either.

So I suppose the question now is:-

Why is the Airport network bar coming up at home and not elsewhere and how do I stop it?

cassianorabelo · #7 November 6th, 2009, 04:49 PM

Hello aaphid. I saw that you posted your problem in a few other boards. I'm facing the same issue with both my MBP. Did you find a solution to your problem?
Thank you.

aaphid · #8 November 6th, 2009, 06:23 PM

Hi cassianorabelo. No answers yet but I'm still trying.....