very slow start up

[baboon]

Hello all,hope you can help.My laptop takes forever to boot up if the cd-rom is closed,but only a few seconds when its open.It also makes a chugging type of sound any help would be most kind.Im using a fujitsu siemens amilo L7230 with wins xp home.

[Administrator]

I would reset the bios to start off with.

If this doesn't work I'd have it looked at by a laptop repair specialist. Maybe replacing the CD drive.

[baboon]

could you explain how to reset the bios.thank you

[Administrator]

Soon as you turn on, try tappping a couple of times the F1 or DEL key on the keyboard.

You will see this on your display, or similar to: http://www.blendsblog.com/wp-content/upl...http://www.blendsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/0

Navigate using the keyboard arrow keys to the Load fail safe defaults, enter.

Then Save and Exit set-up.

If your BIOS looks like this: http://www.latenightpc.com/pictures/d/50...http://www.latenightpc.com/pictures/d/5028-2/phoenix-bios-main-

Try pressing F5 while on the bios homepage.

Press F10 to save and exit.

Have you also tried safe mode? On startup of the computer press F8 multiple times in a tapping motion.

You'll get some options, and one of these will be Safe mode.

[Administrator]

Also, if it's slow only on the first part, try in the Bios modifying the boot order.

There is a good guide on doing this in your system BIOS. It should help the performance when booting your PC, so it doesn't have to keep looking for the CD drive first.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,15...http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1785

Hope that helps and don't hesitate to post back your findings. Let me know how you get on.

[baboon]

ok ive found out the problem the start up is slow due to a disk in the tray when i remove the disk the start up is normal.Why i dont know.Which brings me to another problem concerning a game(football manager 2007)ive been playing it for a year and all of a sudden it dosent work,this is the disk that was in the tray all the time start up was slow,every other disk works fine bar this one yet it works on my friends pc,the cd-rom recognises it but it dosent load any ideas?

[Administrator]

Does it appear in My computer?

It is normal for disks to cause slower startup though. My other question is Football manager 07 a DVD or CD?

If your using a DVD in a CD drive it will not work.

[baboon]

it appears in my computer after a while around 60 seconds,it is a cd

[Administrator]

And is it possible if you double click on the CD drive it opens the software?

[baboon]

yes i can open up the contents/menu but i cant run the game from there,i have tried.