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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body vlink="purple" link="blue" lang="EN-US"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am experiencing a slow Windows 7 boot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I detect a solid 20 second of zero disk activity. I want to get rid of that 20 second delay because it is holding up Windows to boot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have looked in the Event Log to see which part is taking the longest time and it is BootDevicesInitTime and BootPNPInitDuration (at least 16 seconds).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am running into a brick wall trying to solve this. Perhaps someone with experience can help?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Erik<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>