Boot Camp + win 7 = Slow Startup (really slow)

Hello,
I installed windows 7 on my Macbook pro (Mid 2009) with no problems.

Whenever I hold Alt at startup and then select Windows, the computer seems to freeze for about 2 minutes and then starts loading windows. While it is frozen I just get a blinking dash line in the top left corner.

Is it normal for it to take so long?
OSX (10.6.2) boots up completly fine. i tried resetting the pram and still no luck.

No new programs were installed on windows after its installation.
I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help is greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Cassiano

MacBook Pro (mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 17, 2009 1:28 PM

31 replies

Mar 18, 2010 3:22 PM in response to cassiano

Hello snafroth,

Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/ . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check the threads available there for additional assitance and support.

John M
Microsoft Windows Client Team

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Boot Camp + win 7 = Slow Startup (really slow)

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