After replacing harddrive, the system takes about 2 minutes to complete bootup to WinXP startup. After turn on, the following occurs: "Checking NVRAM.. 786432KB OK" and displays " DEL:SETUP F8:BOOT MENU F12:NETWORK BOOT". It seems to pause here for about a minute and then continues to boot to OS. WINXP starts normal and computer works just fine after start.

My question is how do I get rid of the "DEL, F8, and F12" pause for a qicker boot?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Try adjusting your boot menu.

Set it to:

1. Floppy

2. DVD/CD

3. HDD

Remove Network Boot.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried doing that but it didn't change what I was getting. I then reloaded the bios defaults, setup defaults, turned on/off SMART drive, and disabled Other Boot Devices ( not all at once ) and got the same thing. Any other suggestions are appreciated.

What do you see when you go to:

Right Click My Computer then click Properties >

Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings > System Startup > Edit

This will open a text file that you can copy and paste back here.