Ios and Slow Boot?

[dsredfox]

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Hello all... I'm continuing my quest to find the reason for my slow boot. I've posted before on my problems with a random slow boot. (cold boot mostly, but sometimes on reboot) I've worked hard at trying all your suggestions i.e.:Format / Re-install, Remove and re-install drivers, Disable Network adaptors, Adding memory, (Which "Something Trivial" got into), Disabling all start-up programs in msconfig, Tweaking Ini, DMA, Swap files, Virtual memory, and so on. But, as I stated in a previous post, using Bootlog analizer, I allways seem to "hang" on Device Init =IOS
I've tried to research IOS and .vxd's and wonder now if the problem I'm having is inherent to the Windows 98se Disc I used to re-install with two times.
What about replacing my current Ios.vxd Files (Win\Options\Cabs and Win\ Sys\Vmm32) with a new one?
I've also had minor problems when I come out of "standby"(mouse freezes and Icons not functioning) which MS says is a problem with Ios.vxd and Esdi_506.pdr. They suggest Waiting until tested patch has been "proven"
Bolw is an excerpt from Bootlog Analizer showing where my system hangs:

13:44:53 0.00 Enumerating DeskJet 930C #MX03A1C29GJL (USB\VID_03F0&PID_1204\MX03A1C29GJL)
13:44:53 0.00 Enumerated DeskJet 930C #MX03A1C29GJL (USB\VID_03F0&PID_1204\MX03A1C29GJL)
13:44:53 0.00 DEVICEINIT = ACPI
13:44:53 0.00 DEVICEINITSUCCESS = ACPI
13:44:53 0.00 DEVICEINIT = VCDFSD
13:44:53 0.00 DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
*******13:44:53 213.61 DEVICEINIT = IOS ***********
13:48:27 0.06 Dynamic load device C:\WINDOWS\system\IOSUBSYS\apix.vxd
13:48:27 0.00 Dynamic load success C:\WINDOWS\system\IOSUBSYS\apix.vxd
13:48:27 0.06 Dynamic load device C:\WINDOWS\system\IOSUBSYS\atapchng.vxd
13:48:27 0.00 Dynamic load success C:\WINDOWS\system\IOSUBSYS\atapchng.vxd
13:48:27 0.06 Dynamic load device C:\WINDOWS\system\IOSUBSYS\cdfs.vxd

My System specs. and earlier post on this subject are below.
Thanks for the help and the education. brad


Running Win 98se 544mb Ram 14g hard drive Pent III
Gateway 9300 laptop
Have re-formated/clean installed win 98se 4 times.
Problem occures with or with-out non-windows apps installed.
Have re-named config.sys to config.xxx and autoexec.bat to autoexec.xxx in msdos
Have eliminated all start-up programs.
NO VIRUSES detected.
Run through scandisc and defrag every week.
Empty ALL temps/histories upon exit.
"normal" boot takes 45secs. But every 12 hours or so it takes up to 8mins.
Bootlog Analizer says that DEVICEINIT = IOS takes 213 secs. when I have the "hang"
Have updated ALL device drivers.
Going nuts!!! This has been on going for a year.
Any suggestions?????
brad