2012-04-15, 19:28
(2012-04-15, 18:54)Beer40oz Wrote: I FOUND THE PROBLEM!
look here
+1
I tweaked the BIOS to switch the drive to AHCI mode, as well as the registry in windows ( per your and eskro's advice ).
At this point, I was booting in about 50s.
Changed the background from solid black to jpg.
Now, my htpc boots in about 20s.
Thank you so much Beer40oz and eskro for your help!