thanks!
i tried the Khost thing and deleted the 2 weird entries and it started up much faster
Whilst I'm on the topic and i apologise to use your time like this but very often my computer can take upwards of 2mins to get through the BIOS when i boot up - this happens 80% of the time (as soon as it recognizes the RAM, it goes through the rest of it very quickly. IS this normal? If not, how can i speed it up?