Cut windows XP boot time in half!!!

[ieee]

Since nobody reads the OS forum..

download the bootvis.exe util from here

run it, and goto the "TRACE" tab, then click on optimize..

let it run for 5 or so minutes..

and watch your boot time be cut big time.....

 

[fkloster]

How does it cut boot time?

 

[rahvin]

By deleting windowsxp of course.

 

[Migroo]

Thanks ieee!

 

[Binge]

I gave it a shot.
I didn't really see any improvement if any at all.

 

[ieee]

my boottime was cut down by like 20 seconds...
it was at 60 secs before...
now 40 secs....

 

[Mitzi]

my boottime was cut down by like 20 seconds...
it was at 60 secs before...
now 40 secs....

Thats not half!



I'll try it later to see if it makes any difference on my XP machine.

 

[bacillus]

lol.
guess the mathematicians hang out in this forum!

 

[wluk]

i have xp pro on my p3 933. my boot time is about 20 secs max which is very fast to me. what are you guys running? p2? i thought most of the people here have ghz machines. is it because some of you have a home network?

 

[Athlon4all]

I frankely after upgrading from 2000 have seen an enormous speed increase, and I'm just gonna leave it alone. It's great

 

[nitrousninja]

I've had it for a month now and have had it running ever since except for video driver updates. Only three boots.

 

[randomlinh]

boots in like 30 seconds or something ... but then i have to log in.. that takes a hefty amount of time... it's just SLIGHTLY faster than my win2k setup before. i'll give this thing a try and see what happens...

 

[ieee]

4th down...punt

 

[bocamojo]

Interesting program. I ran it a few times, then told it to optimize. My boot times improved by 8 seconds... I'll take that smilin' . Thanks for the links ieee.

 

[John]

Mine only takes 30sec to get to a loaded desktop (raid sequence adds about 6 sec), so this program will do it in 15? :Q

 

[Miramonti]

my boottime was cut down by like 20 seconds...
it was at 60 secs before...
now 40 secs....
Thats not half!


What do you mean, sure it is! It takes 40 seconds now and saved 20: 20/40 = 50%!!



hehe.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Mine always boot a little slower because my scsi controller scan for scsi devices. I will need to time it before and after to see any difference.

 

[Auric]

Some after-market stuff helps too. Like Ontrack's FIU has boot defrag, registry defrag and jet-defrag with intelli-cluster for smart file ordering.

 

[Sir Fredrick]

Win2k has significantly reduced the amount of time I have to sit around waiting for it to boot...because I only reboot about once every 3 months.

 

[Auric]

Sir Fredrick, that means you aren't installing and tweaking enough stuff

Migrating completely to W2K from a dual-boot setup was like cutting a ball and chain off my leg. Keeping software up to date on two OS's on one PC was muy loco. Now, not having to reboot the main system several times a day because of bad memory management (Win9x) is kinda eerie.

 

[Sir Fredrick]

<< Sir Fredrick, that means you aren't installing and tweaking enough stuff >>



Nah, I've upgraded and tweaked this pretty beast to death, the setup is virtually perfect, all 4 PCI and one (of two) ISA slots are filled, she's got a CD-R, a CD-ROM, and a DVD-ROM, as well as 3 internal SCSI drives (1@10k RPM and 2@7200RPM), 4 80mm fans, 2 PIII450s, 512MB of RAM...and about 15 external peripherals which I won't get into.
It's smooth and fast and responsive...I can't justify any more upgrades.
So instead I'm going to build a new computer so I can spend another 3 years tweaking that.

 

[Apex]

Wow, thanks! 18.95 seconds for bootup on this laptop now. 27 seconds before the optimization. I'm pretty impressed by this utility. That's not too shabby considering the speed (slowness) of laptop harddrives.

 

[bonkers325]

<< Wow, thanks! 18.95 seconds for bootup on this laptop now. 27 seconds before the optimization. I'm pretty impressed by this utility. That's not too shabby considering the speed (slowness) of laptop harddrives. >>



didnt do much for me

 

[Freejack2]

Ran it on my notebook, didn't time it but definitley boots faster into XP.
Thanks ieee!

 

[Rahminator]

Bah humbug. 28 seconds before, 26 after.