How can i make my computer boot up faster?

[ManBearPig]

And it consitently takes that long. its kind of a pain in the ass to have it take that long to reboot.

And tunexp1.5 doesnt help it go any faster either. Niether does deleting prefetch.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

 

[theMan]

go make yourself a sandwich.

 

[jfall]

bootvis

 

[DBSX]

It would probably help if we had a little more info.

Was it always this slow?
If not, what changed before it got this slow?
What components are in your PC?
How many programs are starting up?
Have you checked for viruses/spyware/malware/etc?

\Dan

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: DBSX
It would probably help if we had a little more info.

Was it always this slow?
If not, what changed before it got this slow?
What components are in your PC?
How many programs are starting up?
Have you checked for viruses/spyware/malware/etc?

\Dan

Yes.

A64 3400+ (NC) | BFG 6800GT OC | Fortron 530w PSU |
DFI Lanparty UT | 1.5GB Cheap RAM | Audigy 2 ZS Gamer |
Diamondmax10 w/ 16mb cache| Antec P160| Logitech Z2200 2.1 | NEC 3500A

Not many...i only have one program on my actual start up list, and thats because it sometimes fails to start. I allow the essential stuff to run, ie windows things, and keep the others to a minimum.

I have no spyware/adware/malware/viruses, at ALL.

Its only the little blue bar that takes forever...the OS loading. The actual start up is quick.

Err, and how exactly do i use bootvis? Its pretty confusing. Thanks alot

 

[Dmachine]

Do you mean programs in the start-up folder on the Start menu or have you run Msconfig to view all the stuff that starts with Windows? How many icons are in your System tray?

 

[secretanchitman]

try a program called TuneXP. nice small little program....use their "ultra fast booting" option, let it go (yes, it goes to the command prompt so dont worry about it), when its ALL finished (command prompt goes away) then you can reboot.

dropped a couple of bars for me!

edit: whoops didnt see your whole post! umm...i dunno then...use tuneup utilities to delete programs that start when you load windows or something, or just delete programs you dont need. or get a raptor and be done with it. lol...

 

[Powermoloch]

time for reformat

 

[Hersh]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
time for reformat

Try defragging.

I'd also recommend a format.

I forget what it was (maybe loading it in safe mode?) but there is a way to get windows to show all the drivers that are being loaded when the 'XP loading' screen shows up with the bars. You may be able to see what is causing the slow down.

I formatted about 3 months ago, installed all my often-used programs. Windows loads up after the bar slides three times and performs well compared to before the format (load time, memory consumption, etc). I also made an image of the system running perfectly so that if I decide to install something and later not like it, I can just go back to system when it was running perfect.

 

[nweaver]

don't reboot that often?

I always hibernate/suspend, much quicker and better

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
time for reformat

:thumbsup:

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: Dmachine
Do you mean programs in the start-up folder on the Start menu or have you run Msconfig to view all the stuff that starts with Windows? How many icons are in your System tray?

Yup...tunexp doesnt work. It was the same speed AFTER i reformatted too.

I meant programs in start up. My task manager shows around 30 items. Msconfig doesnt have that many. My tray icons...i limit them to about 4. And 1 is spyware gaurd, 1 is anti virus, 1 is volume, and 1 is nvidia lol.

how exactly do i use bootvis? Thanks alot

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

install linux

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: alphaz

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
time for reformat

Try defragging.

I'd also recommend a format.

I forget what it was (maybe loading it in safe mode?) but there is a way to get windows to show all the drivers that are being loaded when the 'XP loading' screen shows up with the bars. You may be able to see what is causing the slow down.

I formatted about 3 months ago, installed all my often-used programs. Windows loads up after the bar slides three times and performs well compared to before the format (load time, memory consumption, etc). I also made an image of the system running perfectly so that if I decide to install something and later not like it, I can just go back to system when it was running perfect.

If derfagging, consider an after market defragger that better places files on your hard drives.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

And what the heck is 20 bars? Is there some mathematical formula to convert to traditional units of time?

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: alphaz

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
time for reformat

Try defragging.

I'd also recommend a format.

I forget what it was (maybe loading it in safe mode?) but there is a way to get windows to show all the drivers that are being loaded when the 'XP loading' screen shows up with the bars. You may be able to see what is causing the slow down.

I formatted about 3 months ago, installed all my often-used programs. Windows loads up after the bar slides three times and performs well compared to before the format (load time, memory consumption, etc). I also made an image of the system running perfectly so that if I decide to install something and later not like it, I can just go back to system when it was running perfect.

If derfagging, consider an after market defragger that better places files on your hard drives.

Nothing really beats the Windows Defragger. I read some review a while back about it (and no, I don't have the link)

 

[ManBearPig]

I use disk defragmenter. And by 20 bars i mean how long the little bar under windows xp takes to load before windows starts.

 

[ManBearPig]

Should i just hit optimize system and thats it? (for bootvis)

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
And what the heck is 20 bars? Is there some mathematical formula to convert to traditional units of time?

When the OS loading screen comes up for Windows XP, there's a bar at the bottom. It scrolls with these small bars, showing you the progress, similar to when you're downloading something.

 

[mb]

I just rebooted my laptop to count how many bars mine takes... only 9.. and I only have a 5400rpm drive. I think something might be wrong with yours. What does S.M.A.R.T. report?

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: supafly
What does S.M.A.R.T. report?

How do i use smart to check? Like what do i use to check?

You think i should run the bootvis optimizer and see if it works? It didnt with tunexp1.5, so i dont really want to...

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: Heen05

Originally posted by: supafly
What does S.M.A.R.T. report?

How do i use smart to check? Like what do i use to check?

You think i should run the bootvis optimizer and see if it works? It didnt with tunexp1.5, so i dont really want to...

Well you can use Speedfan 4.28 http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
When you load it and click the SMART tab, select your hdd and click "Performan an in-depth online analysis of this hard disk." You also have to make sure that SMART is enabled in your BIOS.

Also:

Please note that Bootvis.exe is not a tool that will improve boot/resume performance for end users. Contrary to some published reports, Bootvis.exe cannot reduce or alter a system's boot or resume performance. The boot optimization routines invoked by Bootvis.exe are built into Windows XP. These routines run automatically at pre-determined times as part of the normal operation of the operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/default.mspx

 

[Velk]

Press F8 when starting up and choose the Logged option, which will display the drivers as they load and also write a file called bootlog.txt. I would suspect that there is some driver that is taking a very long time to load, and this should let you see which one.

From there, it depends on what the driver is.

And yes, there is most certainly something wrong. I have two different machines, one of them boots from a 400GB WD, and the xp bar goes across just under twice, the other which boots from a RAID-0 raptor array and the bar gets about 3/4 of the way across before it switches video mode.

 

[ManBearPig]

spin up time 195 16398 Good
Start/Stop Count 253 218 Very good
Reallocated Sector Count 253 0 Very good
Read Channel Margin 253 0 Very good
Seek Error Rate 253 0 Very good
Seek Time Performance 249 47201 Very good
Power On Hours Count 238 64026 Good
Spin Retry Count 253 0 Very good
Calibration Retry Count 253 0 Very good
Power Cycle Count 253 326 Very good
Power Off Retract Count 253 0 Very good
Load Cycle Count 253 0 Very good
Hardware ECC Recovered 253 3905 Very good
Reallocated Event Count 253 0 Very good
Current Pending Sector 253 0 Very good
Offline Uncorrectable Sector Count 253 0 Very good
Ultra DMA CRC Error Rate 199 0 Very good
Write Error Rate 253 0 Very good
Soft Read Error Rate 253 2 Very good
TA Increase Count 253 0 Very good
Run Out Cancel 253 0 Very good
Shock Count Write Opern 253 0 Very good
Shock Rate Write Opern 253 0 Very good
Spin High Current 253 0 Very good
Spin Buzz 253 0 Very good
Offline Seek Performance 242 135 Normal
Unknown attribute 210 253 0 Very good
Unknown attribute 211 253 0 Very good
Unknown attribute 212 253 0 Very good


All of the attributes of your hard disk have normal values. This is good.

The overall fitness for this drive is 97%.
The overall performance for this drive is 97%.

 

[mb]

Remove your Audigy sound card (with the computer off obviously) and reboot, see if that helps... maybe uninstall the drivers completely for it too.
Also consider upgrading your "1.5GB Cheap RAM." Maybe even try just running 1GB in dual channel and see if that does anything... definitly try reformatting and reinstalling Windows... I know it's cumbersome but it helps in many situations where nothing else seems to work. I had a similar problem like this and reinstalling Windows solved everything.