Slow Boot

[Mr. Lennon]

I am beginning to realize that my comp takes way too long to boot into windows. I have a amd 64 3200 with a k8v deluxe mobo and a gig of ram so everything is good there. Also I am connected to sata with 1 drive as welll. I have turned off any extra junk in bios to help boost the loading time but nothing works. Once I get to windows everything loads up within two seconds, my problem is just with the boot before login. My brothers p4 3.0 boots in like 10 seconds and I am left sitting there for a good 30.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

anyone?

 

[duragezic]

Well sometimes it's just what software and drivers have been installed since the last format. I try to keep everything clean and basic but certain software seems to make the boot time way longer. You could also try tweaking your services. I've found that can speed up boot time greatly since most users don't need a lot of the services being started.

 

[YabbyU]

I had a second optical drive(which I never used). The ide cable had somehow disconnected halfway. After seating it properly my boot time went from about 40 seconds to 10.

 

[Wizkid]

Also check your network settings. Do you have DHCP enabled for anything where it shouldn't be... such as for a NIC that is connected to a DSL modem?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Originally posted by: YabbyU
I had a second optical drive(which I never used). The ide cable had somehow disconnected halfway. After seating it properly my boot time went from about 40 seconds to 10.

Ill check all my connections right now. As for networking I am just connected directly to a router. Where do I enable/disable DHCP at?

 

[Schadenfroh]

see my Guide to Free Performance

 

[bigj3347]

go to start - Run - Msconfig and under startup tab you can see all the programs set to run on startup. disable any unnecessary programs one by one, restarting in between each one you disable to make sure it doesn't cause your system to crash. Sometimes you can go to the options menu of the program itself to disable it to not run on startup. If this doesn't help, back up all the important files you wanna keep and reformat and reinstall windows, most thorough way to make your computer like new again.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Originally posted by: bigj3347
go to start - Run - Msconfig and under startup tab you can see all the programs set to run on startup. disable any unnecessary programs one by one, restarting in between each one you disable to make sure it doesn't cause your system to crash. Sometimes you can go to the options menu of the program itself to disable it to not run on startup. If this doesn't help, back up all the important files you wanna keep and reformat and reinstall windows, most thorough way to make your computer like new again.

See I just reformatted and went through msconfig and turned off the apps I dont need. The problem is the actual boot before windows starts. Like I said, windows boots up within seconds, just the phase before windows log in (bios check and stuff)

 

[bigj3347]

I'm not sure then, you might want to restore your bios settings to default and see if that helps.