Slow booting question.

[unbiased]

Athlon xp 1700+@1866MHz
A7N8X Deluxe
Antec Sonata with 380 Watt PS
80 GB Samsung PATA
ASUS CDRW
Lite-on DVD Rom
GF4 MX400 8X
Windows XPProf SP1

My system till very near in the past was a pleasure to run. While booting the 'train' crossed the 'station' about 4-5 times before reaching the password entry stage. After I installed and uninstalled Mozilla and installed office XP SP3, it simply crawls. The 'train' now crosses the 'station' about 15-16 times before reaching the password stage.

What could be the reason and what should be done?

I have already defragged teh drive? BTW is there any utility available for pagefile optimization, running under Win XP? I used to have 'system optimization utility' in 'norton utilities, for win 98SE.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Clear prefetch folder?

 

[unbiased]

Hi PhoenixOrion,
How is it done? Clearing of prefetch folder?Will it have any adverse effects?

 

[PhoenixOrion]

I clear my contents of prefetch folder once every few months.

Here's linky for other bootup time tweaking.

http://www.pcstats.com/article...cleid=1590&page=28

 

[gwai lo]

start -> run -> prefetch -> ctrl + a -> del

It doesn't do anything..that's just a folder windows keeps for commonly used programs. It eventually gets fat with programs you might not even use any more, much less have installed.

Also try running bootvis, defrag your hard drive, and do spyware/viruses checks.

 

[unbiased]

Thanks