What makes a computer boot faster?

[suse920]

the cooling crystal

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: labgeek

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am not even sure why I am answering this but, it all depends on if there are any bottlenecks present. Assuming no bottlenecks (64mb of ram, a 1000rpm hard drive, etc...) In other words... assuming your computer was build in the last few years...

The speed of the hard drive generally has the most influence on the speed that the computer boots up.

The processor has a bit to do with boot time as well, but not nearly as much. I only know this for a fact from measuring boot times from my stock 2.0 speeds and then at 2.5 speeds.

The RAM has very little to do with it unless, like I said, you have very little of it in the first place.

Bull...

I'm not sure why you're answering it either...

64MB of RAM will grind you system to a halt if you can even get it to boot.

XP Pro Requirements

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

Edit - and a "1000rpm hard drive" - WTF? Where the he!! have you been? laptop = 4200, old slow drives = 5400, standard desktop drive = 7200, WD raptor = 10,000, decent scsi drives = 15,000

He's saying those would be major bottlenecks, not that that's what you need to run fast.

 

[FeuerFrei]

In BIOS
enable Quick POST
enable only one boot device
disable floppy check

Also depends on how many services run and programs load on startup

 

[Lalakai]

windows os is major part of problem; the os evaluates amount of ram available, then loads as many drivers and back ground programs, as possible. Fast hd and lots of ram will help with the load time. You can also review the loadup programs and decide which ones you don't need, and stop them from loading; this will speed up boot time and also free up memory.