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  • loverboy
    When it rains, it pours
    • May 2003
    • 20609

    #1

    Ways to speed up PC boot up

    i tried removing all programs from the Startup (msconfig), still taking me 5 mins to boot from XP. any other bright ideas?

    Here's my specs:

    AMD Athlon 1.8 GHz
    512MB DDram
  • detoxed
    vip member
    • Jan 2003
    • 17798

    #2
    Pentium

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    • riosluts
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2003
      • 5250

      #3
      umm i dont think there is anything u can do. there are just loads of fiels that need to load. you can always try formatting and reinstalling a fresh copy

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      • loverboy
        When it rains, it pours
        • May 2003
        • 20609

        #4
        Originally posted by detoxed
        Pentium
        i don't usually turn-off my PC (24/7), can Pentium handle that?

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        • detoxed
          vip member
          • Jan 2003
          • 17798

          #5
          Originally posted by loverboy


          i don't usually turn-off my PC (24/7), can Pentium handle that?
          My uptime: 29 days

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          • Rorschach
            So Fucking Banned
            • Aug 2002
            • 5579

            #6
            Get a better OS, I can boot to the command prompt in just over 15 seconds and then into X in another 5.

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            • loverboy
              When it rains, it pours
              • May 2003
              • 20609

              #7
              Originally posted by riosluts
              umm i dont think there is anything u can do. there are just loads of fiels that need to load. you can always try formatting and reinstalling a fresh copy
              yeah, im already pissed and i would end up formatting instead.. but right now, if there's some other way aside installing a fresh copy, im willing to try it out...

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              • loverboy
                When it rains, it pours
                • May 2003
                • 20609

                #8
                Originally posted by Rorschach
                Get a better OS, I can boot to the command prompt in just over 15 seconds and then into X in another 5.
                Linux?

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                • loverboy
                  When it rains, it pours
                  • May 2003
                  • 20609

                  #9
                  Originally posted by detoxed


                  My uptime: 29 days
                  might want to invest in the near future for a better PC. what's your specs?

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                  • MuleScrote
                    Confirmed User
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 4601

                    #10
                    AMD here too...one of the AthlonXP chips. I go 2 or 3 months without rebooting sometimes.
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                    • macker
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                      • Jul 2003
                      • 2161

                      #11
                      Originally posted by loverboy


                      Linux?
                      er, I think so!

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                      • Holly
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                        • Jun 2003
                        • 10017

                        #12
                        I was gonna say crap like, make sure you don't keep a lot of fonts in your actual Fonts folder, defrag regularly, etc. But if it's taking 5 full minutes, sounds like you've got bigger problems.
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                        • Rorschach
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                          • Aug 2002
                          • 5579

                          #13
                          Originally posted by loverboy


                          Linux?


                          I have XP on another partition on the same machine and it sucks ass, takes much longer to boot, totally legit apps crash, and it just can't handle any kind of decent load at all... it's just shit.

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                          • MuleScrote
                            Confirmed User
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 4601

                            #14
                            Cleaning up your system registry will make things much faster too.
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                            • Holly
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 10017

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Rorschach




                              I have XP on another partition on the same machine and it sucks ass, takes much longer to boot, totally legit apps crash, and it just can't handle any kind of decent load at all... it's just shit.
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                              • Rorschach
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Aug 2002
                                • 5579

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Holly
                                I ain't crying... I've seen the light. Keep on trucking with your windows 98 though.

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                                • loverboy
                                  When it rains, it pours
                                  • May 2003
                                  • 20609

                                  #17
                                  Performance is great after boot up,, its just that its taking abit too long compared to other PC's that I have with the same specs..

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                                  • jack867
                                    Registered User
                                    • Mar 2004
                                    • 7

                                    #18
                                    (what a noob nerd. first post is about computer tech shit.)

                                    anyway, yeah. Having an Intel or an AMD chip or whatever really isn't going to matter that much in terms of start-up time... especially when you want to get it down from 5 minutes (which is freaking ridiculous)

                                    I'm not sure what to recommend though without tinkering first-hand with things... but, just at first thought;

                                    - defrag HDs
                                    - get / use ad-aware
                                    - clear up registry (if ad-aware does nothing)
                                    - turn off system restore (unless you like that sort of thing)

                                    ... yeah. Nothing else springs to mind right now, but i'm tired as fuck. So maybe something else'll come up later.

                                    goodluck.
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                                    • reynold
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 51271

                                      #19
                                      I'm still relying on Pentium 4.

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                                      • buzzard
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Aug 2002
                                        • 1276

                                        #20
                                        XP, 2000 are losers. Run win98se on a win95 shell. Just as stable as Xp and Faster than either. We have pentium Xp's in the office an I can beat em startup and prog load time with a shitty AMD 450 running win98 on top of a win95 shell. Startup is dependant on your os and what its loading, you'll never get a quick load with XP.
                                        You can run a 300mhz with 98se installed on top of a win95 shell and get better load time as well as better performance than XP . Another benefit is Less spyware. :0

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                                        • Slick
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 7338

                                          #21
                                          One other thing that should be brought up is the RPM of the drive, if you have a 5400 RPM drive, I'd recommend ya upping that up to a 7200 RPM drive with 8 meg cache (or faster if you got the cash). That wouldn't speed up the entire 5 minutes there, but it'd help with not only that, but the loading of everything else.

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                                          • loverboy
                                            When it rains, it pours
                                            • May 2003
                                            • 20609

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by buzzard
                                            XP, 2000 are losers. Run win98se on a win95 shell. Just as stable as Xp and Faster than either. We have pentium Xp's in the office an I can beat em startup and prog load time with a shitty AMD 450 running win98 on top of a win95 shell. Startup is dependant on your os and what its loading, you'll never get a quick load with XP.
                                            You can run a 300mhz with 98se installed on top of a win95 shell and get better load time as well as better performance than XP . Another benefit is Less spyware. :0
                                            Problem with Win98SE and other old Windows OS, Microsoft has stopped creating Updates for such softwares.

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                                            • loverboy
                                              When it rains, it pours
                                              • May 2003
                                              • 20609

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by jack867
                                              (what a noob nerd. first post is about computer tech shit.)

                                              anyway, yeah. Having an Intel or an AMD chip or whatever really isn't going to matter that much in terms of start-up time... especially when you want to get it down from 5 minutes (which is freaking ridiculous)

                                              I'm not sure what to recommend though without tinkering first-hand with things... but, just at first thought;

                                              - defrag HDs
                                              - get / use ad-aware
                                              - clear up registry (if ad-aware does nothing)
                                              - turn off system restore (unless you like that sort of thing)

                                              ... yeah. Nothing else springs to mind right now, but i'm tired as fuck. So maybe something else'll come up later.

                                              goodluck.
                                              weolcome to the board...

                                              already did the above you mentioned and so far no luck

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                                              • Krille
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Mar 2002
                                                • 2436

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by loverboy


                                                i don't usually turn-off my PC (24/7), can Pentium handle that?
                                                so what's the problem with a slow boot if you don't turn it off?

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                                                • magicmike
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                                                  • Feb 2003
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                                                  #25
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                                                  • loverboy
                                                    When it rains, it pours
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 20609

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Krille


                                                    so what's the problem with a slow boot if you don't turn it off?
                                                    my PC is 24/7 use but i do reboot it from time to time in cases like after installing a software...

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                                                    • loverboy
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                                                      • May 2003
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                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by magicmike
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                                                      • Mr. Marks
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                                                        • Jun 2001
                                                        • 7517

                                                        #28
                                                        it's xp.

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