Ways to speed up PC boot up - GoFuckYourself.com

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:17 PM

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 · 03-12-2004, 11:17 PM

Pentium

riosluts · 03-12-2004, 11:18 PM

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

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:19 PM

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Originally posted by detoxed
Pentium

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

detoxed · 03-12-2004, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by loverboy

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

My uptime: 29 days

Rorschach · 03-12-2004, 11:21 PM

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

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:22 PM

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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...

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:23 PM

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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?

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:23 PM

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Originally posted by detoxed

My uptime: 29 days

might want to invest in the near future for a better PC. what's your specs?

MuleScrote · 03-12-2004, 11:26 PM

AMD here too...one of the AthlonXP chips. I go 2 or 3 months without rebooting sometimes.

macker · 03-12-2004, 11:26 PM

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Originally posted by loverboy

Linux?

er, I think so!

Holly · 03-12-2004, 11:28 PM

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.

Rorschach · 03-12-2004, 11:28 PM

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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.

MuleScrote · 03-12-2004, 11:29 PM

Cleaning up your system registry will make things much faster too.

Holly · 03-12-2004, 11:30 PM

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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.

Rorschach · 03-12-2004, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by Holly

I ain't crying... I've seen the light. Keep on trucking with your windows 98 though.

loverboy · 03-12-2004, 11:48 PM

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..

jack867 · 03-12-2004, 11:48 PM

(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.

reynold · 03-12-2004, 11:51 PM

I'm still relying on Pentium 4.

buzzard · 03-13-2004, 12:33 AM

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

Slick · 03-13-2004, 12:45 AM

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.

loverboy · 03-13-2004, 02:08 AM

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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.

loverboy · 03-13-2004, 02:10 AM

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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

Krille · 03-13-2004, 02:11 AM

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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?

magicmike · 03-13-2004, 02:13 AM

Dropkick.

It always works.

loverboy · 03-13-2004, 02:23 AM

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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...

loverboy · 03-13-2004, 02:25 AM

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Originally posted by magicmike
Dropkick.

It always works.

a dose of laughter doesnt hurt

Mr. Marks · 03-13-2004, 02:46 AM

it's xp.

03-12-2004, 11:17 PM	#1
loverboy When it rains, it pours Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 20,609	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

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loverboy When it rains, it pours Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 20,609	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..

03-12-2004, 11:48 PM	#18
jack867 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 7	(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. __________________ i design things. ICQ: 207861384

03-12-2004, 11:51 PM	#19
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	I'm still relying on Pentium 4.

03-13-2004, 12:33 AM	#20
buzzard Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,276	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

03-13-2004, 12:45 AM	#21
Slick Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houghton, MI Posts: 7,338	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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