Community weekly poll: How long does it take for your computer to boot up?
- 6/15/07 11:14 AM
how long does it take for your computer to boot up
by cvmclm - 6/15/07 9:50 PM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
actually my computer takes over 3 minutes to do a cold boot. my work around - i just put it in hibernate mode so when i turn it back on it just does the post test then loads up the saved version of the desktop from harddisk in less than a couple of minutes
under 1 minute..
by _sorrow_ - 6/15/07 9:53 PM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
29 seconds to the login screen
45 seconds to fully boot (password entered and all) with programs fully loaded and computer ready to go.
The only trick i've really done is the old prefetch trick, combined with using both services.msc and (for the more persistent ones) msconfig to limit what can and can not load on startup. Also, whenever i install a new program i immediately check to see if it comes on at startup, and if so turn it off.
msconfig
by oldmanmally - 6/15/07 10:45 PM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
to get a quick boot, just stop a few startup programs by going to 'start', 'run', type 'msconfig' then select the ones you recognise from the system tray on the 'startup' menu to be disabled until you start them manually [anything you dont need to start immediately on startup]. easy, under two minute startup on a laptop!
1 to 2 minutes
by rcsteinbach - 6/15/07 11:22 PM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The three biggest factors in my fast startup are:
- A finely tuned System (No viruses or spyware), Windows Registry, and a defragged Hard Drive.
- Disabled unneeded start-up services
- Using BootVis boot acceleration utility, made by Microsoft.
Now my boot up time never exceed 90 seconds.
Not very long...
by carlos campa - 6/15/07 11:50 PM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My computer doesn't take more than a minute, probably less, because it's Mac, natch. If you're real tired of the sort of foolishness that people seem to associate with the PC startup routine, go to your local Apple store and start one up, they come preloaded with all the kind of software that you're likely to want, or need, and you won't get much older waiting to get to work, or play. No, I don't sell them, or have a whole lot of stock, they're just designed better, to provide a different sort of user experience. It's part of the whole design philosophy, I shouldn't have to tell anyone who hasn't had their head in the sand since the late seventies, when they proclaimed their mission was to make stuff that's "Insanely great". It's a no-brainer!
55-60 secs....
by send2sherry - 6/16/07 12:00 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I run a 4600+ x2 with a gig of RAM. I started with a boot time of around 90-120 secs. Did the following to squeeze out a lil more time.
1) Turned of some services that I dont use (procexp + services.msc)
2) Do a periodic registry check + compact (registry mech/weekly)
3) Run CCleaner (Weekly)
4) Defrag using a third party defrag util (monthly)
Zonealarm does a scheduled weekly scan for viruses & spyware
OK, so I cheated a bit...
by LaJan7 - 6/16/07 12:20 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My old Compaq Presario has always been a speedster and it got a LOT faster when I upgraded the memory to 2GB. It took about 90 seconds today and I saw there were some things needing attention: installs opening the first time and a need for a defrag. It's back to faster than I can run to the restroom and back. LOL!
Unfortunately, the eMachine is slower than a glacier moving uphill and now that I put the password protection challange up (It's my computer for going boldly where I probably shouldn't go...), it's easily 3 minutes.
But no matter what I'm doing, whether it being booting up or a project, I have a strict rule: NEVER sit and wait for the computer! It needs to be a tool, not a black hole for my time.
Lenny
i can't agree more Lenny!
by send2sherry - 6/16/07 12:28 AM In reply to: OK, so I cheated a bit... by LaJan7i learnt this the hard way when the booting time for my old P4 rig started increasing by the day. At its worst it booted after 20 mins.
BTW the hard disk crashed the same week (and yes, I had backups on DVD)
Two month old PC with Windows Vista Home Premium
by thljcl - 6/16/07 1:00 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My PC is approximately two month old. It takes about 45 seconds to boot. Usually, I don't shut down my PC. Instead, I use the sleep mode. To wake my PC, I only need less than 5 seconds.
Less than a minute...
by hhdawrs - 6/16/07 1:00 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It's over four years old, Win XPHome/SP2 with only one re-install, fairly regular dollar injections, keep it clean and tight, use it over 6 hours/day. (Age is because it has taken me that long to think I've learned XP's quirks. And then there comes another oopsie!)
Aloha,
Herb
Bootup in just under 3 minutes but I have 63 Processes
by NorthBeachnik - 6/16/07 1:07 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had a Trojan on my Dell 600m Pentium 2.20 ghz, 586 mhz, 80 gig, 2mg Ram laprop and had all of disk wiped clean and my OS and software reinstalled about three weeks ago. I update and run AVG Anti-Virus and AVG Anit-Spyware.
I know I have to0 many processes running but I'm not sure what to get rid of or how. I also have stuff in my startup that doesn't need to be there as I don't use it that often. I don't know what to do about getting rid of these things either so that I can boot/start up quicker.
When I read instuctions on how to speed up my computer, delete items from the Task Manager and startup, I just have this image in my mind of making some horrible mistake which will result in a costly trip back to the repair shop.
Is there a way to capture the list of processes and put them up here for someone to help me figure out what I can delete (and how) and what I need to leave running?
I'm reasonably sure that I can remove Quicktime, Musicmatch Jukebox, HP Digital Imaging Monitor, and Adobe Photo Downloader...if I only knew how.
Thanks for any help!
Google & Procexp
by send2sherry - 6/16/07 1:34 AM In reply to: Bootup in just under 3 minutes but I have 63 Processes by NorthBeachnikI had the same questions as you. Now, I use a combination of Google & procexp - a great utility from erstwhile Sysinternals.
There are some great guides to help you identify and stop unneccessary services that hog system resources.
Here's just one of the zillion out there
http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp
I would recommend that you do not blindly follow one article. Cross check with a few more forums and then get on with it. If you are paranoid about breaking your system, tuen off one service at a time. That ways even if you do screw something up you know what exactly you need to tuen back on (when you boot in via Safe mode).
OK, let me qualify my previous response
by rbsjrx - 6/16/07 9:08 AM In reply to: Bootup in just under 3 minutes but I have 63 Processes by NorthBeachnikI said my primary WinXP machine took 4 minutes to boot. The time to get to the login window is fairly quick, well under a minute. But the times I reported for both it and my Linux machines were the times to get to where I could do something useful. My machine starts up with 39 processes plus 64 services, some of which are painfully slow.
I could set it up to manually load most of those 39 processes, but since I use all of them regularly and I live on the computer, I made the conscious decision a long time ago to not trade off boot time for convenience. Of the 64 services, all are ones I depend on for various things, including keeping my machine tuned up. All of this makes little or no practical difference since I never turn my machine off. Indeed, I depend on some of those tasks and services to keep doing useful work even when I'm not there.
Doing an apples-to-apples comparison between my Windows machines and my Linux machines is tricky. Certainly running "ps" under Linux vs. "msconfig" under Windows reveals that I'm loading a similarly large number of tasks and services/daemons on each platform.
And the bottom line remains the same - from power on to doing useful work takes 2-4 minutes on my Windows machines and under 1 minute on my Linux machines. On a practical level, it's far more significant to me that I occasionally have to restart Windows for no apparent reason while my Linux machines only need to rebooted when I decide to do so (and for some other reason than that the system has become unstable). On the average, I find Windows stays up 2-4 weeks between necessary reboots while Linux stays up for years.
How long does it take to boot up?
by manesg - 6/16/07 1:50 AM In reply to: How long does it take for your computer to boot up? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This is too much like the Larry N. discussion. See Lee Koo's summary of the Larry N. responses.
My CPU operating system boots up INSTANTLY!!!!
by Bill Voyles - 6/16/07 2:23 AM In reply to: How long does it take to boot up? by manesgAny dummy knows that the best way to leave your cpu is on standby for periods of overnight or less. It doesn't even have to boot up. It's still warmed up and ready to go. INSTANTLY!!! Leaving it for a week or more is different. Shut it down. DUHHHHHH!!!!
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