How can I make the waiting time shorter during boot-up?
2006-10-26 14:16:47 · 12 answers · asked by kruk 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Go to MSCONFIG and disable what you don't need in the START UP
2006-10-26 14:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is too high. You need to clean up your booting process. Check the breakdown of this time - how much by your system, and how much by Windows - by seeing how much time it takes before 'windows is starting' comes on. See if starting in the safe mode also takes as much time..
In your cmos setup (accessed by pressing delete when you're booting up) look for an option of default or optimal settings and select that.
While running windows, click on start - run. Type msconfig, and the configuration utility will open. Go to the startup tab - you will find a large number of programs selected, which start when your computer boots. Reduce this to the bare minimum.
Should make it go faster.
If all this doens't work, you RAM may be bad, try replacing it.
2006-10-26 21:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by aggi74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually slow boot ups is because your hard drive is very fragmented and all the time is spent searching for little pieces of files to run your computer. Here are some tips to help you out.
A major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.
You need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.
You can use the Microsoft defrag utility. It may take a few hours to run it so launch it when you can just let your computer run for several hours or even overnight.
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > defrag
A great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.
Also, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another great program, and it's free. Go to www.sysinternals.com and download the program named "autoruns". This utility will tell you exactly what is running on your PC and provides a nice and easy way to shut down the ones you don't want to boot at start up. Once you have it installed use the tabs at the top of the window to access the various categories. If you use the "everything" tab it will overwhelm you because the list is massive. All you have to do is uncheck the box next to the program name and the program will not start at your next boot up. Hurry as this site has been bought up by Microsoft and these free programs may not be around much longer.
Another good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time. With only 256M of RAM I think you are going to be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.
What happens when you run out of RAM is that the OS recognizes the low or no RAM situation and starts using a section of your hard drive as memory. This is called virtual memory, or a swap file. The PC is constantly writing and reading from your HD. Comparitively, it is a very slow process. Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to www.crucial.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though. If you are going to keep your PC for a substantial amount of time I recommend you see if you can easily go to 768M. This will give you plenty of RAM for anything you are running and you will usually see (on the RAM meter) that you have between 300 to 400M of RAM not being used.
Hope this helps
2006-10-26 21:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by Dick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way to long, should take only less than a 1/2 Minute
Here is a suggestion ,you might heard about it but it is really simple to use and easy to install.
From Microsoft "Windows Live One Care"
Here what it does, it will clean your Hard drive, tune up your Computer, check for Virus and check if you have all the latest Update from Microsoft plus you can insert a Disc and Live one Care will Store all your Favorites.
It is really a very cool Tool. You can set Time and shedule for scanning,I do it weekly.
It cost I believe $30 a year. But first you can try before you buy it.
Good Luck
2006-10-26 21:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not normal. Try deleting things you don't use anymore or get your computer upgrade. I have had many computers in my life time and they were mostly slow and a few start up and then just suddenly shut down itself... but none take 7 minutes to start up. You should call a computer expert or better yet get a new computer that's faster and much more efficient. Whatever you do i hope you fix the problme you're having with your computer.
2006-10-26 21:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by vivgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, once it starts again go to your star menu, select all programs, then choose accessories, then system tools and finally diskeeper disk defragmenter, this process will reorganize your computer memory data and will liberate space from either repeated information or bad files. This can take long time, but is good. You might leave it during the night. Just take some time at the beginning to observe that is ruining well as the computer program might ask you to execute something. Good luck.
2006-10-26 21:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mina75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats way to long man. Maximum 3 minutes. You can do all the msconfig etc but if i was you, save all yur files on a cd or USB Stick/Pen drive, format yur hard drive (erase everything) and reinstall windows which is a fresh copy. It will work faster. Zone alarm firewall is the best and AVG Antivirus is good also so u can use them after install. After u reinstall all yur programs etc, defragment yur computer. Hardware wise, u can add more memory. Laterz.
2006-10-26 21:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by The Honourable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is way too long. You have probably installed so much stuff on there over the years and its clogging up kinds of memory and space. You might get rid of some of that stuff. Maybe your computer has a virus.
2006-10-26 21:19:56 · answer #8 · answered by Casey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long it takes depends on many things, including drive fragmentation, what services you are (automatically) starting, what applications are starting (Automatically), speed of CPU, speed of bus, number of peripherals, etc.
See other answers as to how to find out.
Below are "startup" times for some of my systems, including log-in, ready to operate. Some use "Auto-log-in"!
Win95 on 486@500Mhz, no extras, 1.5 min.
Win98 on Celeron@1Gb, 2 HD, 2 CD/DVD, USB 2.0card, 2.7 min
XP on 3.0Ghz CPU, 1GbRAM, 1DVD, 200Gb+HD, 2.0 min
XP on 2.5GHz CPU, 512RAM, 2CD/DVD, 3 HD (80Gb, 40Gb, 10Gb), MANY programs and extras, several USB items, 5.5 min
Dos/Win 3.1, 200Mhz CPU, no extras, 1.0 min
IBM mini-mainframe with Unix System V(very old), 45 sec.
Various Linux on 1Ghz CPU, 512RAM, 1CD/DVD, 35 sec.
2006-10-26 22:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not normal at all......... try msconfig(run).startup and see what is starting up.you will be able to reduce the programs that are starting up
2006-10-26 21:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by zepfan12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋