I have already removed any start up programs not needed. cleaned my registry and defraged my hard drive.system specs are as follows. Xp profesional (2003) x64, hitachi sata II 100gb (7200rpm) hard rive,Pentium D 3.0ghz (800mhz FSB) 2 GB samsung DDr2 667mhz dual channel memory. Dual Geforce 7600 512mb SLi video cards.built in nvidia ethernet harware firewalled (comcast cable modem) Abit NI8 mother board with a geforce 4 chipset. acer 17 inch lcd monitior (vga)
I built the system about 2 months ago and I installed xp again but it did not solve this problem.
2007-04-24 09:29:37 · 3 answers · asked by JMR 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
yes it only happens when I install something new or windows update does.It starts in about 20 secs from bio's into windows when it hasn't installed anything new.
2007-04-24 16:14:03 · update #1
Well, that boot time is not all that unusual. It is a little high for your configuration and a fresh install of windows, but not way too high.
Does it only do this sometimes?
Whenever you install new programs or make updates, the computer will take longer than normal to reboot.
2007-04-24 09:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find with XP that the more you put on you harddrive the longer it takes to shutdown or startup. When you first install XP its very fast....a few seconds. But put 4 movies, 50 games, 500+ pics onto the harddrive as I did last night, it takes a full minute to shut down and then restart, another full minute. Its not at all unusual.
2007-04-24 18:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by duron1_2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's ALL??! Hate to tell you this- but the time it takes a computer to boot, is about as CLOSE to "instant gratification"- as you're going to get. Windows XP is notoriously slow to load, & if you've got it down to a minute- then you've got it made. ... :)
2007-04-24 16:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋