what is the solution?

Question

my laptop takes so much time in booting means in switch on & when I click on start & I do turn off it doesn't shut down but when I press power button then laptop switch off.I don't want do install windows xp pro again & also don't want do formatting.Want to do work in normal mode not on safe mode.PLZ tell me the solution which is free of cost.

Answer 1

Do disk fragmentting on the drive on which the OS is installed.....
if that doesnt work free up space in the OS installed drive by saving the my doc files in other drive and uninstall all unessery softwares and files....
then do the defragmentation and hope that it works...
otherwise full system ormatt is the only answer...

Answer 2

This is what I think happened to your computer. I'm sorry this answer is rather lengthy, and the solution may not be any easy one.

You computer seems to boot in safe mode because you switch the power off before it shutdown gracefully. I do not recommend you to remove the power unless there is no other choice. What happens when you do that was, a lot of files that was opened had not had the chance to close or save properly and will results in cross links of files. So when you restart it, the operating system tries to repair these cross links and put you in safe mode. Your computer seems to have some process running which does not want to quit when you shutdown. It could be a virus, spyware, or simply just some corrupted programs.

Here's what I think you should do.

First of all, let your computer boot in safe mode. Create a restore point. Just in case anything goes wrong, you can restore to the current state.

Then, scan your computer for virus or spyware. AVG is a free anti-virus software. Ad-Aware and a-square are free spyware scanners.

If there is no spyware or virus found, or after the removal of virus and spyware the system still does not shutdown gracefully, do this,

Go to Start -> Programs -> Startup and remove any items you do not recognize. How? Simple select the items and press the delete key on your keyboard. Items that are commonly found here are Office Assistant, Acrobat Assistant, Adobe Gamma, Adobe Gamma Loader. These items are fine and normally do not cause problem like you describe but you can safely remove these item from the startup. You can manually put them back later if you need to.

Then, go to Start -> Run. Type regedit and press enter to bring up the registry editor. You are about to remove some process/programs that start up everytime the system boots up. There are two place you should look into. 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE\Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Run. and 2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Run

Both location has the key called Run. Click on it. You'll see on the right hand pane, there're a list of items, you can google the item name to see what it is for. If it's not really important to you, just delete the item. To delete an item on the right hand pane, select the Name, right-click, delete. Just do not delete the entire key, Run. After you've done removing, re-start computer, let it shutdown without removing the power if possible.

Tips:

1. While you are editing the registry, watch out for string like "dialer", "casino" you can safely remove them as they are most likely spyware.

2. Deleting the item in the registry does not delete the physical files on the hard drive. You need to manually go to the folder they reside and delete the files.

3. Before you edit anything in the registry key mentioned, it is a good practice to export that key in the registry (it will be save as .reg extension file). When you find that the item(s) you removed is actually not the culprit, you can re-import the items in the key by just double-clicking on the .reg file.

3. You can remove one item by one item in the reqistry Run key, starting from the one you think most likely causes the problem. Every time you remove an item, restart your computer to find out which one causes the problem.

If you screw up your computer, I'm not responsible for it, sorry that the way it is, I can tell you what you need to look into, but the risks is yours.

Answer 3

Best thing is disk defragmenter. Simply go to Start -> All Programs ->Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter. This will compact all files to free up more space on your hard drive and to make your computer run more smoothly. Also try the Disk Cleanup (Found in System Tools as well). This will get rid of useless files (Temporary Internet Files, etc.). Lastly, check for Virus's and Spyware. These will slow down your computer very much. I use ATG Free, it can be found very easily across the Internet. If all of these do not help, I would upgrade your RAM. This can cost from $60 - 300 dollars, depending on how much of an update.
Don't worry, this will delete any files, it simply makes your computer run faster and smoother. You can upgrade RAM at many computer shops. Maybe try Best Buy's "Geek Squad." Hope that this helps... good luck!

Answer 4

Hibernation on Windows XP, it was defaulted on with Windows 2000 RC2 when I got it from MSDN but taken off with RC3, still available but not defaulted on for Windows XP, turn it back on and hold the Shift key.

Software based hibernation is not 100% reliable so I suppose why it was off, what it does is serializing entire extended memory to disk and restore it instead of normal booting.

Answer 5

format and reinstall is the only solution or try installing a good anti virus software and clean the system and see

Answer 6

not understanding fully (i know im stupid) but your startup time is based on how much is on your computer so u can speed that up by getting rid of some software that you dont need