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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / August 2008How long does it take you to boot XP?
Little survey here--and if you have fast times, please mention your mobo and processor. I get 22 seconds on a six-year old Intel PBZ with a P4 3.0, Raid 0. A networked, but stripped down XP (minimal services except for virus). I think that's good but I'm sure newer machines will beat it easily... interested to hear yours--no cheating! (shopping for a mobo) The date and time was 8/21/2008 1:49 PM, and on a whim, Spiral pounded out on the keyboard: > Little survey here--and if you have fast times, please mention your mobo and > processor. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I think that's good but I'm sure newer machines will beat it easily... > interested to hear yours--no cheating! (shopping for a mobo) DFI KT-600AL mb w/AMD 3000+ 1 gig RAM 7200 rpm drives. Boots in 15 seconds, and that's with PageDefrag running on boot also (with no delay set). While that gives me a Desktop, it takes about another 15-20 seconds before everything is loaded and I can quickly move about. I work on quite a few client machines each week and I feel like this old workstation is quicker than most Dell Intel duo-core machines. Hard to compare apples to apples, but response time doing normal tasks is still quick on this workstation.  SignatureTerry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > The date and time was 8/21/2008 1:49 PM, and on a whim, Spiral pounded > out on the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > compare apples to apples, but response time doing normal tasks is still > quick on this workstation. I guess I should have said, until you have a cursor arrow over the start button, or, no hour glass, which to me is the indication of when it is fully booted. As I build different machines, I'm getting that same vibe you got--that CPU increases are not increases en masse, but at certain tasks, keeping the old ones decently in the running... Cheers >> The date and time was 8/21/2008 1:49 PM, and on a whim, Spiral >> pounded out on the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Cheers certain tasks, and the amount of tasks you can run and well make a big difference. Virtual Machines, CAD apps, etc... SignatureRegards, Dustin Cook, Author of BugHunter BugHunter - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk MalwareBytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org > Little survey here--and if you have fast times, please mention your mobo > and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I think that's good but I'm sure newer machines will beat it easily... > interested to hear yours--no cheating! (shopping for a mobo) Getting to the point where a machine can boot so fast requires stripping down to the point where all one has is an operating system. I have never seen much point in doing this. I favour usability over raw speed.. SignatureMike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx >> Little survey here--and if you have fast times, please mention your mobo >> and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > down to the point where all one has is an operating system. I have never > seen much point in doing this. I favour usability over raw speed.. You can in fact strip excessively, I agree, but I run the entire Adobe suite, Photoshop & Premiere, Illustrator, etc., use a video capture PCI card, messes o' fonts, Dreamweaver and web everything. Also, the wonderful DVD Flick (gotta plug this open source app!), which takes AVI files and cooks them into a DVD while keeping a/v in synch. (that's where I'd like to retire the ol' P4 into something quad-like). In addition, I use Cerebrus as an FTP server to mozy huge files back and forth on the network plus SLING the TV on it in a TV window (olympics). Trying to make a case for it's usability! I think everything works smoother when you pimp-slap some of the services from XP... Was hoping to hear about some insane boot times from quad-core people... 'Its also about the processes running at startups. You may have system booting at a fast speed but it may not take long, you even failed to mention any security programs in your system if here is any, which others says cause a lot baggage. SignatureRey > >> Little survey here--and if you have fast times, please mention your mobo > >> and [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > from XP... > Was hoping to hear about some insane boot times from quad-core people... > 'Its also about the processes running at startups. You may have system > booting at a fast speed but it may not take long, you even failed to [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> from XP... >> Was hoping to hear about some insane boot times from quad-core people... Mine boots reasonably fast but then I wait while AVG does an update, etc. Galen > 'Its also about the processes running at startups. You may have system > booting at a fast speed but it may not take long, you even failed to > mention any security programs in your system if here is any, which others > says cause a lot baggage. My initiating post mentions I run a virus program--ask and I'll plug it (I love this one after trying them all) but no firewall, spyware or any other stuff. Safely behind a NAT Router, so I keep from buying the latest weekly $40.00 scare prevention. |
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