Increase boot speed Dramatically

Ali · October 12th, 2002

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.

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This is working very well for me. Those who use windows XP my have noticed that moving block at bootup. Before these setting my PC usually took 16 round, now it takes only one or two.

I don't know what this thing does, can someone explain me if there are any downsides of this.

Ali

**Shiori** · October 12th, 2002

XP boots up in ~45 seconds for me, and that includes the time it takes for me to type my password.

Usually antivirus programs are the main culprits in an unusually slow bootup time. Try that bootvis proggy.

**Kirby** · October 12th, 2002

Systemsuite 4.0 is what kills me. It's about 15 secs, by what I remember (25 with SP1). I'm always in the bathroom when it's booting up.

**Kane** · October 12th, 2002

NAV is what increases mybot time. I have to have it up tho, as I kep getting viral mails in my NGEmu account.

Ali · October 12th, 2002

Trust me guys this trick has increased my boot speed. and my harddisk has on'y 3 GB empty out of 30GB, with Norton AV 2003 ands Norton Internet Security running.

**Shiori** · October 12th, 2002

That's ok; 45 seconds is fast enuff for me, thank you.

Koji2009 · October 12th, 2002

Since my PC is on 24/7... decreasing boottime isn't an issue for me...

Auri87 · October 12th, 2002

NAV is boot up killer for me too. takes me like 20-30 seconds to boot up after password it typed in. here are 2 guides i found very helpful and decresed my boot time a lot and overall preformance in windows xp

part1: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...=guide&dId=120
part 2: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.p...e=guide&dId=145

**Betamax** · October 12th, 2002

This ought to be in software... moving.

BTW My desktop shell slows my bootup quite considerably.

Gamer1 · October 12th, 2002

the best thing to do for boot speed boost is to actually reformatt your drive and start anew (install the os again after format). that's the only way to get rid of useless crap that windows stores.

Ali · October 12th, 2002

Quote:

This ought to be in software... moving.

I almost lost this thread

**cooliscool** · October 12th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
XP boots up in ~45 seconds for me, and that includes the time it takes for me to type my password.

Usually antivirus programs are the main culprits in an unusually slow bootup time. Try that bootvis proggy.

Same here, though i dont use a password, i trust my family not to touch my pc.

DB7 · October 12th, 2002

My boot up is super quick and I use a dual boot. I just wish my shut down was as quick from XP.

Zapages · October 12th, 2002

It takes me 2 minutes to boot XP because of slow computer

Esturk · October 12th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Ali
This is working very well for me. Those who use windows XP my have noticed that moving block at bootup. Before these setting my PC usually took 16 round, now it takes only one or two.

I don't know what this thing does, can someone explain me if there are any downsides of this.

Ali

I used to see that big moving block on my old Celeorn 300@450. But since I upgraded to my 900 I don't see it at all. Thanks for the tip Ali! Maybe it's my UDMA100 Hard Disk that sped it up...

**Kellicros** · October 12th, 2002

>> 9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".

*****! They are all greyed out....? :eyes:

Eface · October 14th, 2002

and win98 users?
i still beat winxp boottimes with my win98

jegHegy · October 14th, 2002

what about win2000? i'm at school, so i can't try this out, but i won't, until i figure out what this actually does. i'll look at it at home.

nyaa

Esturk · October 14th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Eface
and win98 users?
i still beat winxp boottimes with my win98

My Windows 95 and ME whoop XP's boot times.

**Kane** · October 14th, 2002

My XP uptime whoops 9x's uptime

October 12th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	Increase boot speed Dramatically 1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-. /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\ 2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc". 3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window. 4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open". 5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit. 6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc". 7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" 8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties". 9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK". 10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9. 11. Reboot your computer. -------------------------------------------------- This is working very well for me. Those who use windows XP my have noticed that moving block at bootup. Before these setting my PC usually took 16 round, now it takes only one or two. I don't know what this thing does, can someone explain me if there are any downsides of this. Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

October 12th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	XP boots up in ~45 seconds for me, and that includes the time it takes for me to type my password. Usually antivirus programs are the main culprits in an unusually slow bootup time. Try that bootvis proggy. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

October 12th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Kirby Politically incorrect FTW Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,445	Systemsuite 4.0 is what kills me. It's about 15 secs, by what I remember (25 with SP1). I'm always in the bathroom when it's booting up. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

October 12th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	NAV is what increases mybot time. I have to have it up tho, as I kep getting viral mails in my NGEmu account. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

October 12th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	Trust me guys this trick has increased my boot speed. and my harddisk has on'y 3 GB empty out of 30GB, with Norton AV 2003 ands Norton Internet Security running. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

October 12th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	That's ok; 45 seconds is fast enuff for me, thank you. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

October 12th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Koji2009 Don't make me stab you... Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wherever my shiny sword takes me. Posts: 338	Since my PC is on 24/7... decreasing boottime isn't an issue for me... __________________ As I meander about my life I wonder if it's all worth it... Then I see my huge anime collection in the corner and I know it was not all in vain. -Writing crappy books and crappy drawings... what better to do with that free time then blow it here instead?

October 12th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Auri87 aka. "Kr0nic_2000" Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: If i told you then i would have to kill you... Posts: 2,165	NAV is boot up killer for me too. takes me like 20-30 seconds to boot up after password it typed in. here are 2 guides i found very helpful and decresed my boot time a lot and overall preformance in windows xp part1: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...=guide&dId=120 part 2: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.p...e=guide&dId=145 __________________ If you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If I think you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If you leave anything out, I'll kill ya. As a matter of fact you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive. Do you understand? Good, cause if you don't, I'll kill ya. "trying is the first step towards failure" -Homer Simpson- check out my 3d marks http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4481587

October 12th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	This ought to be in software... moving. BTW My desktop shell slows my bootup quite considerably. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

October 12th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	the best thing to do for boot speed boost is to actually reformatt your drive and start anew (install the os again after format). that's the only way to get rid of useless crap that windows stores. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

October 12th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 997	My boot up is super quick and I use a dual boot. I just wish my shut down was as quick from XP.

October 12th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Zapages Prince of Persia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,099	It takes me 2 minutes to boot XP because of slow computer __________________ Prince of Persia Legacy and Prince of Persia Gallery

October 12th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	>> 9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK". ***! They are all greyed out....? :eyes: __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt**

October 14th, 2002	#17 (permalink)
Eface The ChinaDude!!! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In my room, with my computer. hey, i saw at another forum that you could dump a lot of info here. Can i do that here too? Yes, i see i can do that. LOL, i love this, how much can i talk more here? STILL MORE? Oh this is so much fun but here it ends. Posts: 3,917	and win98 users? i still beat winxp boottimes with my win98 __________________ "Always fighting for your believes..." "...With fighting, my belief began" --------------------------------- "Like... WTF are you doing with that chair?" "What does it look like, of course i'm going to use it to fly!" My homepage where my drawings are for ur pleasure! really really NOT updated

October 14th, 2002	#18 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	what about win2000? i'm at school, so i can't try this out, but i won't, until i figure out what this actually does. i'll look at it at home. nyaa

October 14th, 2002	#20 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	My XP uptime whoops 9x's uptime __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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