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    Acer Aspire 5672, slow startup?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by RedOctober45, Jul 14, 2006.

  1. RedOctober45

    RedOctober45 Newbie

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    I just recently bought a 5672 for a very good price. I am very happy with it, however, I did notice that the startup speed was kinda slugish for a brand new core duo laptop. Even with turbo startup on, it still is kinda sluggish. It shuts down fine. I was thinking about playing around with the msconfig, but even then, it shouldn't startup this slow regardless. Ive seen other laptops like the dv5000t and Dell's E1505 which startup very fast with factory default settings. Could it possibly be due to the fact that the hdd came formatted in FAT32, instead of the newer format? Also, the hdd's are 5400rpm so the hdd's themselves shouldnt be an issue. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks alot for any help/tips.
     
    RedOctober45, Jul 14, 2006
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    risslerp Notebook Consultant

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    How slow is slow? How many minutes to startup?
     
    risslerp, Jul 14, 2006
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    calcutron Notebook Enthusiast

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    my stock 5672 takes at the most 50 sec, from pressing the button to being on the desktop.
     
    calcutron, Jul 14, 2006
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  4. RedOctober45

    RedOctober45 Newbie

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    It takes about 50 sec to reach the desktop, then add about another 20 sec to fully load all of the desktop apps and such.
     
    RedOctober45, Jul 14, 2006
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    you mean you actually turn the computer off?
     
    k3l0, Jul 14, 2006
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    RedOctober45 Newbie

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    Yeh, I usually completely shut it down if I am done for the day with it. I was thinking of hibernating or standby it instead, is this a better option? Thanks.
     
    RedOctober45, Jul 14, 2006
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    whats wrong with turning it off?
     
    calcutron, Jul 14, 2006
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    First things first, uninstall whatever bloatware Acer might have preinstalled. How long have you ran your laptop without defragging? If the answer is a long time, maybe you should consider defragging your hardrive. Granted it shouldn't speed up the startup process by much, it'll still be noticeable nontheless.
     
    cy007, Jul 14, 2006
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    my new piece of **** 8204wlmi takes 2mins, constant;y defragged with diskeeper pro. oh and the speakers are ****e, i swear mice can sing louder
     
    g33, Jul 15, 2006
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    why bother shutting down when you can hibernate or standby?
     
    k3l0, Jul 15, 2006
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    cos sumtimes u need to reboot. i tend to do it every few times after hibernating, it tends to feel fresher :)
     
    g33, Jul 16, 2006
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  12. k3l0

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    if you need to reboot your computer in order to make it "feel fresher", you've done something wrong
     
    k3l0, Jul 17, 2006
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  13. BlackLantern

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    Windows requires a reboot every once in a while, otherwise it gets sluggish.
     
    BlackLantern, Jul 17, 2006
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