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    M14x bootup time pretty slow

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by mittens14x, Jul 22, 2011.

  1. mittens14x

    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    my specs:
    2820qm, 3gb vram, 1600x900, 500gb 7200rpm (295gb used) win7 home prem, about 20 icons on desktop

    from when i press the power button until the desktop is loaded up, it takes about 2-5 minutes to load to the desktop and have everything ready. this is pretty slow for a 1,800 dollar laptop with high specs. anyone know how to boost your bootup time? if i had an SSD drive, how much faster will it be? any suggestions? thanks

    and, what are your bootup times on ur m14x's? please list specs too =)
     
    mittens14x, Jul 22, 2011
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  2. pokemon123

    pokemon123 Notebook Consultant

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    Check your start up manager (msconfig) uncheck the ones you don't need upon boot. I just upgraded to an SSD and my boot time lowered down to 20seconds.

    specs:
    2630QM, 1.5vram, 1600x900, 128gb ssd, 500gb 7200rpm, win7 pro,
     
    pokemon123, Jul 22, 2011
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    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    20 seconds? from pressing the alienhead until you get to the desktop?!
     
    mittens14x, Jul 22, 2011
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    pokemon123 Notebook Consultant

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    Well from the press of the power to the log in screen b/c I still need to type in my password. It was about 23-28 seconds. The desktop itself boots pretty fast everything loads up within a second or two. I also don't have a lot of program running from the start. Just the necessary things that will be needed upon boot.
     
    pokemon123, Jul 22, 2011
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    Xaser04 Notebook Consultant

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    This basically.

    An SSD will certainly speed up the boot process but if your system is taking 2-3 minutes now a SSD will still take around 1-1.5 minutes to fully boot. It simply sounds like you have a lot of background processes loading on startup.
     
    Xaser04, Jul 22, 2011
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    Tergazzi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mine takes about 23-28 sec as well to go from off to log in screen I would definetly check your startup services, but i would use services.msc in the run window not msconfig. Also defrag HD, and also clean and defrag your registry.
     
    Tergazzi, Jul 22, 2011
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