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    Slow start up

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Joe85, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. Joe85

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    In the space of a week. My boot time has increased from 14 secs to 1 minute. I have no idea why. I've run MSconfig and literally the only porgrams enabled at start up are the OS and core drivers.

    Is my SSD faulty?
     
    Joe85, Jun 3, 2012
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    You can check your read and write speeds of your ssd, there are several programs for that on the benchmark thread.
     
    MacHammer, Jun 3, 2012
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    MSConfig does not show everything for me. I like to use CCleaner.
     
    DrWhistler, Jun 3, 2012
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  4. Joe85

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    Anything wrong with that?

    AS SSD Benchmark 1.6.4194.30325
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    Name: M4-CT128M4SSD2
    Firmware: 0309
    Controller: iaStor
    Offset: 103424 K - OK
    Size: 119.24 GB
    Date: 03/06/2012 23:21:23
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    Sequential:
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    Read: 499.70 MB/s
    Write: 184.04 MB/s
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    4K:
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    Read: 20.79 MB/s
    Write: 55.98 MB/s
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    4K-64Threads:
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    Read: 131.56 MB/s
    Write: 103.60 MB/s
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    Access Times:
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    Read: 0.113 ms
    Write: 0.211 ms
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    Score:
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    Read: 202
    Write: 178
    Total: 476
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    Joe85, Jun 3, 2012
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    Im down to 85gb

    i'll try the update.
     
    Joe85, Jun 3, 2012
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    85/128 isn't bad.
    Check to see if TRIM is enabled by doing the following:
    1) Open an elevated Command Prompt (Start>>type "cmd" without the quotes>>Right click "cmd.exe">>click "Run as an Administrator")
    2) In the elevated Command Prompt, type "fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify" without the quotes and hit enter
    3) If it returns DisableDeleteNotify = 0 then TRIM is enabled. If DisableDeleteNotify = 1 then TRIM is disabled.
    4) If TRIM is disabled, in the same elevated Command Prompt type "fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0" without the quotes and hit enter. Repeat step 2 to make sure DisableDeleteNotify = 0.
     
    aznpos531, Jun 3, 2012
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