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    fast boot

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Xellon, Oct 12, 2010.

  1. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    Does fast boot really... boots fast? I don't see it. if it just "delays" something, i was thinking it loads it slowly and saves time on waiting or something.

    this is crap isn't it?
     
    Xellon, Oct 12, 2010
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  2. bigdoof

    bigdoof Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd say the vast majority of Asus' pre-loaded software is pure crap. The remainder is only partially crap.
     
    bigdoof, Oct 12, 2010
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    The point of boot optimizing software is to get you to the home screen as quickly as possible, but may not necessarily have all your minimized or background process programs working yet.

    Some software rearranges the programs and delays their start as a means to accomplish this, and Soluto lets you visually see whether you can take some things out of the mix to improve the boot time.
     
    ClearSkies, Oct 12, 2010
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  4. holymoly

    holymoly Notebook Geek

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    fastboot was messing up in mine, some programs i know are starting doesnt show up in fastboot or msconfig, so i deleted it
     
    holymoly, Oct 12, 2010
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  5. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    it doesn't do much for me. I was hoping do instantly say open up firefox the miniute my desktop shows up but it still takes some time to load.
     
    Xellon, Oct 14, 2010
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  6. Voli

    Voli Notebook Enthusiast

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    Most of the software is redundant and takes up resources. I only kept the ATK software for the function keys/lights.
     
    Voli, Oct 14, 2010
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  7. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Unless you have lots of pre-loaded crapware or startup programs, you won't need FastBoot. FastBoot is even more meaningless if you have a SSD.
     
    David, Oct 14, 2010
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  8. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    all I have are my factory processors at start. Like around 80 or 90 processors. Not really many start up programs. seems to be useless so I'll probably get rid of it.
     
    Xellon, Oct 14, 2010
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