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    Start up taking too long...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nafsta, Sep 24, 2007.

  1. nafsta

    nafsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey
    i have discovered yet another problem with my hp dv6500 special edition notebook.... the start up is taking too long, i have stopped all the softwares loading at the Start up except for default one... which came with the laptop... but still it takes atleast 1minute 30 seconds... before the "welcome" with the loadin thing disappears and then it takes even mmore time to load the side bar... roughly 30 seconds.... it was faster before i'm not sure what the problem is now.
    I have installed no new softwares that might cause that might cause this to happen.... could anyone recomend a possible solution...
    cheers
     
    nafsta, Sep 24, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Read the stickies. There's a great clean install guide there.
     
    Lithus, Sep 24, 2007
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    notebook support Notebook Enthusiast

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  4. nafsta

    nafsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm not considering clean install as when i got the laptop... it worked fine... the start up was qiuck... if this is because of some junk from HP it should have occured before.. i have also scanned my pc with norton a few times and it does not detect anything...
     
    nafsta, Sep 24, 2007
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Well, there's your problem - NORTON.
     
    Lithus, Sep 24, 2007
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    +1

    Uninstall the piece of resource hogging crap. Try AVAST, which is a free, efficient anti-virus program.

    Another tip is to use a program called TuneXP 1.5 (also works on Vista). Especially useful are the 'Ultra Fast Bootup' option and 'Fast Shutdown' options.

    See this thread:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532
     
    mystery905, Sep 24, 2007
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  7. nafsta

    nafsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey
    well believe it or not i have tried loads of different antiviruses on my desktop i dont know how good they are but one thing that i'm sure about is that they slow ur computer by the same amount... plus i got norton with hp... if it is the root to problem it should have slowed my computer down then... why, after two months, has it suddenly started slowing my computer when i havnt even changed even 1 of its settings...?
     
    nafsta, Sep 24, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Look into your STARTUP and into the TASK SCHEDULER. Most likely there are unnecessary processes in both.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 24, 2007
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  9. nafsta

    nafsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey...yes i'm back ... lol
    just restored my computer using recovery disk... every tihng seems fine now but i have 121gb free in "C" out of 141 GB does vista take 20 gb of space?
     
    nafsta, Sep 29, 2007
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    Norton Internet Security comes with 60 days trial is good start on my Compaq and it doesn't slow down at all. After it is expired I will unstall it and install low resource Avira AntiVirus or AOL Active Virus Scanner..both are free.
     
    Rottie, Sep 29, 2007
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    The restore discs contain all the bloatware, and thus take up that 20 GB.
     
    Lithus, Sep 29, 2007
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  12. nafsta

    nafsta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well... as i said.. people dont like norton because its not such a good anti virus... however they just exadurate it by saying its a drain on resources.. for me its not that good pf an anti virus but its slows down ur pc by just as much amount as others...
     
    nafsta, Sep 29, 2007
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    Vista itself uses around 8gb of HD space. The rest is for programs (regular and bloatware), and system restore which can take up to 16gb! And a couple of gigs for the paging file.
     
    kanehi, Sep 30, 2007
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