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    How long does it take you to boot up?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by diver110, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. diver110

    diver110 Notebook Evangelist

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    It takes close to 5 minutes on my 2 year old T 60. It is when I have to reboot that it really gets tiresome.
     
    diver110, Aug 9, 2009
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    My old A22e boots in less than 2 minutes, this with a 15GB 4,200rpm ATA HDD, there's something wrong with your machine, maybe you would want to do a recovery reinstall.
     
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    Operating Systems like Windows tend to slow down over time, so a clean install may be necessary to make boot times faster. In addition, you can try uninstalling some programs, disabling startup programs, or defragging the HDD.

    If you have the money, an SSD would really lower your boot times.
     
    sr1650nx, Aug 9, 2009
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  4. MidnightSun

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    My laptop takes probably around 2 minutes to fully boot, but I haven't timed since I have password-at-login enabled.

    Your T60 is probably laden with many startup items, those can really bog down boot speed. Uninstall unnecessary programs, and, if you know what you're doing, disable some unnecessary startups in msconfig.
     
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  5. jonlumpkin

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    My x200 Tablet with SSD and Windows 7 takes about 12 seconds to clear the BIOS and start loading the OS, about 20 seconds more to get to the login screen, and is immediately usable after that.

    However, with the stock 5400RPM SSD and Vista preload it was a minute or two to get to the login screen and a few minutes more of thrashing the HDD before it was really usable.
     
    jonlumpkin, Aug 9, 2009
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  6. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    t500, 5400rpm drive with win7.. takes about 45 seconds from the 'starting windows' to the desktop (not fully loaded)
     
    buckle, Aug 10, 2009
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    Takes 50 seconds to get to desktop with all the icons loaded in taskbar.

    My system is only about 2.5 months old.

    I have 10 programs in my Startup list, and about 45 processes running when the system is running.
     
    joey-t, Aug 10, 2009
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    About 18 seconds with the new computer. (Asus in sig)

    About 2-2.5 minutes on the old T42 (needs a format, and will be doing soon).

    The T43 is currently undergoing surgery. :D
     
    BeefyBeefo, Aug 10, 2009
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  9. keltix

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    45 seconds to the desktop
    75 seconds until fully usable
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    T400 | 7200 RPM | 4 GB DDR3 | T9400 CPU
     
    keltix, Aug 10, 2009
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  11. keltix

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    does the boot time include BIOS? or just desktop boot time.
     
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  12. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What do you mean BIOS? You mean the POST?
     
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  13. keltix

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    sry i mean does the "Boot Time" timer start from the time you press the power button?
     
    keltix, Aug 10, 2009
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  14. diver110

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    Thanks for all of the feedback. I have defragged the hard drive, but that did not help. I probably do have too many programs involved in the start up procedure. How to excise those is a little outside my knowledge base, but I will look into it. Thanks again.
     
    diver110, Aug 10, 2009
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  15. madmook

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    Usually around 35-40 seconds cold boot (from the moment I push the power button).

    SSD helps.
     
    madmook, Aug 10, 2009
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    5minutes on t60? my t60 takes about 1.5~2min on vista business.
     
    kdaniel6217, Aug 10, 2009
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  17. thinkpad knows best

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    2 Mins on the T60?????

    I use a T43 2.0GHz Pent M, 1.5GB RAM, 5400 80GB HDD, win 7/xp pro dual boot.

    Windows XP Pro-54 seconds-slow
    Windows 7-22 seconds-no disk activity
     
    thinkpad knows best, Aug 11, 2009
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  18. Thaenatos

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    Well under a minute for usable OS. I have never had a rig take longer then 2min to be up and running. Like the others Id recommend a clean install or recovery.
     
    Thaenatos, Aug 11, 2009
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  19. NecessaryEvil

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    Longer with my W500 than it did for my T61p. I blame the fingerprint reader.

    Can't say I've actually timed it though. Under a minute.
     
    NecessaryEvil, Aug 11, 2009
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  20. thinkpad knows best

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    The fingerprint reader shouldn't take long to initialize, my T43 has a fingerprint reader and it boots into XP Pro in 54 seconds.
     
    thinkpad knows best, Aug 11, 2009
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  21. NecessaryEvil

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    The W500 has a different fingerprint reader than the T43, T60, and T61 did, and uses different software.

    Where it would boot directly into Windows on my T61p, it boots to my user name, waits a couple seconds, then the fingerprint reader comes up and logs me in.

    I may be overestimating, but I'd say there's an extra 5-10 seconds for the new Authentec based readers.
     
    NecessaryEvil, Aug 12, 2009
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  22. nox_user

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    My reboot time (includes shutting Windows down and then booting it onto desktop) was earlier 121 seconds but I removed some Lenovo's bloatware and got it down to 96 seconds. Boot itself takes time around 70 - 80 seconds. My machine is a T400 with 5400 rpm drive but I plan upgrading it into an SSD-drive when Windows 7 comes out.
     
    nox_user, Aug 12, 2009
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