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    Lenovo EE 2.0 = RapidBoot technology?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sp00n, Apr 30, 2011.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    For those of you hesitant to do a clean install of Win7 because you were worried that you'd the faster boot up time from EE 2.0, it appears the Lenovo RapidBoot technology software will fix that problem for you.

    Driver page:
    Lenovo Support - RapidBoot for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad

    The support page provides very little info on what exactly it does (probably to keep their competitors from knowing what exactly those enhancements are). It basically just says that RapidBoot technology will speed up your boot up, and if I recall correctly, the major benefit of an EE 2.0 machine is to provide quicker boot up times.

    Can anyone clarify what RapidBoot technology is? Is it EE 2.0 for people who decide to do a clean install of Win7?

    RapidBoot info from Lenovo blog:
    http://www.lenovoblogs.com/yamato/?p=1281&language=en part 1
    http://www.lenovoblogs.com/yamato/?p=1306&language=en part 2
     
    sp00n, Apr 30, 2011
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    thecrafter Notebook Consultant

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    RapidBoot delays certain programs from starting so other programs can start up quicker instead of all programs trying to start up at once and causing slow start up (starting one program at a time is faster than starting 10 at once, right?).

    It also chooses boot order of programs, but how it chooses I don't think anyone knows outside the Lenovo engineers/programmers.

    I haven't tried it but logic tells me you won't see much benefit on a SSD as you would on a HDD. SSDs can handle multiple starts at the same time really really well. Whereas on HDD it's a really bad idea unless you got plenty of time (not that RapidBoot aids with anything other than boot up but you get the idea)
     
    thecrafter, Apr 30, 2011
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    ferganer80 Notebook Consultant

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    As an alternative to EE2, I use TuneUp Utilities' Disable Startup Programs tool. For some reason, it lists many more startup entries than msconfig does.
     
    ferganer80, Apr 30, 2011
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  4. ConnectDon

    ConnectDon Notebook Consultant

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    That's true. See the last two posts from this thread:

    Lenovo Enhanced Experience goes round 2 - with Rap... - Lenovo Community

    Don
     
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  5. sp00n

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    Can't access the link in the OP. Looks like it's broken.
     
    corpses3, May 1, 2011
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  7. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    which link?
     
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    corpses3 Notebook Consultant

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    The one that leads to:

    Maybe it's just me.
     
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    warmonked Notebook Geek

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    Sorry, I'm still confused... So a fresh lenovo laptop has EE2.0 which is their speedy boot process. If I install Win7 on a new HD from scratch, there will be some benefits from their bios optimizations and some benefits if I use their drivers, but not the complete EE2.0. Is that correct? What if I go through the process of creating the recovery disks, and recover onto a new HD?
     
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  10. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    the fresh install, plus lenovo drivers and the rapidboot technology is basically the same a thinkpad with EE 2.0.
     
    sp00n, May 1, 2011
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    minhuci Newbie

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    I installed it on a fresh copy of Windows 7 on my x60s even though my model wasn't listed as supported. It installed with no errors...can't really tell if it works or not...fresh copy was already fast.
     
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  12. lineS of flight

    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you notice on that original link from where you downloaded the RapidBoot app, it says that what is "new" is the addition of the new models.

    Added support? Was there ever an equivalent app for the older systems?
     
    lineS of flight, May 26, 2011
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