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    Boot time optimization?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ompa, Nov 8, 2005.

  1. ompa

    ompa Notebook Enthusiast

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    As stated, I was just curious as to what the best way to minimize the boot time is. I'm at around 1:10 from a cold boot currently, but I'm not sure how to get it down any more. I've stopped as many startup programs that I've deemed to be unnecessary, I've used tunexp, and I've attempted to stop everything that is un-needed. However, it is still very slow.

    The majority of the time seems to be from pressing the power button to the welcome screen; the time alone to perform that is around 40-50 seconds.

    I have Windows XP Home and the Sony FJ-170B.

    Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

    ~ompa
     
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    Did you try Microsoft "bootvis" ?
     
    forb1d, Nov 9, 2005
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    Yes to both.

    ~ompa
     
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    Did you turn off wireless and unplug ethernet and unplug all accessory? If so, then you are probably reaching the limit there. Some program takes longer to start than other and even if you have minimum software it could still be quite some time. Also, I believe FJ only has 4200 RPM HDD, that is also a bottleneck.
     
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    Following this article and after a ram and 7200 rpm drive upgrade, I was able to get my s360's boot time down to 20 seconds flat. A lot of it is in how many of those processes you can get rid of. Has the original poster scanned his system for malware?

    Steve
     
    Justaguy_99, Nov 10, 2005
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    Yes to both.

    I'm almost positive the FJ is a 5400 SATA. I've gotten rid of as many startup processes as I felt would help, and not screw over Windows.

    Maybe it is the harddrive, but I'm not quite ready to shell out the cash for a faster hard drive, yet.

    Searched using spybot.

    ~ompa
     
    ompa, Nov 10, 2005
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