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    How to speed up windows boot time for HDD. Not MSCONFIG

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Impulse87, Feb 2, 2011.

  1. Impulse87

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    Ok, first, this guide only works if you use an HDD, and I have only tested while using Windows 7. You can try it on vista too.

    Step 1- Download this File Windows Performance Toolkit

    Step 2- Install the file

    Step 3- Make Sure Superfetch service is running and set to start automatically. In other words, go into MSCONFIG, and search to see if the Superfetch service is running. If not check it and restart. On Vista the service will be named ready boost.

    Step 4- Run command Prompt as administrator and enter this in:
    This will restart you PC 6 times. After the second reboot the MS defragmentation program is running and is placing the files into an optimized layout, so that Windows will boot up faster (for the description read what ReadyBoot is). The last Reboots are training of readyBoot. After the training is finished, you'll notice a huge improvement in startup.
    For me i went from 1min 35 seconds to about 30 seconds

    Sources: TECHNET and MSFN

    EDIT: Newer Version of Windows Performance toolkit
    Download the download manager and choose the performance toolkit

    EDIT: The newer your installation of windows, the better it will work. Or if you have installed a bunch more programs recently, that works also.
     
    Impulse87, Feb 2, 2011
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  2. davepermen

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    it shoudl do that after a while automatically. it's mainly to do after you created an own os image for deployment in a company, so you can prepare the image for best booting experience.

    but it can help, of course. shall i try on my ssd? :)
     
    davepermen, Feb 2, 2011
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  3. Impulse87

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    well, i used i on a brand new computer. It works well though and I was very happy with the results :D . lol I dare you to try it on your SSD :p
     
    Impulse87, Feb 2, 2011
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  4. davepermen

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    well, then it was a typical brand new computer already messed up with bloatware and a terrible setup. looks like it helps much, then :)
     
    davepermen, Feb 2, 2011
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  5. evilnine

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    Same here, thanks.
     
    evilnine, Feb 3, 2011
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    Ackers, Feb 3, 2011
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  7. Impulse87

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    Impulse87, Feb 3, 2011
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  8. Impulse87

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    Did you run cmd as administrator?
     
    Impulse87, Feb 3, 2011
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    Now if only there was a version of this program that sped up SSD boot times...
     
    Peon, Feb 3, 2011
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  10. davepermen

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    that thing takes ages to execute.... :) can't really decide if it helped. it was a new laptop for a friend of mine, with a hdd.

    systems with hdds are slow anyways.. :)
     
    davepermen, Feb 4, 2011
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  11. PromeReZZu

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    Running CMD as admin, does not for me - any advices?
     
    PromeReZZu, Feb 4, 2011
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  12. pmassey31545

    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    Mine times out waiting for prefetch-300 seconds. It only gets to the second restart. Oh well!?
     
    pmassey31545, Feb 4, 2011
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  13. Impulse87

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    i took around 25 min to do the whole thing, but it depends on the amount of files your booting up.
     
    Impulse87, Feb 4, 2011
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  14. SL2

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    It worked for me! My install was only one day old, installed MS Office, Opera, VLC etc.

    Before: 49 seconds, superfetch disabled.

    After: 26 seconds.

    Amazing!

    Rep to Impulse87! :)
     
    SL2, Mar 22, 2011
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  15. nu_D

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    I probably improved 5 seconds or so...

    I'm guessing the big jump for you was due to enabling superfetch...

    It did however reduce the processes and memory. Not sure how/why...but it did.
     
    nu_D, Mar 26, 2011
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  16. Pirx

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    Well, duh, that's why this worked so well: Windows would have done the same on its own if you had waited for a while.
     
    Pirx, Mar 26, 2011
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  17. SL2

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    And THAT'S why I said it was only one day old.

    I was just happy to see the difference, sorry if I annoyed you. :rolleyes:
     
    SL2, Mar 27, 2011
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  18. Hungry Man

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    Ignore Pirx haha

    My install is about a year old... went from 36 to 24 seconds.
     
    Hungry Man, Mar 28, 2011
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  19. SL2

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    A year is clearly less than "a while".. :D ;)
     
    SL2, Mar 28, 2011
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    Apparently lol
     
    Hungry Man, Mar 28, 2011
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  21. Impulse87

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    im glad its been working for everyone. Maybe i should have kept the poll open longer.
     
    Impulse87, Mar 31, 2011
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  22. zijin_cheng

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    hmm well superfetch was already enabled, but my bootup was taking like 1min 30seconds. after installing xpud in another partition, suddenly my startup changed to 40 seconds, which really surprised me. I then followed this first post and my startup was reduced by 5 seconds, a decent speed increase
     
    zijin_cheng, Apr 2, 2011
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