Slower boot after clean install?

I have a lenovo x200 w/ p8600cpu, 3gb of ddr3ram, 160gb 7200rpm...
I recently cleaninstalled. With lenovo bloatware it took me seven
vista loading bars(green) to boot, but after clean install and updates
(including vista sp1 etc), it takes nearly 13 green vista loading bars
to boot. I specifically deleted all the unnecessary startup programs.
I have around 73 processes on startups whereas when before the
clean install, I had over 90 processes running.
What can I do? What is causing this.. This is especially bugging me
because it is capable of booting faster, but a 'software setting' or
something is hampering from reaching its potential. Please help.

 

Read Vista tweaks here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

 

Have you used CCleaner to cleanup the laptop or defragmented it with Defraggler (or other)? Try both of those and see how you fair.

 

Vista optimises the boot process over time.

After a clean install on my PC the boot is very slow. After 3 days I now get overlapping sounds for the welcome to Vista and desktop load sounds which is a lot faster than it used to be and the first screen goes by very quickly, but it did take time to get like that.

 

still no difference.... my welcome screen goes away almost immediately, but its the green loading bar any1 else?

 

You need to defragment the BOOT files. See my signature line for a link to instructions on how to do this. Follow them to the letter. Make sure all apps are shut down and use Task manager to monitor the two defrag processes that will be running. DO NOT CLOSE THE COMMAND PROMPT WINDOW. Let it close on its own.

Given time and an opportunity for the machine to sit idle, Vista will automatically do this for you. But most laptops are never allowed to sit idle long enough for the automatic process to occur. My instructions show you how to FORCE Vista into doing this.

Gary

BTW this is NOT a complete defrag. It envokes a special mode of Vista's built in defrag app to ONLY defrag the boot files.

 

good advice... It took half an hour to defrag but it was worth it.

 

Does black viper guy's site work with vista? I've always used it to help speed up windows xp a bit. =/

 

How much difference in boot time did you see?

Gary

 

I did a clean install it notice a huge difference in loading time. Not only with the windows bar but right after I logged in, it only took a few seconds to load everything and for the cpu to go back to idle.

 

Vista takes sometime to settle down bro as it tries to superfetch and stuff like that happens..

 

it now takes roughly 7-8 loading bars.. not bad
and the boot sound and loading screen sound(yall know what im talking bout)
are heard simultaneously..

 

Is 7 to 8 loading bars a very official method of determining startup time? I'd use a stopwatch if I was really concerned.