Who has the fastest boot time?

Time to see who has the fastest boottime for there laptop on NBR &...... I'm sorry SSD users you can post but, not compete.
Please list the Following:
Specs(including HDD speed)
Operating System & SP version
Any tweaks you have used & what your boot time was before
App.s at Boot


Now for my time:
Specs-in my signature
OS&SP-Windows XP SP2 Media Center Edition
TuneXP 1.5 with Ultra Fast Boot Option:38secs before
1 application @ boot
Time: 30secs

 

You win Thomas! But doesn't the system do some kind of RAM check? So by me having 2GB and you 1GB you have an advantage?

 

D830 in my sig, no tweaks, XP Pro SP2.

After a fresh install, the average boot time over the course of 3 boots: 27 seconds.

 

Come on, doesn't matter, just friendly banter. If you really need an ego boost by beating someone with a boot time, you got some bigger issues.

So far, Thomas is winning by default... Lol, I don't even want to time my not-fast-enough-for-me e1505 that I have to deal with while my NP2090 ships.

Edit:
Oooh, not anymore. Too bad.

 

Fine 1:42, there

 

Hahahahaha.

See, we got a good chuckle out of it.

Unfortunately, that's probably close to what mine is....

 

What do we mean by boot? I mean, everything loaded CPU goes down to no usage or what? Not that it matters.

 

I counted it from the time I pressed the power button to the time that my desktop came up. Though most people who have a password will count it to the time that the password screen comes up.

 

Lol. Whoever can click/type the fastest gets a 2-3 sec boost. Get those fingers strength-training already!

 

Im probably gonna do a clean install which will take it down a little

 

If that is the way then cool with me, I will have to redo. But If anyone thinks that is not correct say something now or forget it!

Edit: 60/s

 

Us SSD guys (just me) feel left out so...

If I boot to the password screen...16 seconds. If I go to complete boot(desktop/internet confirmed/no SSD blue light left), Im around 28 seconds but have had it at 23-24. I play different ideas, tweaks and programs daily.

Ive reinstalled my system 9 times since I received it a month ago...my own choice to test and improve. I do complete pc backup at new points closer to my complete perfectly turbo'd system.

 

I have to ask.
Why?
If it aint broke don't fix it...

P.S. Sorry if I am pissing anyone off tonight. I just had surgery on my right hand and the pain killers are not working...

 

Damn dude, is that with Vista too? 16 seconds?

 

Fastest Boot time as of now:
27secs
Achieved by: CommanderWolf
Original Post

 

If they gave you Vicodin give it time and take the high perscribed dose as allowed (2 every 4 hours ) do not wait for the pain to come back at first take before pain. When you wait it takes 1/2 hour to 1 hour to work. This at first later maybe reduce.

Edit: elavate, this helps so much, maybe more than drugs (not).

 

You also need to account for the BIOS load time. Mine, for example, takes several seconds to load and execute. My laptop only takes a second or so until it loads into the Windows boot screen.

We need to reset the count time from after the BIOS screen to the time the desktop screen appears.

Can't wait until I get my Fujitsu 146GB 15000 rpm SCSI hard drive. That should probably shave some time off my boot time..

Mike.

 

Turn on my new notebook then input password then to desktop it takes 30 seconds.
I used TuneXP Ultra, Deskeeper 2007, Adware 2007, WinPatrol, and CCleaner.
I unstalled crapwares that comes with new notebook but never bother to clean install Vista Home Premium 32bit.

Is that fast enough? I hope so.

 

I ran a boottime test on a Sony TZ90 with SSD.

here it is http://youtube.com/watch?v=THd0-0Alu4M

For the test I put Firefox in the folder startup. This way you can be sure the system has fully booted. From pressing power button to firefox launched within 27 seconds. ( i did not time this exactly maybe it's less)

For this test to get equal comparisons one has to take into account the differences that are caused by different bios.

 

It depends what you guys call boot? i know this has already been mentioned and explained... but for me it would be the time i pressed the Power button, till every icon in teh tray has loaded.

If people say until they see the desktop first time, well that hasnt really loaded has it? it still has applications to load on teh started (e.g. Antivirus etc).

Ill test mine later.

EDIT: Started from Power button press to login, it took 47.1 seconds. From Power to all desktop tray icons loaded, 1 min 50.9 seconds.

Dang why is it so slow? i used tune XP aswell.

 

From selecting my OS to entering my password the laptop takes 24 seconds. There is about 4 seconds for the BIOS to boot. From entering my password, the machine then takes 25 seconds to load my taskbar and required applications.

The reason your system might be so slow Recoil would be if you are loading a lot of applications upon boot. You could try using MSCONFIG to reduce the number of programs loading on boot.

 

that is correct. It also depends how many applications/programs you have installed in your computer.

 

I have a 55 second boot up. Havent tweaked anything. Just did a clean install (after I tweaked so much that I messed up windows) so no more tweaking for me. Any way, Its pretty fast. I have AERO on. Installed a whole bunch of programs and still have 21gb left on my 32gb SSD drive.

Sony Vaio TZ-191
Windows Business
2gb RAM
U7600 Processor 1.2 ghz
SSD 32gb
Happiness


EDIT: 55 second from pressing power button to getting Wi-fi ON.

 

You have a 55 second boot up time with an SSD
Why is it so long? most SSD users get 20-30 second boots!

 

ThomasH...

I think your are reading his (SubD) post wrong.

Its 25 seconds to the password and then another 24 seconds to the screen...thats 49 isnt it?


And 55 seconds without any tweaking or TuneXP is not bad. NOW TWEAK AND TUNEXP IT CALOT!!!

 

oops ill read it again.

 

LOL, Id rather not, last time I got tweak-happy and ended up messing some stuff. Im pretty happy with the way it is right now actually. Very zippy, I have 6 Internet explorer tabs, antivirus running in the background, MSN messenger open, listening to music, downloading some stuff from limewire, and I just opened another window and it opened pretty fast. (not as fast as the first one obviously) but I could barely notice any lag.

 

flamenko's tweaks are dubbed "SAFE" in my book.

 

havent done any tweaks other than clean install. TZ is a subnotebook. 11.1 inches less than 3 pounds. and my SSD is 1.8. Flamenko´s SSD is 2.5 inches. that is why. I get 6 hours battery life with everything on and brightness full. i doubt anyone else gets that.

 

The tweaks are not system or ssd/hd specific. They are the best of the best and alter the way Vista works.

Very least, try TuneXP...you will be glad you did.

 

27sec. Win XP with a Vista theme, lol.

startup apps:

Windowblinds
Vistart
I8kfangui
NHC
McAfee Security
Yodm 3D
Desktop sidebar

 

^^fast but, i would like to update my boot time after some removing of spyware & startup apps. my new boot time is 26secs!

 

I'm about 31s from power to loaded desktop on my 1.5ghz 1420 with Vista Home Premium.
Start up progs-
Avast
Rainlender
cfosspeed
Last.fm Helper

Used the TweakXP startup tweak, that's pretty much it.

 

It was 40 seconds after I did a clean install. Tweaked everything that could have any effect on startup times afterwards. result: 40s still

 

Does anyone here want to try something? It hasnt really increased the start time of mine but it has no mal effects either.

I downloaded a program this morning i am checking out called EasyBCD 1.7

It is here:

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

It allows you to reduce your boot time from the default 20 seconds to what you want (ie 5 seconds). It also allows you to manipulate the bootloader file on your own if your daring. I have not done this...

Just a little prg for you to try out to improve boot times though. Can someone post if they have results?

 

I recieved the fastest so far:
26secs!
Achieved Here:

 

Me, EIGHT seconds - And then I woke-up!
My last time was 44 seconds.

 

Decent PCPAL any more?

 

I'd say about 60 seconds.

 

10 seconds on my new MacBook 2Ghz core2duo with 1gb ram running fully updated OS 10.4 .. It takes 12 seconds to shut it down.

I was quite shocked I have to say! I'm used to anything from 40-60 seconds (and upwards on a bad day) on my Athlon 64 X2 4200+ socket 939, 2gb ram PC with a very slightly tweaked Vista HP x64.