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    Windows Vista Bootup Times

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by adesai, Apr 23, 2009.

  1. adesai

    adesai Notebook Consultant

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    One thing i recently noticed is that Vista bootup times is slightly faster with GL45/GL40 based laptops compared to x3100 based laptops(assuming all else is equal). Vista seems to take around 8-10 seconds after the bar for x3100 whereas the GL40/45 is almost instantaneous.

    Has anyone else noticed this?
     
    adesai, Apr 23, 2009
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  2. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    then, you have some crappy driver / hw that takes long to initialise. was the case in my pc with the card reader, and such. solution: removed them (try removing stuff in the bios, like bluetooth, card readers, everything you don't need). went down from 2min 30sec to about 20sec boot time.
     
    davepermen, Apr 24, 2009
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  3. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Or you need to defrag the boot files. That can make a VERY large difference in boot times. See my signature line below for more info.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 24, 2009
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    I have tried everything to improve Vista's boot performance, only to realize that a) Vista's boot performance is poor no matter what you do, and b) maintaining longer system uptime is more effective in saving time. After all, that is what performance is about.
     
    Bog, Apr 24, 2009
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  5. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    a) is not exactly true. 20 sec is not poor. it depends on the hw.

    b) is true, yes. was true in xp as well. it's just sad that thanks to the much more ram today, hibernate isn't as effective as it was.. :(
     
    davepermen, Apr 24, 2009
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Very few people own an SSD as you do, davepermen. Also, Vista's boot performance relative to other operating systems is poor no matter what hardware you use. I wasn't speaking subjectively.
     
    Bog, Apr 24, 2009
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  7. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    You should use the sleep option instead of shutdown. Vista isn't meant to be shutdown all the time. That's why developers replaced shutdown button with sleep button.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 24, 2009
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