How Fast Does Your System Boot, And What's Your Os? Poll

	How Fast Does Your System Boot, And What's Your Os? - Poll
	Discussion by dserban with 27 Replies. Last Update: November 5, 2007, 4:14 am (View Latest)	Page 1 of 2 pages.

dserban

I'm curious how fast people's systems start up.

As a side effect, I'm stress-testing Astahost's polling system.

BTW, here's an interesting article called "Making Ubuntu boot in 19 seconds":

http://lightningcrash.blogspot.com/2007/08...19-seconds.html

Thu Aug 30, 2007 Reply New Discussion

wutske

Do you include the time for loading applications after you login or do you stop counting when you get the login screen ?

Fri Aug 31, 2007 Reply New Discussion

xboxrulz

It doesn't take too long, I think it's about 20 - 30 seconds. Then again, I don't have a lot of startup programs as I usually eliminate them.

xboxrulz

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

tansqrx

I could certainly get down below the 30 second mark but I would have to remove password protection (boot straight into an account) and remove some startup programs. Some of the biggest time hogs for me is my antivirus (Avast!), PGP, and BCWipe. Actually I suppose if you count until the last program has loaded it could take me around 10 minutes.

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

turbopowerdmaxsteel

Voted: Between 30-60 seconds, WinXP

My Windows XP takes quite a bit of time while the bootscreen is shown. Even after a clean install the bar scrolls for 7-8 times. It didn't always used to be like this. I've had boot ups in less than 15 seconds with moderate amount of things installed. But, the system is pretty slow these days. I am not sure what it actually does there besides the Hardware detection, font & driver loading. Perhaps, I need to change the Hard Disk?

Logon Phase is pretty fast as there is just one account and that too password-less. Besides, the startup items are at minimal. There aren't any extra fonts installed either.

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

pyost

Over 2 minutes unfortunately

I have only myself to blame, though. I formatted my hard disk two years ago and installed Windows XP with Service Pack 1, and since then I've just been adding and removing all sorts of (un)useful programs. It first takes more than a minute to show the login screen, and when I login, there is a torrent of programs that start right away. Two for protection, two for communication, and probably even more which I don't know of :blink:

I've become way too messy...

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

turbopowerdmaxsteel

QUOTE

I formatted my hard disk two years ago and installed Windows XP with Service Pack 1, and since then I've just been adding and removing all sorts of (un)useful programs.

You've got to be be the most patient person in the world. I can't recall how many times I formatted my system in that period. But, it would be surely in three figures. Sometimes, I used to re-install Windows 3-4 times in a day. Just to see if I could optimize the booting a bit more. The maximum my system has gone unformatted would be around 4-6 months which is a recent feat. I owe it to the additional memory module & DVD-RAM drive which have helped in keeping the cluttering at a minimum.

I could only imagine 2 year longevity @ XP, on machines which are used almost mechanically for the same old data entry jobs and stuff. Hats off to you, pyost.

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

pyost

Heh, you are not the only one who is shocked by the durability of my system - I am too :blink:

But it was a long time ago I learned what to do and what not to do in order to keep my computer "clean". Sure, I've had problems with Windows XP, but was able to solve all of them without deleting all the garbage I've got on C:

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

turbopowerdmaxsteel

Armed with registry cleaners, disk defragmenters & Anti Viruses, aren't you? Care to disclose the secret behind the long life of your Win XP?

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

pyost

To be honest, I can't remember when was the last time I defragmented. And no, I didn't clean up my registry

Just the good ol' Kaspersky AntiVirus along with ZoneAlarm. And Total Commander for deleting unnecessary files

I might be extremely lucky, who knows :blink:

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

sublimino

what gets me is the total system grabbing grip of software such as hp's photosmart, norton internet suite and the like. without these i would shave about 2 minutes off the time i have to wait before i can successfully use my pc.

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

sparkx

Well I use windows XP on a good day I boot up around in less then 20 secounds but if I have a lot of fragments then it could take from 30 to 45 secounds. It is not too slow in my opinion because I usually start up my computer then go do something and when I come back it has already been booted up for a few minutes. It would be nice to have a faster boot time but the only use would be if I was in a hurry (in which I don't think the boot time would make an inpact in the overall startup). I run a defragment every 2-3 months but I have Zone Alarm which takes a long time to load. Once loaded my system is Average speed.
Thats my system,
Sparkx

Sat Sep 1, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Steven9088

Mine Is Under 15 Seconds Because I Run A Quad Core CPU! I'm Also Running Windows XP SP2 64 Bit, So I'm Currently Using My Computer To The MAX! It's Really Fast When Playing Video Games! You Guys Should See How Fast A Quad Core Processor Is! I've Just Upgraded Last Summer! Although When Playing Some Old Video Games, The Quad Core Processor Doesn't Suppport It! But Some Old Games Release Patch Fixes. I'm Currently Waiting For My Favourite Game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory To Release A Quad Core Processor Fix!

Wed Sep 5, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Propeng

Approximately 70 sec. until log on but i have to wait another 60 sec. (until other programs boot

Tue Sep 25, 2007 Reply New Discussion

polarysekt

QUOTE

the system is pretty slow these days. I am not sure what it actually does there besides the Hardware detection, font & driver loading. Perhaps, I need to change the Hard Disk?

In case it's an issue... winXP preloads and indexes externals by default... That was bottleneckin me for a bit... I'd rather just stall out an explorer or konqueror window...

the main prollem i've had with xp is completely extracting old drivers when i upgrade hardware, various portions of my hdd becoming overused... especially reg locations... and random instabilities... plus it's not cool to swap pci or other cards without the whole remove, boot, move, boot, replace method... : ?

Tue Sep 25, 2007 Reply New Discussion