nice post Eugene! i tested it (after u post this). however, it didnt seem to improve my boot up. still need 30 sec to get to login screen.

for the sport, i remove the login, and tested it again. this time, with many services i make it as "Automated - Delay start". i got 40 seconds from Power button press to getting a Start button... hardisk stop awhile and continue running from time to time, but the system is fully usable with no lag. i suspect the 4 threads CPU can handle multitasking very well.

yup.. i run avira..
lappy asus A8jr.. 3gig ram
320gig haddrive.
windows boot time 20 seconds to desktop..
+5 secs to connect wifi..

2nd partition wiht ubuntu10.10
20secs to desktop.

Use this to measure.. I get 41 sec..5400rpm hdd.. better to remove password from logon as a constant variable..





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Yeh, vry easy only right? but my desktop haven format for 5 month d, nothing happen also

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Added on November 8, 2010, 11:07 pmwao, ur HDD is something like my SSD d, mine SSD 14 seconds, urs 20 seconds

This post has been edited by putochip123: Nov 8 2010, 11:07 PM

nice proggie much more accurate than my eyeball checking, and minus the BIOS, etc, i got 29 seconds!



can't compete with 20 sec boot time from ravi6662 and people with SSD... but it is NOT slow

Wah... How can u guys achieve such boot times for normal hdd..

here is how i do it (i have Acer 3820tg), some may not make sense for u:

1. remove Ms Office starter (i install Ms Office 2007)
2. remove antivirus (i install ThreatFire)
3. remove acrobat reader, acrobat.com, etc (i install acrobat 9 extended without LifeCycle)
4. remove Intel Raid
5. in device manager, disable Webcam (i dont use this)
6. Download Autoruns, run as Administrator, disable the following:
- AmIcoSinglun64
- AthBtTray
- AtherosBtStack
- Acrobat Assistant 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher
- Adobe ARM
- ArcadeMovieService
- BackupManager Tray
- MDS_Menu
- GREGService
- LMS
- Updater Service
7. Open Device Manager, go to Services, make the following "Automatic (Delayed start)
- AtherosSvc
- Cyberlink RichVideo Service
- Dritek WMI Service
- Inter ® Management & Security App
- NTI IScheduleSvc
8. i also ran the tool post by Eugine91

i now got got under 25 seconds boot time! i probably can get a maximum a few more seconds if i start disabling card reader, devices etc and uninstall non-sense software like Acer Arcade, etc, which i dont use often. it's fast enough for me, and i prefer to have those software there, just in case if i want to use them



This post has been edited by cowithgun: Nov 9 2010, 08:38 AM

i finger itchy want to join the fun...

but that, will come tonight...

Recommend 2 softwares:
1. PC Decrapifier - WARNING! SOME AV/SECURITY APPS DETECTS THIS AS TROJAN/VIRUS/WHATEVER. NO WORRIES,IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE!

2.Soluto - Shows graphically the time taken by program/driver to load (needs internet connection for installation, so far don't have offline installer)

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Added on November 9, 2010, 8:47 amOne more thing....recorded boot time usually starts from windowz loading, not when u press the "On" button

This post has been edited by aBg_rOnGak: Nov 9 2010, 08:47 AM

if ur guys using the Boot Timer as reckon by Eugine91, u need to run the tool as Administrator.

after a reboot, it tried to clean itself, but it ll fail. u need to run as Administrator "BootTimer.exe /run" to properly clean it. here is how:

1. click Start, type cmd, right click on the cmd.exe, Run as Administrator
2. run "BootTimer.exe /run" from the folder u downloaded it

happy computing!

I disable UAC and only having admin account

I only got 40.310 seconds.. huhuhu


This post has been edited by Eugene91: Nov 9 2010, 09:19 AM


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Why everyone wants to boot the PC so fast =_=?

Any reason you want it slow?

haha fast feels nice bah

Sorry to say that you are slightly incorrect about using Windows Disk Defragmenter. To apply this method, you do not have to use Windows Disk Defragmenter, instead you should use Windows Performance Tools Kit. Just download the Visual Studio 2010 Diagnostic Tool from Install the Windows Performance Tools Kit Thread. It really works, but you have to let it restart your computer 6 times for optimal reduction in boot-up time.

Sounds fun, thanks for sharing
Boot timer doesn't seem to work on my PC... wonder why?
Anyway, tried again with Bootracer and got 45 secs... Dunno whether their principals of measuring boot time between both programs are the same or not

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Nov 9 2010, 02:25 PM

Erm where exactly did you see that? Im quite blurred as well..

Eugene91
I do not really understand what you are saying. If my following explaination is still vague, just let me know.

The following is from the link you have posted:



The link I have posted is the link in the quoted text. If you scroll to middle of this link, you will see the download link for Visual Studio 2010 Diagnostic Tool. This file contains Windows Performance Tools Kit, which you will need to optimize the boot-up time. The file is much smaller than Windows 7 SDK, so you do not need to spend long time in downloading it.



This post has been edited by alvinkhorfire: Nov 9 2010, 04:30 PM

yeah.. that's what we (those who tested it here) did.. or else it wouldn't work without WPTK..

I think the author meant: "If the Installation of the Web- Installer fails or you have a limited Internet Connection, download the Visual Studio 2010 Diagnostic Tool. Extract the file PerformanceDiagnosticsSetup.exe "

So the sentence " USE ONLY THE INCLUDED MS TOOL" must be referring to Windows own Disk Defragmenter..

3820TG is 7200rpm HDD right? Darn, I guess 5400rpm is the bottleneck for A42Jv