Sloooooow boot 64bi Business

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chrisgti

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hi guys, i'm new around these parts. I'm having some irritating boot issues that i'm hoping someone here can shed some light on.

A rough timeline:

Turn on PC
18 seconds - bios screen flashes up for a split second (this hasn't always happened), follwed by "checking nv ram" followed by a screen that shows the two CD drives (why?)
- black-
34 seconds - vista loading bar
46 seconds - black
1.53 (!!!!!) - Windows icon appears
1.56 - login ready

On fresh install (week or so ago) it was fine, then there were 48 updates to install...since then it's been slow.

I've ensured HDD is first boot device, i've defragged the HDD, even tried RC1 of SP1, but that just seemed to make it crash so i've since uninstalled it - made no difference to my boot time.

Any ideas most welcome, it's a right pain!

System specs:

Q6600 (G0) 2.4GHz @ 2.7GHz - Tuniq Tower 120 - Asus P5K-E - 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 CL4 - BFG 8800GT 512MB OC2 - Corsair TX750W PSU - 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache - Antec P182 - Vista Business x64 - Microsoft Reclusa - Logitech G5 - Creative X-Fi Xtreme

thanks :)
 

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There can be a number of issue on slow boot times, especially if the pc is new. You will find that there is alot of indexing going on as well as anti virus activity logging files incase they get changed. Even when you leave your computer at the boot up screen vista will chug away in the background.
Anyway to check what is going on look in your performance and error logs to see if there are any errors or something that jumps out at you. You can access this by going into computer management.
As regards to your computer showing twin cd drives you will have to go into your bios and look at the settings, this is normally the del key on post.
I leave my settings on auto, if your bios is corrupted then you can try to go back to factory default and reset your settings. Write down the current setting so they can be changed back manually.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Mine takes about 60 seconds from the time I hit the boot button to functional desktop. You might check out this web site to see what services you do not need to start automatically and what ones you do not need at all.

Black Viper's Web Site


On the left hand side under Features: you will see Windows Vista Services, click on it.
 

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  • CPU
    i7 940 @ 4GHz (193 x 21) w/CNPS9900LED
    Motherboard
    Asus P6T Deluxe (BIOS 1604)
    Memory
    6GB (3x2GB) Corsair DDR3-1600 @ 8-8-8-21-1N
    Graphics card(s)
    Tri-Fire 4870x2 + 4870 1GB
    Sound Card
    Azun Prelude 7.1 + Inspire T6200 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 3008WFP
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    300GB WD VelicoRaptor
    PSU
    SilverStone DA 1200
    Case
    CM HAF 932
    Cooling
    3x230mm 1x140mm 1x120mm
    Mouse
    MX Revolution
    Keyboard
    G15 Gaming KB
Also - You can click computer/system properties/Performance (at the bottom)/advanced tools. At the top, it'll tell you if there are programs causing windows to start slowly, and what they are. Then you can decide what to nuke, and what you need to just live with.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64) Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
Right well I think i've got to the bottom of this - the problem was with my external HDD! I tried changing several settings in the BIOS regarding the drive but made no difference. If I disconnect it then the boot time is literally halved.

I also disabled on board sound, and firewire controller in the bios

Boot time is now under a minute, so that's acceptable. Still a delay before the bios logo appears, and that appears to be down to the keyboard!! But it's shorter now too..

Anyway I can live with a minute. Thanks
 

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