ReBoot Time

[Brink]

Hello The Shadow,

The Use of Script at the bottom of this tutorial to download it will help show you how to use this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/151819-boot-up-time.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[TheShadow]

WOW.....a neat little script!

I created it and ran it on my Windows XP-Pro machine and it was just 77 sec's.

Not too bad.....now to try it on Vista, if I can get that #$%@&*@ Dell to boot up.
It's been having a tissy fit all day.

Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

I really appreciate you guys!

Shadow

PS: Like so many other Dell XPS400 users, worldwide, I've had to declare the mobo "DEAD". There are many reports from other Dell users that they are experiencing the same symptoms as I have. I'm going to scrap it out, removing any usable parts and trash the case, mobo and PSU.

 

[scrooge]

i'm using the (gigabyte ga-ep45-ds3r/ds3) motherboard now . my other board is still out for repair. anyways is there any thing i can do to get the boot post to
go faster. it keeps hanging at (verifying DMI pool data).
thanks
scrooge

 

[TheShadow]

Mr Scrooge,

You may find some resolution to that problem of "verifying DMA Pool Data" Here: Computer stops at verifying dmi pool data....

I wish I had read that site when I was having that problem on an older PC.

Good Luck to ya!

The Shadow

 

[scrooge]

thanks for the link but it didn't help. it just hangs for about 30 secs. then boots into vista. thought there maybe something i can disable or something to get it going faster.
thanks again for your help...
scrooge

 

[pooch]

Nice script..:D

 

[GraphicsGuy]

YOUR REBOOT TIME IS 468 SECONDS



I could say more, but, "Help" seems to be in order...



OS Name - Microsoft® Windows Vista Home Premiumfficeffice" /><O></O>
Version - 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001<O></O>
Other OS Description - Not Available<O></O>
OS Manufacturer - Microsoft Corporation<O></O>
System Manufacturer - GATEWAY<O></O>
System Model - DX441X<O></O>
System Type - X86-based PC<O></O>
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz, 2200 Mhz, 2 Cores, 2 Logical Processors<O></O>
BIOS Version/Date - Intel Corp. DPP3510J.15A.0296.2007.1204.2131, 12/4/2007<O></O>
SMBIOS Version - 2.4<O></O>
Windows Directory - C:\Windows<O></O>
System Directory - C:\Windows\system32<O></O>
Boot Device - \Device\HarddiskVolume2<O></O>
Locale - United States<O></O>
Hardware Abstraction Layer - Version = "6.0.6001.18000"<O></O>
Physical Memory (RAM) - 3.00 GB<O></O>
Total Physical Memory - 2.98 GB<O></O>
Available Physical Memory - 1.77 GB<O></O>
Total Virtual Memory - 6.18 GB<O></O>
Available Virtual Memory - 4.97 GB<O></O>
Page File Space - 3.27 GB<O></O>
Page File - C:\pagefile.sys<O></O>

 

[Brink]

Hello GraphicsGuy, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Yikes, I agree. That is a bit of a wait. :eek:


I would start with these items: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html

Next, I would see how much these can help: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html


Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[greeneggsandham]

You think yours are bad, 143 secs with 46 processes I think ATI CCC and all its services have a big part to play in this. Time for some more tweaking.

 

[greeneggsandham]

I take it back GraphicsGuy has a longer wait than I do, I just shaved it to 127 secs a very light shave indeed.

 

[Dragor]

My reboot time with no tweaks:

My reboot time with msconfig > Boot tab > Advanced Options > No. of Processors : 2 BUT Detect HAL unchecked:

My reboot time with msconfig > Boot tab > Advanced Options > No. of Processors : 2 BUT Detect HAL CHECKED:

Here's my startup:

All my computers specs are at the bottom. Click "My System Specs" at the bottom for more!

 

[Majkel]

Here's my reboot time:



CPU: C2D E8200 @ 3.73GHz
RAM: 4x1GB Kingston DDR2 HyperX 1066MHz @ 1117MHz
MOBO: Asus P5E
HDD: Seagate Barracuda's 11 500GB & 750GB
OS: Vista Home Premium x64 SP1

Pagefile disabled

 

[ToonArmy]

My reboot time:

Was 59 secs earlier!

Special thanks to Brink for posting all the tutorials my reboot time used to be 544 secs!

 

[Doctor Inferno]

Does this code work on XP?

 

[dmex]

Does this code work on XP?

Hi Inferno,

Yeah it works on XP

Its only good for comparing XP to XP or Vista to Vista because of the major Kernel architecture changes though...

I suggest trying it on Windows 98 too, I bet it has an even faster boottime than XP or Vista

Steven

 

[Doctor Inferno]

Ahh... ok, thanks dude!

 

[Dragor]

I suggest trying it on Windows 98 too

Too bad dmex, but neither the script nor the .exe seem to work in Win 98... at least not in MS Virtual PC 2007.

The script runs and shows the dialog box and when clicked on OK nothing happens.

The exe on the other hand gives these two error messages:

and this one [The Application error window with the OK button; not the background one] after clicking close:

I think it need MS .NET framework, right? Wonder if its available for Win98!

 

[sonic922]

Here's my reboot time

Its not that fast, I have to type in my password. lol

 

[Eksotik]

Hmm.. I got ~300secs.. ;_; There is something really wrong..

 

[TheShadow]

Yeeeeeesss!
Can you determine whether the greatest lag is in the shutdown or startup part of the test?
Shutdowns can be made quicker with a registry tweak and Quick Shutdown icon on your desktop. But boot times can take a bit more work. That requires that you decrease the number of things loading, starting and running at boot.

Yup............300 is definitely a bit long.

The Shadow