Boot/Starup Time

This week i have been taking the time that my computer takes in the "startup"/"boot", and guess what ? It takes A LOT of time on mine! 2:30 min-3:00min !
Of course I know this is not a normal time on the Startup, and that's why I want to ask you guys if you can recommend me to do something to improve the boot time of my computer. I really miss when my computer boot time was around 40 sec-1 min.
Also, It would be great if you post the time that it takes to your computer(m11x) to Startup/Boot and what kind of things you do to keep your computer "clean"and running smoothly.

 

Why don't you try Soluto? A very handy piece of software, helps to remove a ton of unneeded stuff from your boot sequence (or delay it until later). It would require a bit of attention and consideration though.

I won't bet on it - yet I don't think you will be able to break 40 seconds on the m11x without an ssd.

Around 1 minute 10 secs or so, using Soluto.

 

Restarting the computer for me take about 3 minutes 15 seconds, while cold boot is 2 minutes 50 sekunds. An SSD would help A LOT from the 7200 rpm drive.

 

Yes, it will help tremendously... yet 2 min 50 sec seems a bit too much for a regular hdd as well, doesn't it?

 

shudder*


cold boot for me is under 20sec, restart is a 25ish with an SSD, with a 320gb 5400RPM I had it under 1min for a restart, and 40ish for a cold boot.


then again, I only have 37ish process to start...




Defrag your HDD
disable most startup items(leave audio, batt meter, AV software, and toucpad)
Disable GUI boot(msconfig)
there is a list of services that are safe to set to manual(google pls)
under MSconfig I have all non microsoft services disabled, YMMV
disable start-up tone under sound properties

 

I would definitely recommend soluto. Dropped me from 53 to 35seconds. SSHD helped my boot time drop from 1min 30seconds to 50-55seconds. So if an SSD is too expensive for you and doesnt have enough space then I would definitely recommend an SSHD.

 

i boot in about 45 seconds with my scorpio blue hard drive. i have about 30 processes, msconfig heavily optimized, and turned off all the windows services i dont need.

 

It's a boot, who cares? you do it maybe 4 times a day if you're wild.

 

haha. I do it at least 10 times. Between classes and such. I do not know about his situation but it would be 30min (if I was him) of a day lost which is almost 5% of the time Im awake daily.

 

Hibernate takes like 5 seconds though

 

Hibernate takes HDD space

 

Wow, I already try it , and it is working smoothly . It took me around 20-30 min to know exactly what programs should I "pause" or "delay", but overall is working great and is making a big improvement on my Boot.

Same, almost every day I have to take my computer to the school and If I want the battery to last 8 hours running AAE (Adobe after effects), some strange programs for algebra , biology and ethics, i have to shut down the computer/ turn it on between each class :3

 

Haha yeah. This is a great laptop for commuting to and from classes.

 

thats just what i was thinking.

 

Hibernate takes the exact same amount of time to turn off the computer as shutdown does. To resume it takes about 15-20seconds. Which is rougly comparable to the 35seconds it normally takes to boot up. Why both using 2-4GBs for hibernate? For 10-15seconds at most. Anyway lets get back on topic.


I'm glad Soluto helped you out a bit

 

22 seconds powerbutton to fully loaded desktop

 

lol hibernate is really fast for me, less then 15 seconds and im back to the desktop ready to go

 

hahah yep, true. i dont use sleep, or shutdown unless i need to.