Windows Challenge: WinXP boot times

I meant a screenshot of the bootvis summary after it records it.

 

I think we're gonna have to.

 

Not bad for DOS 6.22

 

I never tried 3.06 GHz... How did you get 8 sec?

 

7.3 seconds, yes, you heard right, 7.3 seconds... Mainly due to the fact that i dont have any programs in the registry on startup :-D and the rest is a secret

 

A secret? why a secret? I've never heard of a computer boot up that fast before. So unless u r faking it and saying its a secret so u that u dont have to tell anyone what u did. Tell us??

 

Does this work with SP2?

I've just tried it and it took ages to restart the computer, a lot longer than normal. And then it came up with an error. Oh well. Can I just time it on my watch please?

 

i get the same error as Stompy anyone know why?

 

8 Secs..."cough" ....my bios n raid take that time to get going
if i can work out how this prog works ill post....

Yay got it to work..it says its taking 28.5 secs to boot (3.0 ghz)...not to bad then....but how do i optomise it now? Do i have to tweak the windows services...

Oh and it says ive got write caching off on my HDs??????? (im running raid 0) is that right?

 

Big List of services that can be disabled or put on manual here, just about to go through mine, so if I'm not back tonight, don't go there...

 

Works OK with my SP2, no good using a watch as the red-line time is long before the hour-glass stops.

 

well im getting about 33 but bootvis isnt starting till 74

 

Thats because bootvis waits for everything else to start before it does, that way it does not slow down your boot time.

 

my old celly rig did a total boot in like 7-9 I dont know why it takes so long for you guys....

 

It's all in how you optimize it. LINK I just felt like pimping my own thread. I'll update it soon, promise.

 

bought a new sata150 hd 80gb cuda... after reinstall gonna see how it works..

My brother got his to 7.0 flat! i couldn't believe it... although no drivers installed... heh

 

32.51 sec with a bunch of un-needed stuff loading.

spec:
P4 530 3.0ghz HT LGA 775
ASUS - P5GD2 Deluxe
512 corsair value ram (2x256) dual channel
one raptor 36.7 gb drive.


I'll re-OC it and see how it does.

 

That didn't improve much! I got 32 seconds flat, and my new specs are as follows:

Win XP Pro SP2
P4 530 3.0 ghz HT LGA 775 @ 3.73ghz
ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe (obviously)
PC2-4300 533mhz Corsair value ram 2 x 256 dual channel @ 667mhz (PC2-5400)
Raptor 36.7gb SATA drive
Only startup item was Zone Alarm but i dont think that had any effect as its the shell start-up time. I need to do a clean install, I just wish i had SP2 on CD.
Just wait until i get my dual 74gb raptors with a cached SATA card.

*EDIT*
I managed to get it down to 30.95 with some tweaking but im going to do a fresh install in the morning.

 

11 seconds to useable desktop.

 

How?