Your fastest boot time

[swgiant]

how about conroe boot speed? please post it as well... :x

[6785077276]

When you ask boot time, do you mean from the bios post or from when it says Windows XP loading screen?

[lawtai]

heh i'm about the 25 second range. gotta figure out how to get up to the 10 second range.

[Nagisan]

My fastest is about 25 seconds with a fresh copy of windows installed, the main programs I use, and of course after I'm done tweaking it.

This is done in that speed with a 3000+ processor.

On my other comp, with an FX-57, it takes about 10-15 seconds with all the above done.

EDIT: This is also counting from as soon as I hit the button to the time I can open a program.(if i went from BIOS to windows with no hour glass, it would be more like 20 seconds for my main comp, 10 for the other)

[chavo]

My laptop boots hella fast.

My main computer takes a while though. It takes some time just going through the bios screen.

I've never timed it though as that is utterly the least important thing I've ever not considered to not matter at all to anyone ever.

[Ant L]

Around 2 minutes. Which explains why I'm getting a brand new laptop a week on Wednesday. :D

[Glassed Silver]

was around 22 secs some time ago...

now with my new pc and setup its around 40 secs, didnt time it tho.

but its fast enough :yes:

i boot my pc like once/twice a day, i really don't care too much about booting times :D

-fm

[Boxster17]

I'll have to time mine to figure it out, but I think that it takes about 30-45s. Although I am due for a fresh install, so I'll see what it's like after that.

[macstorm]

Around 45 secs :pinch:

[Sniper101]

15 to 10 secs :) I used powertoys to speed it up lmao :D

[chicaman]

erm.....around 15 second....no tweak has been done....

AMD64 Athlon 3200++

[altermind]

12 seconds

OSX tho ;)

windows.. same system... 28 seconds

[Phixion]

WOW

27 seconds is amazing.

Mine must take all of 5 minutes to load up with anti-virus software, etc etc.

I would appreciate it if anyone could post some tips and tricks for clearing my computer of all of the rubbish, and allowing it to boot up quicker.

Are there any quick tests which I can do to highlight areas which need fixing?

Chit Chat

format c:\, nah but seriously if your PC is taking that long to boot it is time for a format. Don't install crap you don't need and disable services that you don't use.

[Randolph]

around 2 minutes, when i press the power button this is the process

2secs: dell logo

1mini sec: blank screen

20secs: xp loading screen the moving left to right

1sec: to click on username

1min and some secs: start up items, like msn, aim, logitech webcam & mouse thingy, konfabutlator, webroot spy sweeper, quciktime. i dont know why it takes so long for simple apps, but it's alright since the sucker is used once in a while, and i always hibriate it so it wont take as long anymore

Why can't I PM you? :huh:

[New_Age]

Around 14sec.

[devBrian]

10 seconds max usually. No GUI boot, boot defragged, services disabled, 7200rpm hd (!) lol...

[Mouldy Punk]

20 seconds on a;

200Mhz Pentium 2

96mb RAM

20GB 5,400rpm hard drive

4mb integrated graphics

Heavily tweaked Windows ME

[medium_pimpin]

My Commodore 64 was almost instant! Ah, the good ole days...

[qkslvr221]

8 seconds with bare system

20 seconds with fully customized/configured system and 400mb of programs

[Alan Zeino]

18 seconds,

Intel Core 2 Duo e6400

2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM,

2x IDE HDD's

Watercooling

[gaurav]

Best was around 12 seconds.

Now it ~25 seconds. I'll be reformatting soon anyway.

[kingofthecarts]

12 seconds

4 x raptor drives raid 0 ftw before sp2

[6785077276]

Are you guys including the time from the POST BIOS screen?

[zeroday]

1m 12 secs according to Windows Systeminfo

[MarkusDarkus]

Mine is about 22secs bit i'm not raided yet.