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Boot time problem solved?
A while ago, I said I had a problem with my laptop taking unusually long to boot up (2-3 mins) even in safe mode and clean boot mode. According to Soluto, it takes 5:23 minutes to completely boot up, including getting the start up programs out. I've tried so much to get rid of it until someone said this happened when they had corrupted their CMOS somehow, and resetting it had fixed it.
I am not sure how my CMOS could have been corrupted, but I'm desperate. I'm not desperate enough to potentially destroy my laptop, however.
So like the title says, what are the risks of doing it? What will it definitely do to my PC? What could it do?
Thanks.
Edit: Well I don't believe CMOS has anything to do with it, now. My boot time before was 5:23, now it has been, somehow, reduced to 1:57, which is a much more reasonable boot time. All of the hefty programs listed have decreased their time by half or more. Note the 1:57 time includes the time it takes for the stuff to load at start up as well.
What I did: I defragmented my registry with Auslogics. It was 93% fragmented. Ouch! I never thought a fragmented registry could have such an impact. At first I did not think the defragmentation reduced my boot time, till I read that it needed to defragment before anything booted. Thank you, gregrocker, for suggesting this small but often overlooked maintenance tip. I'm quite sure this helped as I cannot think of any other explanation.
Last edited by kisazeky; 02 Oct 2010 at 08:45.