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Windows 7 Annoying IDLE BOOT Phase
Hello SEVEN FANS,
I dont know how to start this but, a month ago, I ordered an OCZ VERTEX 30G SSD. I installed Windows7 on it and I'm Stunned at the overall Performance. but there is just One thing that annoys me. And it's this IDLE phase in boot-up before it picks up drivers/services from the SSD.
Let me explain, When MasterBootRecord is first read, there appears the text that says "STARTING WINDOWS".
Normally, Soon as you see that, the Pearls(droplets) appear and they start to fall onto the screen. but in MY Case, It stays IDLE at the point where it say "STARTING WINDOWS".
It will stay IDLE for like 4-5 seconds and THEN when the pearls appear, afterwards the boot is just INSTANT, Because thats when the SSD starts to read what it has to load.
So basically, its like an IDLE PHASE before the pearls appear. I installed WINXP and it had the same idle phase situation so i traced my boot with BOOTVIS, which I would like to share it's screenshot. You can notice the IDLE phase there, which is the same case with the windows7 I'm running currently.
I dont see the processor usage nor any HD usage, what could possibly be causing that?
I'll be grateful if you help me shave off these 4 seconds off my boot load.
Thanks.
EDIT: the Idle phase was the same even when i had windows installed on an HDD. So it's nothing relevant to the SSD. I also found this WinBootInfo known to trace boots in vista/7 but that doesn't count the idle phase at all. I traced it and it wont capture that idle phase.
Screenshot of BOOTVIS in XP -