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Constipated Startup (Solved)
Hoping someone can help me please.
My PC used to do a reboot in about 60-80 seconds. Now its anything up to 170 seconds.
It is a quad processor with 6GB of memory. (2x2 and 2x1) running 64 bit. It goes through the boot screen process OK but when it get to the next stage, it starts to go slow.
Once it has booted, it seems to run normally.
When I set it up I did all the usual recommended tweaks to speed up the boot process. I checked most of the changes and they still look OK.
Here is what I have done to try and fix the problem.
1. Ran a disk throughput test. Looks OK - writes at 38.6 MS/s and reads at 89.0 MB/s.
2. Ran a Windoze Memory function test. All OK.
3. Did a fair bit of reading here.
4. Turned off some of the startup services. Reduced the time a little but not much. Then turned them all off and still made very little difference.
5. Turned off all peripherals except screen, keyboard and mouse. No real difference to boot time.
6. Downloaded and ran the Performance Diagnostic Program.
Unfortunately when I look at the result, http://www.torbwine.com/Stuff/boot.xml I can't work out what is causing the problem. I would appreciate it if someone could have a look at the result and point me in the right direction.
Edit
Since posting the original post, I turned off all Startup Items and all Services except for Microslough, and it still took 84 seconds.
Cheers
Ric
Last edited by TORB; 06 Mar 2011 at 20:31. Reason: Minor corrections.