How do I use event viewer to speed up boot time

[Zach1928]

I stumbled across this article Use Windows 7 Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times | TechRepublic and I'm wondering if anyone knows how to speed up boot time based on what the even viewer is tracking on start up. Looking in the even viewer, every boot its tracked has "error" next to it and I can't imagine that should be the case and the Event ID is 100. Any help is appreciated

 

[whs]

The article you linked is an excellent guideline. Did you follow it.

Else I can only suggest Soluto. http://www.soluto.com/boot-time

How bad is your boot time ??

 

[Zach1928]

I guess it's not terrible for a mechanical drive (750gb Scorpio black), soluto clocks it at 50 seconds or so but I feel like it should be quicker since I've only got like 80 some processes max and even less when it starts up. Does a no GUI boot really make a whole lot of difference? And the only thing with that guide is I don't know how to interpret the even viewer, and every boot is coming back with even id 100 though some are critical levels, error levels and warning levels

 

[whs]

I guess 50 seconds is not too bad for a spinner. Does Soluto show some processes that can be skipped.

 

[Zach1928]

Yeah I've knocked off all of the big ones that were killing it and the rest of them are more used and really insignificant, but yeah I'm not expecting SSD performance and I've been using this computer for 2 years so I guess it's normal. Do you think going to 8gbs 1600mhz ddr3 from 6gbs 1333 would make a difference? Probly not..

 

[whs]

Do you think going to 8gbs 1600mhz ddr3 from 6gbs 1333 would make a difference? Probly not..

For boot time that will not help and even for program processing that would be marginal. I would not invest the money and effort.

For faster boot the only thing that helps is a SSD. If you have a desktop, you really only need a 128GB model and those can be had for around $100 - a much better investment than different RAM.

 

[Britton30]

Do you think going to 8gbs 1600mhz ddr3 from 6gbs 1333 would make a difference? Probly not..

For boot time that will not help and even for program processing that would be marginal. I would not invest the money and effort.

For faster boot the only thing that helps is a SSD. If you have a desktop, you really only need a 128GB model and those can be had for around $100 - a much better investment than different RAM.

+1 for the SSD. RAM won't help boot time anyway.

 

[Zach1928]

Im stuck with a laptop for now, granted it was a $1300 XPS so it's not a cheap hunk. If It had a second drive bay, I'd pop in a small SSD and keep the HDD for storage but thats not an option.. Oh well. oh and I figured out that event viewer business and everything looks normal so Im guessing the only way to give it that new car smell would be a fresh install of windows and I dont feel like dealing with that hassle haha

 

[whs]

Im stuck with a laptop for now, granted it was a $1300 XPS so it's not a cheap hunk. If It had a second drive bay, I'd pop in a small SSD and keep the HDD for storage but thats not an option.. Oh well. oh and I figured out that event viewer business and everything looks normal so Im guessing the only way to give it that new car smell would be a fresh install of windows and I dont feel like dealing with that hassle haha

A clean install is sometimes useful and cleans the air. I know it's a lot of hassle - just think of it as fun.

The biggest SSD I have on my laptops is 90GB. We keep the user files on large USB sticks. But if you run games, that's not an option. Those games need a lot of space in the program files.

I even run whole operating systems (Windows 8, Linux Mint and Linux Zorin) from an external drive which is also a SSD. That works really well and since they are installed with VMware Player I can run them from any PC.

SSDs give you many options that were not really practical with spinners.

 

[Zach1928]

As of now I do play a good amount of games which is another reason why an SSD isn't viable without a second drive bay, but my plan is to put an SSD in this machine and breath new life into it when it starts to get really slow. On a side note, is there an appreciable difference between a Sata 2 HDD and a Sata 3 one? From what I've read on similar things (USB 2 vs USB 3, PCIE 2 v. PCIE 3), they can barely saturate the newest stuff and gain very minimal increases over the older version

 

[AddRAM]

You don`t need a drive bay for an ssd, you can put it anywhere you want in the case.

 

[whs]

On a side note, is there an appreciable difference between a Sata 2 HDD and a Sata 3 one

For the OS operations there is little difference between Sata II and Sata III. The OS usually deals with small 4K blocks and the R/W speeds for those will not exceed the Sata II capacity of most SSDs.

@AddRAM, he may have a laptop. He never said I believe.

 

[Zach1928]

Yeah I have an XPS 15 and the only option would be to get a caddy for the CD drive which is just silly. Desktops are better but I've got no money to spend on one now... -____-

 

[whs]

Yeah I have an XPS 15 and the only option would be to get a caddy for the CD drive which is just silly. Desktops are better but I've got no money to spend on one now... -____-

You could put the current HDD into a caddy and store your user data there. These USB2 caddies cost very little. If your laptop is more or less stationary, that is a good solution. You can still keep essential stuff on the SSD for when you move around. A 128GB SSD has a lot of space. My Windows 7 systems take only less than 30GBs.