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The most dramatic improvement you can get by installng a SSD for the OS. Boot times of 15 to 20 seconds are typical for a SSD configuration.
start up slow and how to speed up comp
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New #13
If you have your OS on a SSD (e.g. an OCZ Vertex or a 2G Intel) and the boot time is still 2 minutes, then there is something seriously wrong. I suggest you have a look at this thread to determine at which part of the boot process the holdup is.
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New #15
Yeah, but that is too long. There are really 2 phases:
1. the part that the BIOS needs including the BIOS splash screen
2. the part that starts with "Windows Starting" and the colored windmill which is the OS boot until the internet connection is available.
You have to distinguish between those 2 phases because the problems of a possible delay will have completely different causes.
On my system (OCZ Vertex, 4GB, Q6600) 1+2 take about 36 seconds whilst 2 alone is less than 15 seconds.
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New #16
Is your boot drive near the top of the boot priority list in the bios or near the bottom? If you have the system set to look for a LAN or a USB drive first, that consumes precious seconds. Also, if you have a lot of external devices plugged in all the time, boot can slow down.
BTW, your bios is dated 2007. Looks kinda old to me. Look around for an update.
Another thing. You can create a new account and try logging on to it. If it logs on quicker, then it may be a corrupted profile.
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New #17
Looks like you have NVidia chipset which often times needs the full download rather than just what Win7 installer gives.
Make sure you have the latest Nvidia update from 1) optional Windows Updates or 2) the Support Downloads webpage for your computer model, or 3)http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx. Same with display driver or any others that error out.
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New #18
I think that the best software you are looking for is definately CCleaner!
Just remove all startup programs!
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New #19
this is the only thing that fails to load in event viewer here is what it says any help
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 20/08/2010 15:53:36
Event ID: 7026
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DARKSHADOW-PC
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
sptd
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7026</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-08-20T14:53:36.591200000Z" />
<EventRecordID>743719</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="692" ThreadID="696" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DARKSHADOW-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">
sptd</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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New #20
here is the second error
Log Name: System
Source: volmgr
Date: 20/08/2010 15:35:28
Event ID: 46
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DARKSHADOW-PC
Description:
Crash dump initialization failed!
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="volmgr" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">46</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-08-20T14:35:28.972400000Z" />
<EventRecordID>743563</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DARKSHADOW-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\HarddiskVolume2</Data>
<Binary>0000000001000000000000002E0004C001100000010000C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
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