How to make windows 7 boot faster

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My laptop takes longer to finish booting (60-70 seconds) than my slower desktop that boots up in about 35-45 seconds.

My laptops CPU is a Core i5 vs my desktop which is an old Pentium 4 HT. I've disabled the same amount of programs to start up on both so I don't know why the laptop is taking longer. Any ideas why its like this? or how to improve the boot time?
 

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First thing I'd try, assuming the laptop HD just isn't way slower than the desktop, is enable boot logging:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html

Look through the log and see if it is waiting for drivers that don't exist. Sometimes if you pull off stuff like Norton av without using the Norton removal tool, it leaves references to the drivers to load in the registry. The machine can time out waiting for driver files that have been deleted, to load.

Could be something else too. It may give some clue. When you are done just turn logging back off.
 

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Hi,

Another option is to install and run free Soluto. This program gathers information about each component that loads during bootup, as well as how long each component takes. It presents the results in an easily understood graphic that will help you work out your bootup times.

The program is a beta version, but I have found it to be stable and rock solid. Post back here if you need more help with that.

Regards,
Golden
 
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I tried Soluto just now. It just gave me options to disable programs that I can disable myself with CCleaner. Used Norton Removal tool to clear up registry settings but still the same. Any other ideas?
 

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Windows 8.1 64-bitIntel Core i7 5500U8 GbGeForce GTX 940M
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Laptop
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HP Pavilion 15
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Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 5500U
Memory
8 Gb
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GeForce GTX 940M
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1920x1080
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1 TB SSHD 5400 RPM
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Thermaltake Massive 23LX
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Logitech M510
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200 Mbps
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2016
Generally the boot bottleneck is the disk, not the CPU or RAM (especially considering Windows 7 does pretty much everything in parallel once the kernel and base supporting structure are bootstrapped). If you can get an xbootmgr trace (you only need to install the tools and run the boot trace command - I can do the analysis of the resulting .etl) I can tell you what's happening, but you may simply be running into the laws of physics if you're not using an SSD in your laptop.
 

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Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz
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thomas1028 said:
I tried Soluto just now. It just gave me options to disable programs that I can disable myself with CCleaner.
Click to expand...

Hi,

I find the value in Soluto is not so much the ability to disable items (which as you point out can be disabled by other means) but its ability to show you exactly what is loading, and how long it takes.

Once you know what is loading and how long it takes, you have a base from which to work on things.

Regards,
Golden
 

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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
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Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
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16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
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EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
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Realtek Integrated
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Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
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1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
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2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
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Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
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Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
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Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
Removing Norton bloatware should help a lot. Use MSE or Avast 5 with Windows Firewall for best performance.

I only allow AV and gadgets/stickies to start with computer - the others are freeloaders at all times on startup, RAM, CPU and can spy on you.

Watch the logs closely and do standard troubleshooting and maintenance.

If the problem persists use the tool which the pro's use to trace boot hangs, which is adminstered by our own Cluberti who may be the top expert in the world on this: Trace Windows 7 boot/shutdown/hibernate/standby/resume issues - MSFN Forum
 
thomas1028 said:
I tried Soluto just now. It just gave me options to disable programs that I can disable myself with CCleaner. Used Norton Removal tool to clear up registry settings but still the same. Any other ideas?
Click to expand...

The idea is to look at the log and see if the system is timing out while trying to load drivers because the driver files have been removed. Norton av is just one example.
 

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AMD 5200+ dual core
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NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB
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CRT
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500 GB Sata internal :

SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives
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PS/2 Wheel Mouse
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SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card.

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Cha...EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
I am assuming this is the system you are referring to....

LIFEBOOK AH Series - Notebooks - Product Catalog - Fujitsu

1.) Don't install a bunch of garbage that wants to start at boot, or disable the Start at login/boot/whatever function of that software.

2.) Defrag

3.) Make sure there is no bloatware running, and disable/uninstall any power management software (ACER has a horrible power management software they install that causes all kinds of issues) don't know if Fujitsu has something similar. (And it appears they do)

4.) If the Hard Drive speed is only 5400RPM (which it probably is), there isn't anything you can do other than replace the Hard Drive with a faster one. Your desktop is more than likely a 7200RPM drive. I repeat, you will not be able to do anything other than replace the drive.

https://globalsp.ts.fujitsu.com/dmsp/docs/ds-lifebook-ah530.pdf

5.) read GregRockers post, if there are any issues with Drivers, or OS install, then that could cause slowness issues.

6.) Other Hardware could also be an issue, if it's bad. See Here for the System Diags
 

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Just out of curiosity I'd love to see the OP post a Crystal Disk Mark for both machines. :)
 

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Windows 7 32 bit
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AMD 5200+ dual core
Memory
2 GB
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NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB
Monitor(s) Displays
CRT
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
500 GB Sata internal :

SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives
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PS/2
Mouse
PS/2 Wheel Mouse
Other Info
SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card.
What is that? a benchmark program? both of my HD's are 5400 RPM so I'm sure its not that. What is this ngen.exe that starts for a few seconds and then closes. There's about 3 of them and one called something like mscorsvc.exe. They run whenever ObjectDock 2 starts.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 8.1 64-bitIntel Core i7 5500U8 GbGeForce GTX 940M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion 15
OS
Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 5500U
Memory
8 Gb
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce GTX 940M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1 TB SSHD 5400 RPM
Cooling
Thermaltake Massive 23LX
Mouse
Logitech M510
Internet Speed
200 Mbps
Antivirus
Kaspersky Internet Security 2016

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 32 bitAMD 5200+ dual core2 GBNVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Media Center
OS
Windows 7 32 bit
CPU
AMD 5200+ dual core
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB
Monitor(s) Displays
CRT
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
500 GB Sata internal :

SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives
Keyboard
PS/2
Mouse
PS/2 Wheel Mouse
Other Info
SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card.
first off start simple...on your computers go to the windows configureation thing (forget name of the program) but its like msconfig or somethin like that.

set your computer to use all CPU cores for boot (by default it will only be using a single core, even if you got multiple cores) and there are a couple other options that you can set that will also (i think) help out, but the setting to select how many cores the machine uses to boot should help some, as the work load will be split among all cores you select to use for boot.

meaning if you got 4 cores each core (in theory) will only have to work 25% as hard then if you had only 1 core working 100%
 

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Windows Defender
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Jaime74656 said:
first off start simple...on your computers go to the windows configureation thing (forget name of the program) but its like msconfig or somethin like that.

set your computer to use all CPU cores for boot (by default it will only be using a single core, even if you got multiple cores) and there are a couple other options that you can set that will also (i think) help out, but the setting to select how many cores the machine uses to boot should help some, as the work load will be split among all cores you select to use for boot.

meaning if you got 4 cores each core (in theory) will only have to work 25% as hard then if you had only 1 core working 100%
Click to expand...

This setting does not enable all cores as they will be by default. It is only for troubleshooting purposes.
 
hmmm really....when booting I have that enabled and my system says its booting with the multi core kernel....but what ever.....
 

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Windows 10 64bit UltimateIntel Core i7-4770K @3.50GHz8192 Mo, Type: DDR3, @669.7MHzSapphire 7990 6GB DDR3 PCIe 3.0
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 10 64bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Core i7-4770K @3.50GHz
Motherboard
GA-MA785GT-UD3H
Memory
8192 Mo, Type: DDR3, @669.7MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire 7990 6GB DDR3 PCIe 3.0
Sound Card
On board
Monitor(s) Displays
Monitor: 22'' Samsung, 2x 15" Touch screen (stored)
Screen Resolution
1600x1900 (Samsung)
Hard Drives
Kingston SSD, 120GB "SSD Now 300"
ADATA SP550
Samsung HM321HI
PSU
1000 Watt
Case
Antec Sonata III
Cooling
200MM side fan, 1 intake front
Keyboard
Naga Chroma Mechanical
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
10 megs
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Browser
Chrome
Other Info
Optical drive (main): SONY DVD RW AW-G170S 1.72
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