How fast should WIN 7 (64) PRO LOAD UP?

[rivrbyte17]

How fast should WIN 7 (64) PRO LOAD UP?

i7 Intel 4770 3.4GHz / MSI B85-G41 PC Mate MB / 16GB DDR3 (1600) / WIN7 64 PRO

I recently rebuilt my system and this time, I bought a Samsung 840 SDD 250GB Boot drive, because I hear it's soooo fast, with programs opening up much faster than the regular hard drives.

Although Photoshop opens within seconds, but from the time I turn my computer on, until I see the MSI Logo Boot screen is 35 seconds. Then it takes about one and a half minutes to fully get to the desktop screen.

Is this a normal boot time from when I turn on the computer to the windows desktop? TWO MINUTES????

I thought the new Solid state drives were supposed to be lightning faster than the regular HDD's.

Thank you!

 

[Golden]

How many startup items/services are loading....check MSCONFIG. What anti-virus are you using?

 

[Brink]

Hello rivrbyte,

In addition, you might also go through the list below to help performance.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11728-optimize-windows-7-a.html

 

[pbcopter]

It may also depend on some drivers loaded for hardware during the boot.

For example, the Hauppauge HVR-2250 driver load adds about 20 secs. to the boot time.

 

[crawfish]

This is for my i5-4670/Asus Z87 and Samsung 830 boot drive encrypted with TrueCrypt. After entering my TrueCrypt password (pre-Windows), it takes 11 sec to get to the Windows 7x64 Ultimate password prompt, then after entering it, the desktop appears right away, but then it takes another 7 sec or so for all the startup programs to finish loading, which includes MSE (on-demand only), Calman Client 3, DisplayFusion, AI Suite III, Sysinternals Process Explorer, Plex server, Autohotkey, Powerchute Personal, Intel processes for RST, USB3, and their display driver, several Apple processes related to iTunes and QuickTime, etc. The desktop timing is based on waiting for the Calman Client (display profile manager) splash screen to disappear; it stays up for a few seconds before installing the profile, which I can tell by the slight change in the desktop colors. If I weren't using it, the desktop might become "usable" even faster.

 

[Callender]

Other suggestions

In addition to the good suggestions that have been made already - here are a few more things to investigate.

For some programs that you need to launch on startup it's possible to delay launching them for a few seconds by creating your own start up queue and launching those programs using a batch file stored in the following folder:

Start> Run

type

Shell:Startup

Press Enter.

or for all users it's Shell:Common Startup

I suppose that technique is only suitable for users who are comfortable with writing batch files for suitable applications to delay on startup!

Other places to look that haven't been mentioned:

Check Task Scheduler for tasks that run on startup and see if there's anything that's not needed or that could be delayed or disabled. You can delay such tasks using the Triggers tab.

Don't disable anything if you don't know what it is!

Advanced tweak for advanced users:

Take ownership of the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\DelayedApps

Change the value of the Delay_Sec. It is set to zero by default which means "0 seconds for the low priority period". You might want to change it and set it back to 60 seconds or so. (use decimal value).

Then restore ownership of the registry key to TrustedInstaller.

Make sure that Superfetch is set to auto start:

Start> Run

type

services.msc

Press Enter

Find Superfetch and check that it's set to auto start.

Then take a look at the following registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\ReadyBoot

Make sure that the Start Value is set to 1


Okay so that will help in some way but disabling startup items that are not needed will make a difference. There is software available that can measure boot time and provide suggestions on what to disable but I hesitate to recommend it to inexperienced users. It can be run for test purposes but needs to be either disabled or removed after it's served it's purpose.

It will provide safe useful suggestions on items that can be disabled, delayed or removed.

How to speed up PC boot time

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[Britton30]

It sounds like your POST/BIOS is the bottleneck for you. some do their job faster than others. My ASUS board's BIOS just sits and spins for 20-22 seconds, reboot time is 48-54 seconds. Another one reboots in around 30 seconds, both systems have SSDs.

I quit caring about reboot time though, the system is still very fast and responsive in all things once running.

 

[crawfish]

Make sure that Superfetch is set to auto start:

...

Then take a look at the following registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\ReadyBoot

Make sure that the Start Value is set to 1

Since you brought those things up, the times I gave in my first post (11 sec to boot to the Windows logon screen, another 7 or so for the desktop to settle down given all the stuff it's loading after I log on) are with both those things specifically disabled. More on that in this thread yesterday:

http://www.sevenforums.com/performa...necessary-processes-services.html#post2736127

It went on for a while, and I don't want to get into the same discussion here, but these services certainly aren't going to be the answer to the OP's two minute boot times.

 

[Callender]

Good point

Make sure that Superfetch is set to auto start:

...

Then take a look at the following registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\ReadyBoot

Make sure that the Start Value is set to 1

Since you brought those things up, the times I gave in my first post (11 sec to boot to the Windows logon screen, another 7 or so for the desktop to settle down given all the stuff it's loading after I log on) are with both those things specifically disabled. More on that in this thread yesterday:

http://www.sevenforums.com/performa...necessary-processes-services.html#post2736127

It went on for a while, and I don't want to get into the same discussion here, but these services certainly aren't going to be the answer to the OP's two minute boot times.

Your point is well made and personally I keep superfetch disabled too! Not always a good idea on a standard set up machine though.

Maybe look here: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/wi...own-issues-that-cause-slower-boot-times/3253/

All the best.

 

[crawfish]

Maybe look here: Use Windows 7 Event Viewer to track down issues that cause slower boot times - TechRepublic

All the best.

Looks like a good bet. How about it, OP?

 

[madcratebuilder]

It sounds like your POST/BIOS is the bottleneck for you. some do their job faster than others. My ASUS board's BIOS just sits and spins for 20-22 seconds, reboot time is 48-54 seconds. Another one reboots in around 30 seconds, both systems have SSDs.

I quit caring about reboot time though, the system is still very fast and responsive in all things once running.

Check the ASUS BIOS, there is a boot delay you can adjust, yours may be set at a high number. I have my 2 asus boards set at 3 seconds for a total bios time of about 10 seconds.

 

[Britton30]

I have no Boot Delay setting, only Fast Boot Enable/Disable. Three boards are this way.

 

[3D Jed]

@rivrbyte17 - look on the bright side, if you had Windows 8 it boots so fast you can't get into safe mode by pressing F8

 

[Britton30]

Then you'd have win 8 though. Some have reported it booting much slower than w7.

 

[3D Jed]

Then you'd have win 8 though. Some have reported it booting much slower than w7.

MS acknowledge that W8 F8 is a problem. They suggest a workaround from within the OS - not much use if the thing won't boot.

Windows Start-up Settings (including safe mode) - Microsoft Windows Help

I did read somewhere of a W8 F8 enable tweak.