vista boot up time

deankenny

deankenny

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i just installed vista and am not sure of the average boot up time or good boot time, from boot/bios screen where you press del to enter setup, to windows desktop.
 
Generally Vista loads up very closely to what is seen with XP. There isn't that much time difference while starting up. Some complain about it taking a little longer to see everything unload when going to shutdown or simply reboot the system.

For the most the number of startup items and how large those are will play the largest role in any real time consumption there. Since everyone generally has their own software as well as hardware environment it's a little hard to take a stop watch and accurately predict just how long it will take your system there.
 
My FX-55 PC with 3GB RAM boots Vista in 35 seconds, my main desktop does it in 24 seconds, and my laptop does it in 51 seconds.
 
deankenny said:
i just installed vista and am not sure of the average boot up time or good boot time, from boot/bios screen where you press del to enter setup, to windows desktop.
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This is subjective, do you mean when Vista fully boots and all processes are running? Or do you mean to the log in window?
 
I haven't timed it, but if you have a higher end system Vista definately boots up faster than XP. Mine and my friend's computer skips right through the login screen:P
 
With XP you had to add a pair of string entries into the system registry itself to see the automatic logon to the administrator account or see the user logon prompt screen along the way in order to reach the desktop. The Welcome screen is still seen when using the auto login tweak there. With Vista by default you go direct to the desktop unless requiring the user name/password prompt to appear.

There's no welcome screen that comes up so the desktop is simply seen sooner while things are still loading in the background. Both versions seems to take the same amount of time to fully load from what is seen with the dual boot here.
 
takes me around 30-40 seconds, although I could get it a bit faster if I got rid of some more processes I think.
 
PC eye said:
With XP you had to add a pair of string entries into the system registry itself to see the automatic logon to the administrator account or see the user logon prompt screen along the way in order to reach the desktop. The Welcome screen is still seen when using the auto login tweak there. With Vista by default you go direct to the desktop unless requiring the user name/password prompt to appear.

There's no welcome screen that comes up so the desktop is simply seen sooner while things are still loading in the background. Both versions seems to take the same amount of time to fully load from what is seen with the dual boot here.
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Actually there is a welcome screen, it's just seen on the slower computers
 
The welcome screen seen with Vista is not a boot splash screen but one seen when arriving at the desktop that comes up like an explorer menu screen. That can be unchecked to avoid the need to close that every time you boot up to simply see the desktop.

That's one of the usual MS annoyances they like to stick into each new version of Windows! "gee? I might not be able to find my way around the desktop without it?! ddaa...." :P
 
My neighbor has a laptop running Vista and 2 GB. It takes soooo long for it to come out of hibernate. But, it does not take that long for it to startup.
 
PC eye said:
The welcome screen seen with Vista is not a boot splash screen but one seen when arriving at the desktop that comes up like an explorer menu screen. That can be unchecked to avoid the need to close that every time you boot up to simply see the desktop.

That's one of the usual MS annoyances they like to stick into each new version of Windows! "gee? I might not be able to find my way around the desktop without it?! ddaa...." :P
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jmedina said:
My neighbor has a laptop running Vista and 2 GB. It takes soooo long for it to come out of hibernate. But, it does not take that long for it to startup.
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Uggh, I hate hibernate. Sleep FTW:P
 
my vista generally boots up extremely quick and i can get on the internet right away. But when i hit the restart button or theres an update or i download something and my computer needs a restart, It takes 15 minutes. The bar will go accross quick then just stop and then gradually moves its so annoying.
 
Try logging off on both versions and clicking on the administrator account to log back onto Windows. On Vista you will see a quick blank screen pratically and then the wallpaper you selected(if any) for the desktop come right up.

With XP you still see another splash screen like "starting Windows" and then finally see the desktop appear after a wait for things to load. So where's the difference? With Vista the desktop is already seen while things haven't finished loading quite yet. People think XP is faster while others say that about Vista simply due to way the two versions load by the difference in appearance not actual loading time.

When you dual boot both versions together you have the regular time available to watch and wait to see just how long each one seems to take while noticing both actually load up about the same! Not seeing the last splash screen in Vista leaves you with the impression that Vista loads faster when in actually you are only seeing the background while it still isn't finished. XP hides it's own loading process behind the splash screen seen there with "starting Windows" seen following the choice of the account to be loaded or simply when set to go directly to the desktop at startup with two reg values added for that.
 
oscaryu1 said:
Yes, unless you're using a SATA to IDE converter, and if you're comparing ATA133 to SATAI, there's not THAT much difference.

SATA FTW :D
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well im using a ide 7200rpm maxtor 80gb hard driver, would that be holding me back????? and if i go for a sata drive what am i looking for ??
 
From POST to all processes running, it takes about 50 seconds. Most of that time is due to my RAID controller initializing. :rolleyes:
 
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