How long does it take your computer to boot up?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

3 mins, 44 secs for me - or in real time, 3 hours, 44 mins.

MG

[Shawn]

what operating system are you using?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Windows.

MG

[Shawn]

Windows.

MG

Version?

[Claude]

I re-boot Windows (2000) only once a week, and use the Hibernate function the rest of the time. It takes about 30 seconds for the desktop to be fully loaded from the moment I switch on the computer.

The time depends on the amount of RAM (I have 1GB) and the speed of the hard drive, as the Hibernate function saves and then reloads the content of the RAM from the hard drive.

This also means that when the computer reloads, all open applications will be in the same state as I left them when switching off the PC.

Edited May 22, 2008 by Claude

[Shawn]

I've gone a little "greener" and shut my computer down when I go to sleep or leave for work. But I used to leave it on 24/7.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

If you have Windows XP, look around the web for bootvis. It's a Microsoft program that will optimize your boot.

Also, check how fragmented your C: drive is and if it's got a lot of red, defragment it, even if the tool says not to.

Lastly, get 2 GB of RAM. It's cheap and it will speed up *everything* your PC does, not just boot.

Kevin

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Thanks Kevin.

Yes, I'm running XP - forgot to mention that bit. I turn it off whenever I'm not going to be using it for a bit; but not when I nip down to make a cuppa It tends to get a bit hot if it ain't allowed to cool down occasionally. Laptop.

MG

[aparxa]

Just the time to go and take milk&cereal in the kitchen before naming 3 people