W2K Boot up time - is 60 seconds short or long ? seems like
This is a discussion about W2K Boot up time - is 60 seconds short or long ? seems like in the Windows Software category; My old WinME setup would go from turn on the power switch to desktop in about 35 seconds. W2K takes about 60 seconds to do the same. Is this a quick or slow boot-up ? Is there ANY way to make it noticably quicker ? David.
My old WinME setup would go from "turn on the power switch to desktop in about 35 seconds.
W2K takes about 60 seconds to do the same.
Is this a quick or slow boot-up ?
Is there ANY way to make it noticably quicker ?
David
W2K takes about 60 seconds to do the same.
Is this a quick or slow boot-up ?
Is there ANY way to make it noticably quicker ?
David
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It's a normal bootup, and there is nothing to do about it i'm afraid.
You could try disabling some of the non-essential services, but that would only shave off a couple of seconds off the boot time.
Like rgodart says, there's nothing you can do about it - just learn to live with it. On the upside, I find that the bootup time is just long enough to pour a beer (unless I'm at work, in which case it's just long enough to go and get a cup of coffee )
AndyF
Like rgodart says, there's nothing you can do about it - just learn to live with it. On the upside, I find that the bootup time is just long enough to pour a beer (unless I'm at work, in which case it's just long enough to go and get a cup of coffee )
AndyF
xp boots much faster
Win2k is the slowest thing i have ever seen boot
Jeez, linux is faster
XP boots in about 15 seconds, to logon screen, after entering password, about 3-4 seconds to fully loaded desktop.
Jeez, linux is faster
XP boots in about 15 seconds, to logon screen, after entering password, about 3-4 seconds to fully loaded desktop.
i think NT4 was slower to boot than 2k
really?
i haven't seen XP
but i thought 30-35 secs was great in win2k
mine might even be lower ..25 perhaps.
the thing that helped me speed up was
allocating a static ip address to my nic ..
i have a via chipset so i got all the proper stuff
correct ata100 drivers
and that was what sped it up.
i haven't seen XP
but i thought 30-35 secs was great in win2k
mine might even be lower ..25 perhaps.
the thing that helped me speed up was
allocating a static ip address to my nic ..
i have a via chipset so i got all the proper stuff
correct ata100 drivers
and that was what sped it up.
NT4 is definatley a ballache when it comes to booting up.
Hell, its quite easy to become an alcoholic waiting for NT4 to boot up
Hell, its quite easy to become an alcoholic waiting for NT4 to boot up
HAHAA
nice touch yakkob
its true though
nice touch yakkob
its true though
Some devices can prolong boot up some times, SCSI being one example, but not always.
my raid bios is kinda long but i haven't rebooted this thing in two weeks so i kinda don't care either.
at least with Win2k you won't have to reboot too much, I mean with WinME you probably rebooted a couple of times a day!
Well after reading the replies to this post curiosity got the better of me and I shutdown and timed my start up. A few things have come to my attention.
1) My start up complete came to 2 min 29 sec.
2) 60 seconds would be like the jump to light speed for me
3) I can get a coffee , newspaper from the corner variety store, and learn to play "Rapsody in Blue" during my boot time.
4) and yes you could become an alchoholic..........Burrrp!
Sorry must go; I'm going to reboot now and during the process find the nearest AA chapter.
