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Thread ID: 61187 2005-08-27 08:57:00 Is there any way to speed up XP Pro? Bazman (6587) Press F1
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384130 2005-08-27 08:57:00 Today I did a complete clean install of XP Pro on my computer but this time it takes twice as long for it to load up as it did before the re-install.
Would anyone know why that might be? and does anyone know if I can get it to load up faster?
Thanks,
Bazman (6587)
384131 2005-08-27 09:02:00 one first thing to do is to remove some services...

Here (www.blackviper.com)

YAY Black Viper is BACK!!!
bob_doe_nz (92)
384132 2005-08-27 09:12:00 Make sure you have reapplied all the motherboard chipset drivers, and that the hard drive is running in DMA mode and not PIO. godfather (25)
384133 2005-08-27 09:24:00 The links was very useful. I stopped some of the services that were safe to do, but noticed only a very slight speed up of boot-time.

godfather, I believe I need to go into the BIOS for that, right?
Could this have been altered just by re-installing Windows?
I'll check, where in the BIOS can I do that?
Bazman (6587)
384134 2005-08-27 09:35:00 Go into device manager / ide ata/atapi controllers.

Click on primary / secondary ide channel entries / advanced settings.

This will tell u whether theyre in DMA mode, or if u have nero, use infotool / config tab
Speedy Gonzales (78)
384135 2005-08-27 09:39:00 YAY Black Viper is BACK!!!That's great news! Greg (193)
384136 2005-08-27 09:45:00 Bazman show us a list of what processes are running bob_doe_nz (92)
384137 2005-08-27 09:45:00 Go into device manager / ide ata/atapi controllers.

Click on primary / secondary ide channel entries / advanced settings.

This will tell u whether theyre in DMA mode, or if u have nero, use infotool / config tab

Thanks, checked, they're both in DMA mode.
Takes about 30-35 secs from when you see the Win XP logo until you get the logon screen. Is that a long wait? it used to be shorter, I think only 10 secs.
Bazman (6587)
384138 2005-08-27 09:54:00 Today I did a complete clean install of XP Pro on my computer but this time it takes twice as long for it to load up as it did before the re-install.
Would anyone know why that might be? and does anyone know if I can get it to load up faster?
Thanks,

Not long ago I've done the same thing(clean install xp pro) and instead of putting the OS files on C:\WINDOWS, I put them on C:\WINXP.

I got the same problem as you with a slower load time, I then do the same as what Speedy says: Going to device manager....and selecting Ultra DMA mode. Things start to improve from then on.
Mr Wetzyl (362)
384139 2005-08-27 21:30:00 Take out all unnecessary things from the startup. You could put it on nogui boot. Auto logon etc etc pctek (84)
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