Vista - Boot Up Time?

How long does you system take to boot up?

Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel 965M
graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection and
4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
also is part of the start up.

Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180 seconds)

To me that seems excessive, no?

Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only takes
15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word already
being started and a virus scan).

So why is my boot time so long, or is it?

What kind of time do the rest of you see?

> How long does you system take to boot up?
>
> Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel
> 965M
> graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection
> and
> 4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
> Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
> also is part of the start up.
>
> Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180
> seconds)
>
> To me that seems excessive, no?
>
> Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
> from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only
> takes
> 15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word
> already
> being started and a virus scan).
>
> So why is my boot time so long, or is it?
>
> What kind of time do the rest of you see?

Compared with my machine I would say it's about right. Keep in mind that
Vista does drive indexing, plus there's disk activity related to SuperFetch
and ReadyBoost. There are also your own third party applications set to
load at Startup. At what point are you considering the boot up finished?
My system becomes responsive to mouse input at a certain point, but the hard
drive goes on for another minute or two before the system becomes quiet.

I have a 2.8Ghz processor and 1.5GB RAM and I should say, without actually
timing it to the second, that my startup time matches yours. Strangely I
used to be a stickler for timing my machine but I found that 'watching' the
machine boot seemed to take much longer than I expected. Now I push the
start button, wait for the logon screen, logon and then walk away and do
something else, even if it means making a quick coffee. By the time you get
back the PC is ready for use
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
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"romanom" <romanom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How long does you system take to boot up?
>
> Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel
> 965M
> graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection
> and
> 4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
> Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
> also is part of the start up.
>
> Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180
> seconds)
>
> To me that seems excessive, no?
>
> Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
> from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only
> takes
> 15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word
> already
> being started and a virus scan).
>
> So why is my boot time so long, or is it?
>
> What kind of time do the rest of you see?
>
>

Thanks for the responses, I tried booting with as few start up programs as
possible and it only saved less than 1 minute.

I consider 'ready to go' the point at which all taskbar items, sidebar items
and all start menu items are accessible and functional. The hard drive does
flicker away for a few seconds more after that.

I guess I should be happy my old Dell with XP took a calender to measure.

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> I have a 2.8Ghz processor and 1.5GB RAM and I should say, without actually
> timing it to the second, that my startup time matches yours. Strangely I
> used to be a stickler for timing my machine but I found that 'watching' the
> machine boot seemed to take much longer than I expected. Now I push the
> start button, wait for the logon screen, logon and then walk away and do
> something else, even if it means making a quick coffee. By the time you get
> back the PC is ready for use
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
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> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for
> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
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>
> "romanom" <romanom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:91E7B737-33FE-4F81-AF82-16BEF7A11AE0@microsoft.com...
> > How long does you system take to boot up?
> >
> > Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel
> > 965M
> > graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection
> > and
> > 4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
> > Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
> > also is part of the start up.
> >
> > Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180
> > seconds)
> >
> > To me that seems excessive, no?
> >
> > Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
> > from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only
> > takes
> > 15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word
> > already
> > being started and a virus scan).
> >
> > So why is my boot time so long, or is it?
> >
> > What kind of time do the rest of you see?
> >
> >
>
>

> Thanks for the responses, I tried booting with as few start up programs as
> possible and it only saved less than 1 minute.
>
> I consider 'ready to go' the point at which all taskbar items, sidebar
> items
> and all start menu items are accessible and functional. The hard drive
> does
> flicker away for a few seconds more after that.
>
> I guess I should be happy my old Dell with XP took a calender to measure.
>

FWIW, since upgrading to Vista I just leave my computer ON all day and put
it into sleep mode when I'm not using it. The new "deep sleep" turns off
all the cooling fans so I don't mind leaving it on. I would have done this
with XP, but the sleep mode wasn't as effective and reliable as Vista.

My computer takes around that time frame to boot and sometimes it takes
longer. For a little while, the computer stayed on the splash screen for 4
seconds! No lie. But, it only boots like that when the CD rom is going to
be knocked out of the system due to registry problems.

After I clear up the CDROM issues, the computer has stablizes a little bit,
but takes 3x longer than it did when I had XP on the computer.

"romanom" wrote:

> How long does you system take to boot up?
>
> Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel 965M
> graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection and
> 4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
> Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
> also is part of the start up.
>
> Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180 seconds)
>
> To me that seems excessive, no?
>
> Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
> from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only takes
> 15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word already
> being started and a virus scan).
>
> So why is my boot time so long, or is it?
>
> What kind of time do the rest of you see?
>
>

What exactly is deep sleep??

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:37:23 -0700, "Victek" <Victek@xyz.com> wrote:

>> Thanks for the responses, I tried booting with as few start up programs as
>> possible and it only saved less than 1 minute.
>>
>> I consider 'ready to go' the point at which all taskbar items, sidebar
>> items
>> and all start menu items are accessible and functional. The hard drive
>> does
>> flicker away for a few seconds more after that.
>>
>> I guess I should be happy my old Dell with XP took a calender to measure.
>>
>
>FWIW, since upgrading to Vista I just leave my computer ON all day and put
>it into sleep mode when I'm not using it. The new "deep sleep" turns off
>all the cooling fans so I don't mind leaving it on. I would have done this
>with XP, but the sleep mode wasn't as effective and reliable as Vista.

That sounds about right. That's about how long it takes for my system to be
ready to go with everything in the sidebar loaded and the like.

AMD Sempron 2800+ OC'd @ 1.99GHz
1.5GB PC-2700 DDR RAM
120GB PATA WD 7200RPM 8MB Cache HD
Ati Radeon X1600PRO 256MB GDDR2
"romanom" <romanom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How long does you system take to boot up?
>
> Mine: HP Pavilion dv9500t with 2.2 Duo, 2GB RAM and 160GB drive, Intel
> 965M
> graphics chipset, WiFi, bluetooth, internet security with boot protection
> and
> 4 items on my sidebar. Plus, my HP printer has this 'Digital Imaging
> Monitor' thing I can't seem to get rid off and still use my printer which
> also is part of the start up.
>
> Time from pressing power button to "ready to go' is : ~3 minutes (180
> seconds)
>
> To me that seems excessive, no?
>
> Everything else works very quick, Outlook 2007 takes less than 5 seconds
> from click to receiving mail and even a 150 MB/120 page Word doc only
> takes
> 15 seconds to load from click to ready to edit (that's without Word
> already
> being started and a virus scan).
>
> So why is my boot time so long, or is it?
>
> What kind of time do the rest of you see?
>
>

"Marjay" <marjay@rr.com> wrote in message
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> What exactly is deep sleep??

Also known as S3 suspend.

The system is powered off, other than the RAM (so you can resume within 2 or
3 seconds).

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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Mine takes 55 seconds to boot from switching on power to the computer to ready to use.

Asus P5L VM mobo,2 gb ddr2 ram, C2D E6420 (2.13 ghz) cpu slightly overclocked to 2.40ghz (does that count?), 250 gb sata HD,Onboard gfx, Adsl modem/router attached and Canon MP 180 printer. Startup program being Nod 32 antivirus, does'nt hog as much resources etc as the big name ones, no software firewall because of the routers built in firewall.
If printer is powered on before computer is powered up then it takes a full 1 minute 15 seconds to ready to go.