how long does your pc take to boot?

[moogle]

However real bootup (Excluding Bios) as measured by stopwatch = 77secs

Defeats the meaning of boot up time if you exclude bios doesn't it?

[Der_KHAN]

Defeats the meaning of boot up time if you exclude bios doesn't it?

very true.


i remember using a stopwatch to find out what the boot time of my win95 pc was. back in those days i got to app 30 seconds between pushing the power button and the moment when the harddisk stopped loading.

i believe it's impossible to have an everyday system boot up that fast today. a complete xp/vista install with anti-virus and everything booting up in less than two minutes? i gotta see it to believe it! (then again, maybe SLC SSDs can make that happen)

[moogle]

i believe it's impossible to have an everyday system boot up that fast today. a complete xp/vista install with anti-virus and everything booting up in less than two minutes?

I use the vbs script provided on VistaX64 to measure the boot time. It's actually the reboot time because shutdown is included but I get around 70 seconds and my best was 64 when I tweaked it. But I don't use an A/V that could be why

If you have a sort of PC sense you know which files will be safe and which ones aren't. If I'm going to run an unsafe file I'll run it on the VM first or I'll try an online scan of the file.

The only thing that loads up on my system is the sound manager.

When I've got my PC running I'll try with the script, the program and a stopwatch.

[rge]

Windows 7 with intel SSD. (nod32 AV, Xreminder, and realtemp startup with windows). Boot time according to program 13.96 seconds. With stopwatch, from computer off until windows 7 loaded (including AV, RT, xrem) and cpu idle ... 37 seconds.

[itslogz]

I havent reformatted in FOREVER, so im not even gonna run the program, itd be pointless lol. I'd say something like 1 min 30 seconds LOL

[itslogz]

Did a fresh install of X64 xp tonight, still pretty slow though.

[KELL5]

Defeats the meaning of boot up time if you exclude bios doesn't it?

No.

When a system is powered up a then the BIOS initiates a POST (Power On Self Test). This ensures all devices on the motherboard (aswell as plugged into it) are in proper order (cpu,ram,soundcard,graphics card,any and/or all HDD's, optical drives etc) then after this action the bios hands over to the OS which then BOOTS.

So no, you don't include the BIOS posting as part of the BOOT process

If I asked how quickly your car could do 0-60mph would you include the time it takes to start the engine?

[oanvoanc]

interesting tool, will try it with gigabyte i-ram soon

i uploaded the reboot vidoe on youtoube - check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShWvn0U3wE

[Serra]

ACARD 9010 on a Dell PERC 6/i, running XSOS v1 w/ apps. Oh, and this isn't even on my Intel Q6600 - this is on a stock s939 setup. I hope this makes you look forward to the ACARD review I'll be posting before too long.

I suspect I'll be beaten before the thread dies, but for now....

I R TEH WINNER:

[KELL5]

interesting tool, will try it with gigabyte i-ram soon

i uploaded the reboot vidoe on youtoube - check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShWvn0U3wE

WoW, very impressive indeed

<<drool drool

[KELL5]

ACARD 9010 on a Dell PERC 6/i, running XSOS v1 w/ apps. Oh, and this isn't even on my Intel Q6600 - this is on a stock s939 setup. I hope this makes you look forward to the ACARD review I'll be posting before too long.

I suspect I'll be beaten before the thread dies, but for now....

I R TEH WINNER:

very nice buddy......I'm close with a barebone rig I have, I built it just for this bench. I'm in the 14's atm and I thought I was doing well but.......

congrats

[Loser777]

Bogged down with a lot of services

[inCore]

No way, 13 seconds. Takes me 46, how the hell do you get it down that much?

I sense new HDDs coming for me, this is pitiful.

[Rol-Co]

interesting tool, will try it with gigabyte i-ram soon

i uploaded the reboot vidoe on youtoube - check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShWvn0U3wE

Pretty fast

mine with vista , 2x ssd ocz core at a rampage extreme raid config.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jle05CmzxfI

to bad i don't have this setup anymore to try this little program.

[NapalmV5]

a slow 6.7 on the areca1210/2x ssd

[KELL5]

a slow 6.7 on the areca1210/2x ssd

[NapalmV5]

thanks.. but slow 6.7 - i meant it



still not the fastest

[Loser777]

Ramdrive?? O.O

[NapalmV5]

^ 2x ssd raid0 @ areca1210

[NapalmV5]

4x ssd raid0 @ areca1231

[Freonor]

Insanely fast. Just how is it possible? Disabled every single service/app at boot?

[NapalmV5]

^ lol if id do that then no os boot


4x ssd raid0 @ areca1231



asus eee pc900/ssd

[Freonor]

^ lol if id do that then no os boot

I didn't mean it literally :P Just every single thing not needed to boot :P

[KELL5]

^ lol if id do that then no os boot


4x ssd raid0 @ areca1231



asus eee pc900/ssd

that's a truely awesome boot time napalm......that rig must fly

on a side note, do you know of any 2.5" SSD's in IDE flavour? I've checked around but couldn't find much.

[GTSRboy]

Its not working for me, i restart and nothing pops up/ i get no boot time data after running the prog. Maybe because i have Vista on C: and Win7 on D: ...?