Boot/Shutdown Times

InfernoUk · 23 Dec 2008 at 14:58

Hey i built my new i7 pc last week and i have been running vista SP1 on it since then. ive noticed that coming from windows xp to vista the boot/shutdown times seem a little to much. for the speed of the pc it seems strange it takes almost a minute to boot and takes over 20/30 seconds just to shut down, i cant work it out. thanks for any help as im new to vista and am so far unimpressed : / thank you for your time.

InfernoUk

El_Watcher · 23 Dec 2008 at 16:52

You could try hibernation rather than full shutdown. Usually boots faster.

reflux · 23 Dec 2008 at 16:53

For me on a new build it takes some time for Vista to sort itself out. Once it has, expect 30-45 second boots and 10 second shutdowns, or in that ballpark.

TheVoice · 23 Dec 2008 at 17:05

El_Watcher said:
You could try hibernation rather than full shutdown. Usually boots faster.

Sleep is better, 5-10 seconds to turn off and about the same to turn on again. Barely uses any more power while in Sleep than it would if properly shut down.

InfernoUk · 23 Dec 2008 at 19:00

thats not fixing the issue of why its doing it though, and why would it need to sort itself out f its software surley its only what i do with it it wont change itsself?

Mattus · 23 Dec 2008 at 23:59

IIRC when you first install it, Vista does some kind of boot profiling which allows it to boot more quickly in the future, so it might well get faster. In the meantime, do you have a lot of programs loading at startup?

InfernoUk · 24 Dec 2008 at 12:51

no its only AVG and Sound MAX that load on startup, quick boot is enabled in the bios but i still have to sit through loads of boot sreens etc, also the windows vista loading part takes a long time. i cant figure it out comng from xp where it just worked : /

AWPC · 24 Dec 2008 at 13:13

Because I7 has more virtual cores from hyperthreading Vista takes a little longer to load up as it has to load balance and I think MS need to do an I7 performance patch as some things hang or get confused. IE7 keeps locking up as do Flash9/10 based web addins.

crunchee · 24 Dec 2008 at 13:28

I found this article useful in helping with vista boot/shutdown times as well as performance wise, check it out http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

InfernoUk · 24 Dec 2008 at 14:38

ok so its my expensive processor thats slowing me down : / thanks anyway now i know what it is