Vista slow boot?

StuartT · 29 Sep 2012 at 11:41

Hi,
I've been trying to solve slow boot issues with my Vista 64 bit pc.

Specs are;
X58A-GD65
i7 920
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s
Vista 64 bit Ultimate

I have always has a mark against the Marvell controller in device manager, so I installed said driver. Install went OK but noticed that I now get the 'safely remove hardware' icon in from the hard disc! is this correct?
I have the HD in the SATA 6Gb/s port (white one).

Any clarification would be appreciated

Thanks

wazza300 · 29 Sep 2012 at 11:48

if everythings workin as it should i wouldnt worry about it,i dont know why its showing other than you click on it if you want to remove the hdd

FredFlint · 29 Sep 2012 at 18:34

On vista 64x I found turning off the drive indexing survive made a big difference. Also windows Defender real-time protection.

StuartT · 1 Oct 2012 at 09:10

Thanks for that.
I've no noticed that my WD drive is now called a SCSI drive? not sure that's correct, seems to be working though.

Might end up doing a re-install.

Regards

StuartT · 3 Oct 2012 at 09:43

Hello again,

OK decided to do a new windows install, afterall it needed a freshen up

Again I have the HD connected to the Marvell port (white one) on this MB, stated as a 6Gb/s port afterall I have a SATA 6Gb/s drive...

What I'm not sure about, is this correct one to use? the other ports 1-6 are the intel ones but at 3Gb/s.
Have I connected to the correct port? can I re-connect the HD to the intel port without a re-install?

Again any advice would be appreciated

Regards

Gazb · 3 Oct 2012 at 10:13

FredFlint said:
On vista 64x I found turning off the drive indexing survive made a big difference. Also windows Defender real-time protection.

I'd agree with this as well, doesn't help you exact problem but will help speed things up. (unless you use the fully featured file search function often, in which case indexing will help speed up file searches).

I'd also recommend turning off SuperFetch, as it tends to thrash the hard disk at boot up and doesn't really seem to speed anything up. It should be noted Windows 7 also suffers from this issue (which being based on Vista's core is understandable) but it is to a lesser degree.

P.s. I wouldn't worry about it showing up as a SCSI device as SATA drives are pin compatible with SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives so will get labeled SCSI in places.