Windows loading times

inam22 · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:17

how quickly your windows completely load up that include all the programs in startup like antivirus etc put your timings here the reason i am starting this thread i just bought wd250 sata hdd and my windows is taking 2:10 sces to start which i think is very slow.

tereu5 · 28 Jan 2007 at 15:11

wow 2 min , that is same as my laptop 4200 drive.....
but i had a 250wd on rig(sig) and windows start up was max 50s (when Windows loading screen comes i took 2 box passes when deskop pop up)

Ĵ@®√!گ · 29 Jan 2007 at 18:35

inam22 said:
how quickly your windows completely load up that include all the programs in startup like antivirus etc put your timings here the reason i am starting this thread i just bought wd250 sata hdd and my windows is taking 2:10 sces to start which i think is very slow.

You can never really compare boot times as people use different programs/drivers which Windows has to load at startup.

mrk · 31 Jan 2007 at 00:19

My mobo (asus a8n-32 sli) has 5x sata ports and dual gigabit lan so my POST screens are slightly longer than most mobos (primary boot is cd/dvd too) - once past POST though Windows loads fast even with 40 processes fully booted into windows.

This is still a grey area though, some people think windows load starts from when you press power on when in fact it's from the moment the windows logo bar starts to scroll. My PC from "power on" takes 1min 10sec-20sec to boot to a usable desktop but from windows logo it's 45~ seconds depending on what I installed (or uninstalled) last session and whether it was a reboot or a cold boot.