extremely long boot times
Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2006
I rarely shut down my computer, however last night i installed some "optional" updates and rebooted, and I noticed that the load time is extremely long. I'm not quite sure if this was before or after the updates.Here are my system specs: Intel core 2 duo 6600 @ 2.4 Ghz Asus Striker extreme motherboard 4 GB DDR2 OCZ Titanium 800Mhz 150 GB Raptor as primary Evga 8800 GTS graphics cardDuring the animated loading screen, where the green bar moves across I counted a total of 76 complete passes. Any ideas what could be causing this? My windows index score is 5.3 at the lowest. Also I am running Vista ultimate x64.Thanks in advance! xide xide's Profile: vista64.net/forums/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49135
Jun 16th, 2006 at 07:36 am
"xide" Normally Vista boots far quicker than XP (in my experience anyhow), though it'll probably slow down as I fill the system up with junk. As my system is not unlike yours 76 passes does seem excessive (as does counting them). However, there are occasions when Vista will take much longer to shut down/reboot, such as when its installing or after installing updates. So if it did this the one time and next time (or the time after that at least) then I'd not worry to much. If it does this everytime, then I'd say there is something seriously wrong! I suppose the cure is to have your PC automatically download updates as they appear, but not install them until you say so, and then to reboot at the earliest convenient time.Crimliar
Jun 20th, 2006 at 05:34 pm
Restart it again it was probably finishing your updates. Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... dtsl.org/goodpost.htm "xide"
Jun 21st, 2006 at 09:25 pm
sorry I forgot to mention that I did reboot several times after installing the updates. I think i counted the passes on the 56th reboot. I left my computer off all day today and just turned it on, and it still takes approx. 5min of passes to load the log in screen. after i log in then, things go pretty smoothly. I personally think it may be a driver issue.I did some searching on the forums as well as google, and saw some mention of a feature that will detect a problem with hardware and/or drivers. does anyone know where this may be?I will keep trying to figure this out, but I think something is seriously wrong here. xide xide's Profile: vista64.net/forums/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49135
Jun 24th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
Run a System Restore and restore the system to a state prior to the update installation and see what that does for your boot problem. Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... dtsl.org/goodpost.htm "xide"
Jun 25th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:00:51 0400, "Richard G. Harper" Hm, before you do that, watch what's happening during the delay is the HD activity LED off, intermittent, or always on? If always on, do you hear a normal random burbling, a periodic clicking, or no sound at all?Next, I'd compare these: normal boot and shut down as above, but unplug and disable all networks as above. but unplug all peripherals as above, after disabling all nonMS startups in MSConfig as above, after disabling all nonMS services in MSConfig Safe Mode Safe Mode Command OnlyDon't forget to kill wireless, bluetooth etc. when "disabling all networks and peripherals". Be easier to use! >