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Philip_Yip
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August 2nd, 2008 08:00
Typical Vista Boot time.
Inspiron 6400
T2130 Duo Core (@1.86GHz)
4Gb RAM
160Gb Hdd with Media Direct, Vista Home Basic Dell OEM > Vista Business Upgrade
Boot Time (From power up to screen 2 minutes 15 seconds)
160Gb Hdd with Media Direct, XP Professional
Boot Time (From power up to screen <30 seconds)
Two seperate hard drives have to be switched to use.
Is this a common boot up time for vista or have I done something wrong with the Media Direct and Vista upgrade, boot time seems awfully wrong, vista disc does not see any repairs.
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Posted August 2nd, 2008 10:00
Thanks for the information friend, I was concerned I had installed Media Direct Wrong or something wierd, the home basic version seems to load up faster then the Business version however but I will leave it the way it is just now.
A friend said she had a HP laptop of similar specs and it takes 10 seconds, she must have it on sleep.
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Posted August 2nd, 2008 14:00
My vista home basic takes about 1 minute 30 seconds
XP Professional takes <50 seconds
Vista Professional takes 2 minutes 15 seconds
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Posted August 3rd, 2008 03:00
My Home Premium box with SP1 boots in about 60 seconds.
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Posted August 3rd, 2008 21:00
1.83 GHZ Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB ram, Windows Vista Home premium.
Mine boots in about 20 seconds.
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Posted August 4th, 2008 10:00
You sure thats a full power up or a boot from sleep?Stanleysworld
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Posted August 4th, 2008 14:00
I recommend to avoid to boot if possible and rather stby. The boot procedure takes ages in Vista. We will not "upgrade" to Vista in our office anyway (not only because of the overall lagginess).razgriz989
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Posted August 4th, 2008 15:00
It's a full boot. I have very few things that boot up with Windows.Philip_Yip
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Posted August 4th, 2008 18:00
I rather shut down, its better for the system files, I always shut down last thing at night but during the day its in sleep. And as for things booting up with windows I have alot disabled with msconfig but its before the other programs the power up from BIOs to Vista Log In Screen is slow.
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Posted August 2nd, 2008 10:00
One of the biggest complaints with Vista is the boot time. I have a desktop with a Q6600 quad CPU and it takes "quite a while" (I've never really timed it) to boot up. Vista SP1 was supposed to help with the boot up time but I don't notice any difference with the Service Pack 1 installed.
I have a laptop with about the same hardware as you have and it takes it probably as long as yours for it to completely boot up and the wireless internet connection to be activated.