XP startup taking too long

My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.

Nothing in event viewer or windows log files.

Automatic updates is disabled.

Anything else to check ?

Thanks,
Andy

Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.

Nothing in event viewer or windows log files.

Automatic updates is disabled.

Anything else to check ?

Thanks,
Andy

Instrumentation readout, in the form of BootVis, is
available. Microsoft stopped supporting it. I was
able to test it on my WinXP SP3 machine, and it
seemed to work fine here. It creates a trace of
OS activity during boot.

This is my collection of random links.

*******
http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/bootvis/

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5034622.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVis

(Where to get a copy of Bootvis)

http://majorgeeks.com/BootVis_d664.html

(Sample user experience with disk operating modes or driver choices.
Scroll to bottom of page.)

http://www.motherboardpoint.com/boot...o2-t56773.html
*******

I did a backup before installing it, because..
I trust no one :-)

Paul

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.



Nothing in event viewer or windows log files.



Automatic updates is disabled.



Anything else to check ?



Thanks,

Andy

Sounds scary.

Do you use a disk image or is there something easier ?

Andy

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but sometimes the wheel gets a blowtorch."

A.K.

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.



Nothing in event viewer or windows log files.



Automatic updates is disabled.



Anything else to check ?



Thanks,

Andy

Sounds scary.

Do you use a disk image or is there something easier ?

Andy

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but sometimes the wheel gets a blowtorch."

A.K.

My C: is only 20GB, and I use Macrium Reflect Free to
back it up.

When I make suggestions like this, it's to encourage people
to make backups. And, also, to estimate their own risk or
comfort factor with software. There are plenty of lesser solutions,
but then, they require research. Like, say you break your
registry. System Restore keeps copies for you, if you
have System Restore turned on. But you don't have to "learn
anything", if you have a working backup system.

I keep the content of C: relatively small, to make
the backup run faster.

Paul

In message , Andy
writes:
My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.
[]
I (and my blind friends) would be delighted with a 20 second startup!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I don't think I would make a great rock star. I like my tea too much!
- Jessica Raine (Jenny in "Call the Midwife"),
in Radio Times 19-25 January 2013.

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:00:43 PM UTC-6, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Andy

writes:

My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.

[]

I (and my blind friends) would be delighted with a 20 second startup!

--

J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf



I don't think I would make a great rock star. I like my tea too much!

- Jessica Raine (Jenny in "Call the Midwife"),

in Radio Times 19-25 January 2013.

Blind friends got me lost ?

I can give you my startup services to help.

Andy

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.

I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty
good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!

Bill in Co wrote:
Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.

I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty
good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!


I think the record is 18 seconds.

I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,
trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)

Actually, if you're into beating the record, whatever
it is, start with a motherboard with an Insyde BIOS.
Those POST really fast, and will help your stats.
My Asus motherboard (in this machine), wastes a lot
of time in POST.

Paul

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:57:38 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:

My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.



I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty

good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!





I think the record is 18 seconds.



I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,

trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)

Paul

Be nice.

Do not read any further.

My normal bootup time is around 15 seconds.

Andy

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:57:38 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:

My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.



I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty

good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!





I think the record is 18 seconds.



I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,

trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)

Paul

Be nice.

Do not read any further.

My normal bootup time is around 15 seconds.

Andy

I think my desktop takes about a minute. But then again, I've got a TON of
software on here, going back when, and some of it was even imported from
previous versions of windows.

Actually, I just checked, and my C: partition has about 30 GB of data on it,
and that *excludes* music, photos, and videos, most of which are on separate
partitions. (well, not the photos, but I don't have much big stuff in
there). So that's a fair amount of software I guess. I'm guessing a few
hundred programs, en total. And I think somewhere around 100,000 files or
so, last time I checked. And it's a 2.4 GHz CPU, to boot!

On 12/10/2013 07:44 PM, Bill in Co wrote:

I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty
good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!




I subscribe to a lot of newsgroups and Andy is a known troll.
I suggest ignoring the clown.

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:57:38 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:

My XP startup is taking way too long.



20 seconds.



I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty

good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!





I think the record is 18 seconds.



I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,

trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)



Actually, if you're into beating the record, whatever

it is, start with a motherboard with an Insyde BIOS.

Those POST really fast, and will help your stats.

My Asus motherboard (in this machine), wastes a lot

of time in POST.



Paul

Bootvis is showing pssnap.sys is taking 12 seconds which seem like a long time for a driver to load.

Andy

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:57:38 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

Andy wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
My XP startup is taking way too long.
20 seconds.
I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty
good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!


I think the record is 18 seconds.



I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,

trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)



Actually, if you're into beating the record, whatever

it is, start with a motherboard with an Insyde BIOS.

Those POST really fast, and will help your stats.

My Asus motherboard (in this machine), wastes a lot

of time in POST.



Paul

Bootvis is showing pssnap.sys is taking 12 seconds which seem like a long time for a driver to load.

Andy

Is that a Macrium file ?

http://support.macrium.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=398

Paul

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:47:37 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:57:38 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:

Bill in Co wrote:



Andy wrote:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:

My XP startup is taking way too long.

20 seconds.

I think 20 seconds from a power off state to a stable desktop is pretty

good! I don't think mine is quite that fast!





I think the record is 18 seconds.







I only mention that, so Andy will tear his hair out,



trying to shave off the 2 seconds :-)







Actually, if you're into beating the record, whatever



it is, start with a motherboard with an Insyde BIOS.



Those POST really fast, and will help your stats.



My Asus motherboard (in this machine), wastes a lot



of time in POST.







Paul



Bootvis is showing pssnap.sys is taking 12 seconds which seem like a long time for a driver to load.



Andy



Is that a Macrium file ?



http://support.macrium.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=398



Paul

I got my system running right.

Less than 30 seconds from power on till desktop.

I just restored a disk image.

Restoring the MBR did not help.

Another one of those mysteries. :-)

Andy