PCTech Forums

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:03 pm**

new SP2 is booting up slower then SP1 anyone know why this is ? , any way to fix this or not ? Rob.

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:48 pm**

Just wondering... did you defragment?? Cause I have read where peeps comps were fragmented SEVERELY, and they say it runs MUCH faster now that they have defragmented...something to try!

Cactus

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:03 pm**

yea ill try that cactus have you got SP2? , it loads different i see some white bar flash by then the blue loading screen one that looks different takes ages... then desktop icons load sslow :S its very different to when i booted up on SP1.

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2004 11:04 am**

I've got SP2 & have had no such problems - have you tried using msconfig to run a basic startup & see if it is some startup program or service causing you problems?

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:18 pm**

i looked at start up its really small apart from MS office start up , i defrag its still slow at booting up tho

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:45 pm**

Posted: **Tue Sep 07, 2004 11:19 pm**

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:04 pm**

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:45 pm**

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:04 pm**

That sounds fine - have you tried downloading SiSoft Sandra and running the disk benchmark. This will tell you whether there is a real problem with the transfer rate of your hard drive.

Have you tried a diagnostic startup yet?

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:07 pm**

have not tried that yet ill try it now, and put sisandra on

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:15 pm**

where can i get the free sissandra from? i tried diagnoses start up still the same... :S maybe my hard drive is crap ah well :/

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:50 pm**

Hey robbro

I think you can find that

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:35 am**

Okay thanks GG

, Restek i did a bench mark of my drive it said :

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
Drive Index : 38MB/s

Performance Test Status
Run ID : AFC on 09 September 2004 at 00:26:18
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : No
Operating System Disk Cache Used : No
Use Overlapped I/O : Yes
IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Test File Size : 1535MB
File Fragments : 1
Block Size : 1024kB
File Server Optimised : No

Benchmark Breakdown
Buffered Read : 30 MB/s
Sequential Read : 47 MB/s
Random Read : 21 MB/s
Buffered Write : 80 MB/s
Sequential Write : 47 MB/s
Random Write : 34 MB/s
Average Access Time : 25 ms (estimated)

Drive
Drive Type : Hard Disk
Total Size : 37GB
Free Space : 23GB, 100%

Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Notice 5209 : Consider using the Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark for Flash devices.
Tip 5202 : Use cache on to measure Windows performance.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

that bad im guessing because lower then other drives? ?

, Rob.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:41 pm**

It's not the fastest drive in the world, but it's not that slow that it would cause you real problems.

Have you tried starting up in safe mode?

PCTech Forums

XP SP2 Slow boot up

XP SP2 Slow boot up