Speeding up boot times

[az]

I can't offer any help, but I'm curious: Why is boot time so important for you?

AZ

[arbymo]

I see no one mentioned this, use 98lite !!
it can strip alot of things u don't want in windows.
www.98lite.net

maybee u already know about this.

[Guru]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Technoid:

My IBM 7200RPM booted much faster than my quantum 5400!

Please give us a litle more facts about that one..</font>

Have you ever been one a Intel course? (IPI etc.)

Du jobba i en dator butik intsant?

[Wombat]

Yeah, I'm missing the 5400-is-automatically-faster-than-7200 bit as well. It seems like a better access time and higher sustained throughput would beat out the spin-up time.

[SteveC]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by az:
I can't offer any help, but I'm curious: Why is boot time so important for you?

AZ</font>

az - this PC is in the boot of my car, and although only does the time at the moment (it runs a 20x4 LCD screen), it will as part of my next year's university project, do all sorts of info gathering (temp sensors, brakelight failure sensors ets) and will also me an MP3 player.
(I've actually already done the MP3 playback bit, but just need to make an human interface for it).

So, as you can see, at the moment, I'm looking at around 30 seconds to just get a clock in my car when I start the engine.


I'm also looking into using suspend to disk (hibernation) in winme.

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[az]

OIC - but wouldn'T stability be a major issue then? I guess you'd better get win2k then...

AZ

[Technoid]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Jorden:
Added the link to the FAQs, with credit to Technoid </font>

Thanks Jorden

[ayoub_ibrahim]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by SteveC:
I'm also looking into using suspend to disk (hibernation) in winme.</font>

let's hope that you don't crash then SteveC!



[This message has been edited by ayoub_ibrahim (edited 20 May 2001).]

[Technoid]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Guru:
Have you ever been one a Intel course? (IPI etc.)

Du jobba i en dator butik intsant?</font>

Jäpp, sedan nästan två år.
Har inte vart på någon intel kurs, vad har det med det här att göra?

Trans: Shure, since nerlay two years.
And I have not been on any Intel courses, what has it to do whit this ?

[Guru]

They usualy have a "how to optimize xxxx" section(P4 this year)!

And there they usualy talk about how to speed up boot times (disableing USB, unsused com ports etc.) and also they state that a 5400 drive decreases boot times (less time to spinn up etc.)! Ofcourse a fast 7200 model will always bé faster than a old Quantum bigfot becouse of faster seektimes and higher transfer rates etc.

[xortam]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Jorden:
Added the link to the FAQs, with credit to Technoid </font>

Not meaning to take away from Technoid's day in the Sun but ... I already had the Max Speed bookmark. Probably added it after Brian the Terrible (DV) posted it last winter or more likely when Rik posted it in January. Guess I should spend some time and see what this site has to offer.

[SteveC]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by az:
OIC - but wouldn'T stability be a major issue then? I guess you'd better get win2k then...

AZ</font>

Well - the PC won't be doing anything acutally important - it's more of an add-on to the car. Have you ever seen inside the more modern Vauxhall (Opel) cars? Esp. the higher-end models in each range have a screen in them which tells them all sorts of info about possible problems.

The PC's main use will be for MP3 playback.



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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[rubank]

Steve,

I still don´t understand why the time to boot in the boot is of such importance.

Once you´ve got the gal into the car a prelude´s in order

[az]

OK

Sounds like an interesting project, good luck with it

AZ

[Electric Amish]

WinME boots very fast....

amish