Re: Disabling Fast Boot

Tim Haughton wrote:

> Is it possible to disable fast boot? What I'd like to happen is along
> the lines of Linux - when the login screen appears, the hard drive is
> silent. Currently, although the login screen appears quickly, the
> system is unusable for about a further 45 seconds as the hard drive is
> very active as it completes the boot.
>
> I guess I'd like the individual start up tasks to be completed
> (preferably with verbose on-screen output) before the login screen
> appears. Anyone know if this is possible?

Not AFAIK. Actually, having some operating system processes load *after*
the Desktop appears is a little XP sleight-of-hand to make it look as
if the system loads faster than it really does. However, a healthy XP
installation which is properly optimized should load quite fast. My XP
Pro boxen load marginally quicker than my SuSE 9.3 Pro boxen.

Do some clean-boot troubleshooting on your XP box to see what is causing
the slower startup:
Clean Boot - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Here are sites where you can look up what you find:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.blackviper.com/
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

Make sure your XP boxen are malware/virus-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

General XP maintenance and Slow or Sluggish Computer:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
http://aumha.org/a/health.htm - Take Out the Trash (section 4)
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance

You cannot have the commandline verbose output of the startup the way
you can with *nix. While XP does have a useful commandline function, it
is a graphical operating system and the gui is part of Windows, unlike
*nix.

Malke
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