Re: Faster Startup Idea

Sounds like ROM Basic. The "boottime" issue is that of all the hardware being checked and drivers loaded, not particularly the "operating system" load time. You might consider instead "hibernate".

parent5446 wrote:

Microsoft should consult with a hardware company about this idea.

When you buy a computer, their should be this little drive that you can take out (with proper covering and take-out procedures and safety features) that is a permanent memory. This permanent memory should be able to be accessed quickly and holds the operating system's files. With this, the time it takes to load the operating system from the hard drive to the memory is taken away. To solve the problem of updates and enhancements, a file in the OS Memory tells the computer to read the a file that contains all modifications that the OS loads to an additional temporary memory on the same module where the OS Memory is located. An additional feature of this system is bootlegging. Since the files for the OS are on a permanent memory, they cannot be copied onto another memory module because the memory cannot be modified. This idea may seem confusing at first but trust me, it is opening a whole new concept of software. Also, it eliminates the proccess of installing the OS because all that is needed to be done is to stick in the memory module and the computer can boot up! Please consider this idea.

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