Re: XP boot process

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"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> schreef:

"Mike" <privacy.invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

A few days ago my HDD crashed. Today I managed to rescue the data and I
partitioned the entire drive. XP is booting twice as fast.
The progress bar with those iiiiiii is gone in a flash.(I dont know how
it's
called)

I suspect it has to do with fragmentation of certain areas on the HDD.
I know there is a program called bootvis, but I read so many completely
different reviews ..

Is there somebody who knows where I can find more information about the
boot
process and disk fragmentation?


While fragmentation could have been the cause of your slower booting,
it would have had to be pretty severe in order to affect the boot time
as you described. Operating system files tend to be contiguous when
installed and it is difficult, although not impossible, for them to
become fragmented after being installed unless the files have been
updated and the updates increased the size of the file(s).

Did you reinstall *all* of your application programs, especially the
ones that load at startup? Did you install updated hardware drivers,
ones that were not installed previously, as part of the reinstall?
When you repartitioned the drive did you change from FAT32 to NTFS?

All of these could be at least partially responsible for your faster
startup times.

But the bottom line is that it is working better and in these
circumstances the golden rule of repairmen applies" "If it ain't
broke don't fix it".

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Hi Ron,

I deleted all partitions.
Next I ran the setup with my XP SP2 CD.
I created only a primairy partittion (20 GB) to install XP.
On second reboot in setup I booted in VGA mode.
Installed the audio and graphic drivers, etc.

I created the other partitions with Disk Managment.
XP is booting much faster than before, when I did a clean install without
free space on the HDD.

Maybe it is hardware related?

Regards,

Mike.


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