Computer boot up time?

[Western]

44.16 secs on the last startup. PC I built the 1st of January. Probably could "shave" off quite a bit if I didn't have the ASUS monitoring utility, but I'll keep it.

One I just built, should push over 4.5 - over 5 GHz in overclock

ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro /GEN3 Motherboard
i5 2500k 3.30 GHz overclockable processor
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 plus cooling the CPU
Crucial 120gb SSD drive (OS and utilities drive)
Hitachi Deskstar 1 TB HHD for games photos and lesser programs
XFX Radeon HD-6970 2gb GPU
Corsair PRO Series Gold AX850 watt PSU
G.Skills Ripjaws 8gb RAM
Windows 7 64bit OEM (Home)
Corsair Graphite 600T case. This is the neatest case I have ever seen. Right now I'm running 2- 200mm fans 3- 120mm fans + cpu,psu,gpu fans

I use an Identical HHD for my external drive for backups and it runs FAST on my USB 3.0 ports ( case is an infosafe HHD case eSata and USB 3.0 to pc)

 

[JDgreen227]

What I cannot figure out is just why there are times when one of my laptops such as the one that usually takes less than 3 minutes to boot up (Toshiba L-305) can take 6:28 this morning when nothing has changed during the past 24 hours.

 

[RobertN]

Updates running in the background? Possibly automatic update is on, and some updates need a reboot; they are running when you start the computer?

What I cannot figure out is just why there are times when one of my laptops such as the one that usually takes less than 3 minutes to boot up (Toshiba L-305) can take 6:28 this morning when nothing has changed during the past 24 hours.

 

[Western]

Updates running in the background? Possibly automatic update is on, and some updates need a reboot; they are running when you start the computer?

Good point Robert, I have all my updates set for manual install, the program like Windows can check for updates, but I have to confirm it, also I disable most of any add-on auto updates, like Adobe. The only one I let run is my BitDefender AV.

Some updates cause more trouble than they're worth till the beta has been around a while.

 

[mscheer772]

1:07 with a MacBook Pro

 

[JDgreen227]

Updates running in the background? Possibly automatic update is on, and some updates need a reboot; they are running when you start the computer?

That may explain the reason, thanks for the tip.

 

[dmccarty]

You turn off computers?

Really?



The only time I turn off computers is when we will be on vacation. Laptops get put to sleep or hibernated but not turned off.

Most of the reboots are because of security updates which can affect start up times.

Later,
Dan

 

[Western]

I use the "sleep" mode and disable hibernate since hibernate will consume some HHD space by saving RAM info to the HHD, since I have a SSD (Solid state drive) as my main drive, I don't want a bunch of re-writes.

I shut mine down at the end of the day, Sometimes when programs close, they don't close down properly, or 100% and use resources. You also have memory leaks that use up resources. Reboot will clear out those resources and give you a fresh start.

But that is for me and my desktop, We have a few work PC's that are hardly ever off unless rebooted to "clear 'em out" or the power goes out, so everything is backed up at the end of the day.

 

[rekees4300]

I have a pair of 3 year old Toshiba laptops, both running Vista 32 bit,

There are many variables that determine how long it takes to boot. One thing I can tell you for sure (based on my experience) is that Windows 7 will boot MUCH faster than Vista. So if your laptops are Windows 7 compatible consider an upgrade.

 

[Reg]

What I cannot figure out is just why there are times when one of my laptops such as the one that usually takes less than 3 minutes to boot up (Toshiba L-305) can take 6:28 this morning when nothing has changed during the past 24 hours.

Really ?
Do you believe that NOTHING you do on your confuser in the course of using it affects the way it shuts down and the way it starts up the next time ?

This goes back to the old support engineer joke;
Programmer: It worked fine yesterday, I haven't changed anything and now it doesn't work.
Support Engineer: OK, I can probably help you.
Just show me where you haven't changed it.

 

[WM75Guy]

1 minute 15 seconds from power on to homepage.

Lenovo Z570 laptop
Intel Core i3-2310M CPU 2.10 GHz
4 GB RAM
Win 7 64 bit SP1
$500 at Office Depot (on sale)

 

[JDgreen227]

You turn off computers?

Really?



The only time I turn off computers is when we will be on vacation. Laptops get put to sleep or hibernated but not turned off.

Most of the reboots are because of security updates which can affect start up times.

Later,
Dan

My wife rarely shut off my modded Dell 4700 and the fans sucked in so much dust it ruined a $75 graphics card. I never leave any computer of mine on overnight. When I was working, the strict rule was TURN YOUR PC OFF when you were done for the day.

 

[dmccarty]

My wife rarely shut off my modded Dell 4700 and the fans sucked in so much dust it ruined a $75 graphics card. I never leave any computer of mine on overnight. When I was working, the strict rule was TURN YOUR PC OFF when you were done for the day.

Yes I remember. If the computer is in a dirty environment it is going to need to be cleaned out. You buy time before needing to clean it out.

Leaving the system on over night allows software updates to occur and antivirus to run. If the system is power on it is likely to start updating and running antivirus scans. Running this stuff at night gives you better performance when you are actually running the system.

Laptops are problematic since some of them are not designed to run 24x7x365. I very seldom power down a laptop. Just hibernate/sleep. Powering up takes too much time.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

I use the "sleep" mode and disable hibernate since hibernate will consume some HHD space by saving RAM info to the HHD, since I have a SSD (Solid state drive) as my main drive, I don't want a bunch of re-writes.

I shut mine down at the end of the day, Sometimes when programs close, they don't close down properly, or 100% and use resources. You also have memory leaks that use up resources. Reboot will clear out those resources and give you a fresh start.

But that is for me and my desktop, We have a few work PC's that are hardly ever off unless rebooted to "clear 'em out" or the power goes out, so everything is backed up at the end of the day.

The new SSD's are supposed to last longer than an HDD. Time will tell. I was looking at computer parts the other day and SSDs are starting to get to a price point that I might buy. If I build a system I want a SSD but the longevity of the SSD still is a concern.

As much as I do not like Windows I have have not had memory issues in years. Right now the system is using over 4GB of memory and I do not have everything I normally have open, open.

I have been running my laptops and desktops systems like this for years without problems. It saves on boot times.

Later,
Dan

 

[Bird]

My wife rarely shut off my modded Dell 4700 and the fans sucked in so much dust it ruined a $75 graphics card. I never leave any computer of mine on overnight. When I was working, the strict rule was TURN YOUR PC OFF when you were done for the day.

I've heard both ways were best, so I never turn mine off, except maybe very 4 to 6 months when I turn it off, open the case, and blow all the dust out with a blow gun and my air-compressor.:laughing:

 

[Ken]

This past week received a update notice that Micro soft Windows 8 will be introduced this fall.
The design should be different The starting information will be retained in system instead of having to be reloaded from hard drive as it is now. So the fetch load and read function will be aleady set to go.
This also releaves the memory size so faster working.
The last computer I was paid to work on had 24K memory increased from 16k A Zerox 3
Used live data and took 2 sec. to display.
Then windows came along and slowed it all up.
ken

 

[tallyho8]

It took my computer 2 min. 30 sec. to boot up and 30 sec. more to get online. It used to be faster till I installed some better anti-virus on it. This is a computer my son built me from scratch as a state-of-the-art computer in 2002.

My wife's new Dell boots up in about half the time.

 

[Willl]

Laptops are problematic since some of them are not designed to run 24x7x365.

Which ones that you know of that are designed to do so ?

 

[gaeschliman]

I'm using a MacBook Pro and it takes more than 40 sec so I'm sure he's exaggerating.

 

[JDgreen227]

I'm using a MacBook Pro and it takes more than 40 sec so I'm sure he's exaggerating.

Welcome to TBN, and thanks for your informational first post. So many variables seem to factor into boot up time as well as the state the pc is in (off, sleep, hibernation, etc) and today the laptop I am using took twice the time to boot up it normally does...and I still have not figured out why.