M
Mac
3 minutes to shutdown, 7 to get back with all apps up an running...
I suspect my disk is a bit slow...
I suspect my disk is a bit slow...
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PowerUser
Depends on your computer configuration and start up items. 10 minutes is
way too long. You need to do something. What kind of stuff do you have
starting up?
way too long. You need to do something. What kind of stuff do you have
starting up?
M
Mac
Start-up has a minimal set...Firewall (ZA free - which always is last to
load) & A/V (Avast!)
load) & A/V (Avast!)
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Alias~-
Mac said:
Got everything backed up? Sounds like a hardware problem.
Alias
M
Mac
Yes - everything is backed up... just don't understand why a reboot takes so
long...
long...
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Alias~-
Mac said:
Check your hardware. Also, go to Start/Run/type MSCONFIG and look and
see what's on the Start Up tab. Also look in the Events Viewer and see
if there's a clue there.
Alias
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Jonny
Mac said:
Has it always been that way, or, is it something that developed over time,
or, did it just happen out of the blue?
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Mac
It has gradually gotten worse...
Jonny said:
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R. McCarty
Check you System Event Log - may be Service start timeouts.
Event Viewer accessible by:
Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand System Category and scan for Red Icons that denote
error(s).
Event Viewer accessible by:
Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand System Category and scan for Red Icons that denote
error(s).
M
Mac
No red icons...
R. McCarty said:
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R. McCarty
What about a "Read-Only" run of Chkdsk on the drive ? Does
it indicate inconsistencies and recommend a /F run.
it indicate inconsistencies and recommend a /F run.
Mac said:
M
Mac
Done chkdsk on C: at start up more than once... I suspect the disk is just
slow... in addition to lots of bloat...
slow... in addition to lots of bloat...
R. McCarty said:
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R. McCarty
Perhaps the drive has experienced errors that cause XP to
step back it's operating mode from DMA to PIO. Check
Device Manager ATAPI IDE controllers. Check Pri/Sec
most have an Advanced (TAB) that shows operating mode
for each connected device.
step back it's operating mode from DMA to PIO. Check
Device Manager ATAPI IDE controllers. Check Pri/Sec
most have an Advanced (TAB) that shows operating mode
for each connected device.
Mac said:
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Bill James
There are a lot of possible reasons for this, and a slow disk might add to the problem but is unlikely to be the primary cause. You might want to review previous posts on this subject instead of waiting for and trying various suggestions that are posted. Start here: http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...off&num=20&q=slow+startup+windows+xp&safe=off then perhaps modify that search if needed.
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Dick Sutton
A 10 minute reboot is only normal if you're running Linux 
Dick
Dick
P
Phisherman
That's a very long time. My Linux machine is very slow to boot, about
5 minutes. Check which processes are loading on boot up.
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Ron Martell
Mac said:
Not normal at all.
Try this utility, which will create a log file during startup and
which may help you to pinpoint the culprit:
http://greatis.com/utilities/bootlogxp/
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Jonny
Hate to say this, but is probably user caused by software
installations/deinstalls either not meant for XP, flaky software, internet
trash and so forth. The quickest fix in this case is to wipe the XP
partition and do a clean install.
Check the hard drive with software provided by the hard drive's manufacturer
first. Preferrably, from boot media, not in XP environment that may
compound the problem symptoms. Such software needs exclusive control to
give proper results.
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Jonny
installations/deinstalls either not meant for XP, flaky software, internet
trash and so forth. The quickest fix in this case is to wipe the XP
partition and do a clean install.
Check the hard drive with software provided by the hard drive's manufacturer
first. Preferrably, from boot media, not in XP environment that may
compound the problem symptoms. Such software needs exclusive control to
give proper results.
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Jonny
Mac said:
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Paul Johnson
Mac said:
Yeah, but it sounds like you might have a lot of stuff running on startup,
too, and unneeded cruft in the background. Some things I would suggest...
1. Check your disk for errors. Disks with errors will have inconsistencies
that result in unusable, but recoverable, space. Checking your disk for
errors will find this.
2. Run Disk Cleanup. This will compress old files, delete temporary files,
empty the recycle bin, and gives you a nice shortcut to...
3. Uninstall programs that you do not recognize or no longer use from the
Add/Remove Programs control panel. You might want to do the same for
Windows components you don't use in the same place (this also helps improve
security of your system, since software that isn't installed is software
that can't exploit your system).
4. Defrag if you ended up freeing a lot of space.
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Paul Johnson
Dick said:A 10 minute reboot is only normal if you're running Linux
Just like in Windows, it depends on whether or not the system was properly
set up. This is easier in some distributions than others: It's usually
more difficult to get it right in less consistent distributions (like RPM
based ones such as Fedora, Red Hat, SuSE) and easier in apt-based
distributions (like Debian or Ubuntu). It also depends on what you're
doing with it, as well. My server takes about 7 minutes to reboot give or
take because it handles email, newsgroups, Jabber, an adzapping web cache
for the local network (squid takes a long time to shut down if there are
users connected), DNS, etc. My roommate's desktop and my Linux box at work
only take a minute to start or shutdown, but about 40 seconds faster than
the Windows box at work and the Linux box has more running on it...