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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: What's your boot-up time? Reply #45 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 12:20pm Neferti wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 11:11am: Try the 8 Gigs of RAM first, Herb. After having only 4 Gigs if you got 16 you would need a seat-belt to keep you from crashing head first into the monitor. /joke err .. yes. 2 x 4GB 'devices' should fit the bill very noicely, thank youse.
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Reply #46 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:29pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 12:20pm:

Neferti wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 11:11am:

Try the 8 Gigs of RAM first, Herb. After having only 4 Gigs if you got 16 you would need a seat-belt to keep you from crashing head first into the monitor. Wink

/joke

err .. yes. 2 x 4GB 'devices' should fit the bill very noicely, thank youse.

Someone over <--------------- spells it "you's". Both are incorrect as you well know. Roll Eyes

Back on topic, I am not sure what 2 x4GB will cost, but a lot cheaper than getting the local "computer shop" to do it for you.

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Reply #47 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times, you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd. Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

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Why the bugger did I get stuck on a planet chalked full of imbeciles?

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Reply #48 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:48pm

MumboJumbo wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm:

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times, you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd. Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

Please don't confuse Herbie, Mumbo Jumbo. Grin

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Reply #49 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 5:32pm

MumboJumbo wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm:

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times, you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd. Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

Mumbo is correct, you need SSD, solid state disk. That is how the boot times are improved these days. At least an SSD for your C Drive and a fast bus between them.

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Reply #50 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 7:33pm

Neferti wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:29pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 12:20pm:

Neferti wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 11:11am:

Try the 8 Gigs of RAM first, Herb. After having only 4 Gigs if you got 16 you would need a seat-belt to keep you from crashing head first into the monitor. Wink

/joke

err .. yes. 2 x 4GB 'devices' should fit the bill very noicely, thank youse.

Someone over <--------------- spells it "you's". Both are incorrect as you well know. Roll Eyes

Back on topic, I am not sure what 2 x4GB will cost, but a lot cheaper than getting the local "computer shop" to do it for you.

Youse got THAT right, baby-doll! No ways I'm gonna shell out $150 for them crackers to push a couple of racks into the slots.

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Re: What's your boot-up time?
Reply #51 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 7:37pm

MumboJumbo wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm:

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times, you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd. Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

Thanx Mumbo, but my startup speed no longer pisses me off now that I've reduced the 30 second countdown, and then AGAIN another 30 second countdown that was part of the boot up.

Incidentally, since Day One when I first bought this PC unit it has never been able to switch to Safe Mode at Startup by me tapping the F8 key.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: What's your boot-up time? Reply #52 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 7:41pm Neferti wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:48pm: Please don't confuse Herbie, Mumbo Jumbo.
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 23006 ACT Gender:	Re: What's your boot-up time? Reply #53 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 7:45pm I plan to do a scientific test on this herb Boot until logged in with password at lightning speed, Then start up Task manager CTRL ALT DEL and watch until HDD activity settles down. The only real test! Owzat?
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Reply #54 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 9:57pm

MumboJumbo wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm:

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times,

I'm not.

you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd.

I do, but it isn't a priority at this stage.

Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

System image restore to different hardware. Done.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

I do, unless I'll be away from the machine for more than a day or two.

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89908 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: What's your boot-up time? Reply #55 - Feb 8^th, 2016 at 10:49pm About two minutes... the security needs to check out everything.... longer if I force shut down instead of waiting. Then it checks everything twice to be sure...
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Reply #56 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 6:04am

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 10:49pm:

About two minutes... the security needs to check out everything.... longer if I force shut down instead of waiting. Then it checks everything twice to be sure...

As once advised, I've cancelled all Real Time security checking and automatic updating for these slowing page loading throughout each day.

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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: What's your boot-up time? Reply #57 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 12:12pm Since I started using a laptop I don't turn it off anymore. I just close the lid and let it 'sleep'. Then every few days I do a restart.
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Reply #58 - Feb 9^th, 2016 at 3:47pm

Black Orchid wrote on Feb 9^th, 2016 at 12:12pm:

Since I started using a laptop I don't turn it off anymore. I just close the lid and let it 'sleep'. Then every few days I do a restart.

I tend to do the same with my Toshiba laptop. My brmm brmm Gamer Desktop (with 32 Gigs of RAM) I tend to leave on all the time, and re-boot periodically. Never gets overheated. Wink

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Reply #59 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 2:01am

Super Nova wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 5:32pm:

MumboJumbo wrote on Feb 8^th, 2016 at 4:42pm:

Kat wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 8:29pm:

Don't sweat over a 90 second boot time, especially if you are only running a 5400rpm hard drive (as I am - it's big, but not fast).

And if you're really after fast boot up times, you'll want a SSD instead of/in addition to your normal hdd. Then you'll need to copy windows -> the new ssd.

In all honesty, why not just put the sucker on standby? Then it'll be ready to go in 3-4 seconds next time?

Mumbo is correct, you need SSD, solid state disk. That is how the boot times are improved these days. At least an SSD for your C Drive and

a fast bus

between them.

I don't like buses, I think I'll take the train. Wink

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