Let XP speed up the booting several tips

A computer and its related external devices are available, and its hardware entity is fixed. At this time, only software programs can be operated. This article is based on hardware and software, software programs are safe and have certain risks. Simple and relatively complex aspects of how to speed up the XP boot time, make a summary, so that novice rookie can also operate him easily and safely.

First, the hardware factor that affects the startup speed

The main hardware that affects the startup speed of the computer is the motherboard and hard disk and memory, but has little to do with the CPU.

The motherboard is a "base" of various computer accessories. There are many tasks to be done at boot time, such as self-test, search for various ports, and various external devices. Therefore, reducing the self-test time, reducing external equipment, and improving efficiency can increase the startup speed. If the computer is connected to a peripheral such as a scanner or a USB hard disk, it may slow down the system. It is recommended that you connect these peripherals when you need them. USB devices can be connected after booting.

The main factor determining the performance of the motherboard is the motherboard chipset. The main factor determining the boot speed is the disk performance and driver performance of the motherboard chipset.

In addition to the power-on self-test, the computer startup time is mainly used to read system files from the hard disk. The hard disk works by reading and writing data on a high-speed rotating disk by moving the magnetic head. Then the higher the disk speed, the more data the head reads per unit time, which is very beneficial for system startup. In addition, hard drives with fast seek times and large caches can also significantly increase boot time.

Reduce the boot disk scan wait time. When the Windows log records an abnormal shutdown or a crash caused by a crash, the system will automatically run the disk scan program at startup. By default, it will wait 10 seconds before scanning each partition. If each partition has to wait 10 seconds to start scanning, plus the time required for scanning itself, it will take a long time to complete the boot process. . In this case we can set the wait time for canceling the disk scan and even for scanning a disk partition.

Start → run, enter “chkntfs /t:0”, you can set the disk scan wait time to 0; if you want to ignore scanning a partition when the computer starts, such as C drive, you can enter “chkntfs /xc:” command; if you want to restore the scan of the C drive, you can use the “chkntfs /dc:” command to restore all chkntfs default settings, in addition to the countdown of automatic file check.

A hardware that has a major impact on Windows XP is memory. Running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM is smoother, and 512MB of memory allows the system to run very well.

Second, through the desktop or control panel to make related settings (safe)

1) remove the gorgeous and bloated appearance

remove “ wallpaper” , & ldquo; screen saver & rdquo;, delete the extra desktop icon. If it is WinXP, you can also right click on "My Computer", select "Properties & Rarr; Advanced", click on "Settings" in the "Performance" option, select "Adjust to Best Performance" & rdquo ;

2)Maintenance system

If you install and delete too many games, too many applications, and too many old materials in your system, your computer will run faster. The slower the start, the longer the boot time. Therefore, it is best to do a comprehensive maintenance of the computer at regular intervals (usually 1-3 months). Click "Start"→"Programs"→"Accessories"→"System Tools", use the disk cleaning and defragmentation inside to do a comprehensive maintenance on the computer, pay attention to defragmenting the disk The disk where the system is located must be sorted in order to really speed up the Windows boot sequence.

3) Reduce the time for pre-launch

(1) Open "System Properties" (right click on my computer - Properties, or open in the Control Panel “ System & rdquo ;, shortcut key win+pause break) point "advanced" tab, open in the "Startup and Recovery" area, "set" & rdquo; remove “ system startup & rdquo; two √ If it is a multi-system user to keep “ display operating system list time & rdquo; √, set it to 5 inside.

(2) If you do not want the start scroll bar to appear, you can click the "Edit" button in the previous step to open the "System Startup" area edit, after the fastdetect in the boot notebook On /noguiboot, so that scroll bars will not be displayed at startup. If you really like the display of this scroll bar, you don't have to do this step.

4) Expanding virtual memory capacity

If your hard drive is large enough, please open "system" in "Control Panel", in "Performance" Open "virtual memory" in the option, select the second item: the user sets the virtual memory setting, points to a less-used hard disk, and sets the maximum and minimum values ​​to a fixed value, the size is physical memory. About 2 times. In this way, when the virtual memory uses the hard disk, it does not need to accommodate the difference between the big and the small, and the fixed space is used as the virtual memory to speed up the access speed. The setting of virtual memory is best done after "disk defragmentation", so that virtual memory is not in a continuous, non-fragmented file space, which can work better.

5) Remove the boot logo of windows.

Click “Start”→“Control Panel”→“Folder Options>, from the “View” tab“Advanced Settings” “Show all files”. Then open the c drive, find the msdos.sys file, and cancel its "read-only" attribute, open it, under the "option" paragraph, add a line statement: logo=0, so the windows boot pattern Will not be loaded to run.

You can also click - Start - Run: type msconfig, then find boot.ini and check /bootlog inside.

6) Too many desktop icons can cause problems

There are too many icons on the desktop to slow down the system. Every time Windows starts and displays the desktop, you need to find the icons of the desktop shortcuts one by one and load them. The more icons, the more time it takes. It is recommended that you put the less commonly used desktop icons in a special folder or simply delete them.

(Small Tips): Some anti-virus software provides system startup scanning function, which will take a lot of time. In fact, if you have already turned on the real-time monitoring function of anti-virus software, then the scanning system will appear at startup. Something is superfluous, or disable this feature.

7) File and Printer Sharing

Some computers with Windows XP Professional will also experience very slow startup. This is due to the use of the Bootvis.exe program, which is Mrxsmb. The .dll file adds time to the computer startup.

To solve this problem, just stop sharing folders and printers: Select “Start →Set →Network and Dial-up Connections, right-click on “Local Connections" ”, in the window that opens, cancel the "This connection uses the following selected components" under the "Microsoft Network File and Printer Sharing" checkbox.

8) Remove the extra self-starting program

Start → run, type “msconfig”, then click “OK", it will bring up “system configuration utility&rdquo Dialog box, select the "Start" tab, which lists the items and sources loaded at system startup, and carefully check whether each item needs to be loaded automatically, otherwise clear the check box before the item. The fewer items you load, the faster you start.