Booting up slowly

Hi People

When you get a new computer (or do a fresh re-install of your operating system), you may be amazed at how quick it is at boot up.  After some time (months or a couple of years) you could be looking at being able to make a cup of your favourite hot drink whilst it finishes booting up.  Something can be done about this.

First of all, make sure that you have no corruption of files on your system  (I will not go into details as this needs an experienced hand).

If you have no corrupted files or have corrected the situation, then next thing is to clear out some the startup items (in windows XP) you would use the  msconfig utility, to remove all but the basic startup programs (ALWAYS ALWAYS include your ANTIVIRUS/ANTISPYWARE/FIREWALL software in the startup as these are essential to keep your PC free of nasties from the bootup stage onwards).

Note: When you reboot your system, you will have a splash screen displayed, telling you that the 'System Configuration Utility' has been used, just click in the little box (bottom left of splash screen) to not have this displayed again, before clicking 'OK'

Next on your list would be a hard drive surface check (again an experienced hand would be needed here) and this may need a reboot to get it started (you would be notified of this).

Finally (for now), after the above, run a defragment program (either the internal one or a third party)

That's it for now
Thank You for your attention

Prometheus1618


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