Time to format....

[Submeg]

My bootup time is at 3 and a half minutes...very lame. Time to format and see what it gets to....

[Submeg]

Format is done, boot time down to one minute

[StuKeith]

I can turn pc on, go to loo and then have a shower.

The PC is then just about ready to run.

Last format was about 6 weeks ago or so.


Mine is hardware related im sure. it has to be the CPU, not the HDD which HP replaced!

[Submeg]

Geez! Last time I did a format was six months ago what are you doing with that thing?

[v85rawdeal]

Both my machines take about 1-2 mins to load fully...

Whereas the 'Miggy' does it in less than 10 seconds!!!

PC software is so process-intensive. Gah!

[Stephen Coates]

Mine probably boots up in about 2 to 3 minutes, but it is using Windows 2000, and I can't say for sure the amount of time because I havn't measuered it.

I do have to wait quite a while after logging on though, and I don't have any programmes loading on startup.

This installation was probably made in late 2006. I was going to reinstall it all and maybe reorganise the way that some things are arranged on my HDs, but decided I couldn't be bothered and that I would stick with it as it is.

[Buleste]

Why not try defragging or other clean up utilities rather than formatting?

[StuKeith]

I defrag every other day! Im forever dl stuff and hacking the thing. Also it freezes up a lot when trying to play iTunes.


Even browsing the web and loading email at same time maxes CPU load and hangs outlook 07

[Buleste]

I must be doing something wrong I've only got an overclocke P4 2.6(running at 3.0) with 1gb ram (Ineed more) on XP and O.k. sometimes it freezes but most the time it's fine. As for e-mail i use Incredimail. I have to defrag at most once a month. If you want a superb drive cleaner use Dustbuster. It's in Italian but it frees a heluva lot of drive space. Other than that make sure you use NTFS as it needs defragging less often. How hot is your processor running?

[Submeg]

I find that defragging doesnt help me with slow loading programs, lock ups and such...it doe s very little in that department....