Fast horse whip 20 seconds into win XP operating system

The CPU processing speed in the computer under the command of Moore's Law magic wand, but we found that the computer's boot speed has not improved, from pressing the boot button to the WinXP taskbar The icons on the right are all displayed, usually more than 40 seconds. This is really dwarfed by the fact that the TV can hear the sound and see the image when the switch is pressed.

First, the hardware factors affecting the startup speed

Through the practice, the author found that the main components affecting the computer startup speed are the motherboard and hard disk, but not much relationship with the CPU. That is to say, under the same conditions, the expensive Pentium 4 computer and the cheap Celeron 4 start at the same speed.

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.

If the network card is not properly set, it will obviously slow down the system startup speed. If your computer does not need a network card, then directly unplug the PCI network card, the integrated network card can be shielded by the BIOS, so as not to affect the startup speed. Many motherboards detect integrated network cards much faster than independent network cards. This is one of the reasons why some computers have been able to access the Internet after more than a minute.

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. At present, the main brands of motherboard chipset are Intel, SiS, VIA, ATi, nVIDIA, and the best disk performance is Intel and SiS. Intel is an IT giant, and there is no one in the IT industry. It accounts for more than 60% of the motherboard chipset market share. The popularity of SiS is low, and the market share of motherboard chipsets is less than 10%. This may be related to insufficient publicity. However, on the AMD platform, its disk performance is the best and the price is the cheapest.

In order to reduce the boot time, some motherboard manufacturers will do some special design, which can shorten the BIOS self-test time to 5 seconds. We can choose different motherboard manufacturers according to their own needs, instead of listening to the dealer's recommendation.

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 head (Figure 1). 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. Promising purchasers or DIYs can consider Western Digital's "Raptor" series of hard drives, which are tightly funded or can be selected by Hitachi's large cache hard drives, which often receive performance awards.

The computer is a high-tech product that is both soft and hard. The accessory setting and system optimization are also indispensable weapons for starting the speed.

Second, the setting and optimization of accessories

1. BIOS optimization settings of the motherboard

Turn off the redundant IDE channel, USB device and other hardware, you can use “None” . Automatically detect the hard disk with “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION”. Do not perform memory detection, open each cache, enter "Advanced CMOS Setup", set "Quick Boot" to "Enable", you can not detect more than 1MB of memory.

“IDE 0 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode, IDE 1 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode” The hard disk sequence (mode) is all set to “Auto”.

Go to the “Advanced BIOS Features” option and move the cursor to the “First Boot Device” option. Select “HDD-0”” to boot directly from the hard drive, so that it will start for a few seconds. Move the cursor to "Quick Power On Self Test" to set to “Enabled”. For "Boot UP Floppy Seek", set to "Disabled". For a memory quality good memory, it is recommended to set it to “2” in the “SDRAM CAS Latency” option.

Tip: For an effect with the same settings, the English name may be different in different motherboard BIOS.

2. NIC Settings

When entering the operating system, the system will search for the NIC IP address. If the IP address of the network card is set to be automatically obtained, the system will search the network for a DHCP server to obtain an IP address, which will inevitably increase the startup time. If it is not necessary, it is best to specify the IP address of the network card (especially the client on the LAN, Figure 2).

3.Open the DMA transfer mode of the hard disk

Right click on the desktop “My Computer → Attribute → Hardware & Rarr; Device Manager & Rarr; IDE ATA /ATAPI Controller & Rarr; Find the IDE channel → attribute → advanced settings & disk; where the hard disk is located, open the hard disk DMA transfer mode to speed up the data read and write speed (Figure 3). Win98 and WinME settings are basically the same, just check the DMA option.

4. Slimming the BIOS ROM

There are some files in the BIOS ROM of the motherboard that we can't use. It can be removed by BIOS editing tools such as CBROM and AwardFlash. Note: This is a dangerous operation, the rookie still does not move as well.

Third, Windows system optimization

1. Remove redundant self-starting programs

This is a very effective method. Click “Start”→“Run”, enter “msconfig” in the dialog box that appears, and then click “OK", and the system configuration utility will be called up (Win98 only) And WinXP system, Win2000 users need to copy MSCONFIG.EXE to the system folder or use the registry editing method described later.

Click on the "Start" tab to remove the “√” in front of the program that does not need to be automatically started. Generally only need to leave ctfmon (input icon), systemtray (volume icon) and anti-virus program. The author's computer only leaves the item “ctfmon” (Figure 4), which can shorten the startup time by about 10 seconds.

2. Optimize the system properties of components (Win98/WinME)

Right-click on "My Computer", select "Properties & Rarr; Performance & Rarr; File System", select &ldquo ; floppy disk & rdquo;, remove <; search for a new floppy disk drive each time you start the computer & rdquo;; select “ hard disk & rdquo;, & ldquo; main use & rdquo; to “ network server & rdquo;, "read-ahead optimization ” Adjust to full speed (Figure 5); select “ CD-ROM & rdquo;, the cache is adjusted to the maximum, select "four times or more high speed".

3. Modify IDE channel control (WinXP)

Right click on my computer → attribute → hardware & rarr; device manager & rarr; expand & ldquo; IDE ATA /ATAP controller & rdquo; , double-click the “Secondary IDE channel” option, and select the “Advanced Settings” tab in the pop-up dialog box. In the “Devices” category in “Device "Device 1” Change the original <automatically detected> to “no" (Figure 6), <;OK” and exit. “ The main IDE channel & rdquo; modification method is the same. After the restart, the scrolling time of the scroll bar will be significantly reduced.

4. Use BootVis software to improve startup speed

BootVis is a startup acceleration software developed by Microsoft for WinXP. It is safer to use and can significantly improve startup speed. Due to the length of the relationship, the specific use method is not introduced here, and interested friends can view their help files.

5. Remove the gorgeous and bloated appearance

Remove the “wallpaper” and “screen saver” to delete the extra desktop icons. 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 ; (Figure 7).

After the above configuration and optimization of the computer in the mainstream configuration, under normal circumstances, the boot time of Windows XP can be controlled in about 20 seconds.