Everyone hates rebooting their computer. Even if it takes less than two minutes, it seems like it's taking hours. So today we have 10 Awesome Ways to Speed Up Your PC's Boot Time. These great, easy to perform and well-supported tips as can surely help you get a faster-booting machine. Check them out!
10. Tweak Your BIOS
When setting up your PC, your BIOS will be set up to make things easier for you, but after you are done with the procedure we can disable it. Holding 'DEL' key while your PC is starting up (or some other key your BIOS tells you to enter setup), will allow turning on the "Quick Boot" option and moving your hard disk to the top of the boot priority list. The tests your PC runs after turning on will be turned off by the Quick Boot, and your PC will be commanded by the boot priority tweak to not to look for CDs, thumb drives, or other media. This thing will get you booted into your OS a lot quickly. But please keep in mind that you would have to go back into the BIOS and change this again, whenever you are required to boot from CD.
9. Cleaning Up Programs that Launch at Startup
One of the most tested ways of speeding up your boot time is by keeping the unnecessary programs from starting up with your PC. Doing this is possible by running msconfig from the Start Menu's search box, and then heading over to the Startup tab. This list of apps will tell you the function of each app, so you can disable the ones you don't want to keep. Soluto is another great way of cleaning up these apps.
8. Delay Windows Services That Run at Startup
Disabling Services from msconfig can sometimes do more harm than good, so delaying certain startup services is a good idea. Your PC will boot quicker and then you can take care of the Services later.
7. Alter Your Boot Menu's Timeout Values
When you dual-boot your PC, your boot menu probably has a "timeout value". This is the time your PC waits for you to make a choice before it simply boots into the default operating system. On Windows, this time is usually 30 seconds, which is quite long. In order to alter this value simple head over to the msconfig and click on the BOOT.INI tab, then alter the number in the timeout box to a lower one. If you are using Linux, then you are most probably running the GRUB boot menu, and you can alter the timeout on that too.
6. Disable Unused Hardware
Your PC loads many drivers on start up, even those you don't use. Go to the Device Manager from the Start Menu's search box, and disable the ones you are using, for example, Bluetooth controllers, modems, and virtual Wi-Fi adapters etc. For disabling them, right-click the one you wish to disable and click "Disable". Make sure to disable the things you don't actually use, and to retain the ones you do.
5. Make Sure Your Antivirus Is Running and Up to Date
This one is quite obvious. Get a good antivirus and keep it up to date, and do a regular scan. It is a great precautionary measure as malware slows down the booting speed. Microsoft Security Essentials is a great antivirus; if you don't like it, you can obviously get the one you like the best.
4. Get Rid Of Any Unnecessary Fonts
Windows always loads fonts at startup, and this thing slows down the boot time. Windows 7 normally loads more than 200 fonts at startup; even more if you have installed Microsoft Office. Most of us rarely use all of these fonts, so you can always hide them for speeding up booting. Simply open the Fonts folder in Windows 7 from the Start Menu's search box, and uncheck those fonts you don't use, followed by a click on the "Hide" button in the toolbar. And you can always bring them back whenever you want!
3. Upgrade Your RAM
Getting more RAM always helps in speeding up your PC. RAM is not at all costly these days, so getting more RAM will not harm in you anyway. It will make system a bit more smoother and quicker.
2. Give Your PC a Static IP
After starting your PC, it spends quite some time in getting the IP address. You can simply do away with this process by providing your PC a static IP address that remains the same. This makes your network easier to handle (as each PC will always have the same IP address), and it will also make your booting process quicker.
1. Installing a Solid State Drive
A great way to ameliorate your PC is by installing a solid state drive. It has super-fast read times and can speed up your startup. They are quite expensive, and have own maintenance requirements, but still they are great for speeding up your PC and its booting time. The difference is very noticeable.
These things will definitely help in making your PC and its boot time faster. These are very well-known and trusted methods, so you should give them a try.
