Hey guys ! i have got an awesome post on www.scribd.com which helps you to boot Xp faster so just gave it a shot and it gave remarkable changes.It used to restart in about 45 seconds but now it can do it in just 20 seconds.Cool huh ....So wanna learn how to do it then you are in the right blog to learn it !So let's Start !Basic Requirements
First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel.This option will be found in the device manager of your computer.Here is a screenshot of it .I will explain more about it further.
Heres what to do !
1. Open notepad.exe, type
del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q
& save as "ntosboot.bat" in C:
2. From the Start menu, select "Run" & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Scripts(Shutdown/Startup)" and after that "Shutdown" in the right window. Here is a screen shot of it .
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer. WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.
How this Works ?
Each time you boot Windows XP, there's an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there's no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance. Thanks to Rod Cahoon (for the prefetch automation process...with a minor change of mine) and Zeb for the IDE Channel tweak as those two tricks, coupled together with a little modification, result in an EXTREMELY fast bootup !
Hope this solved your problem !
Credits:hell~tycon
