How Many Seconds Does It Take For Your Computer Boot Up?

I'm gonna restart in a sec, so i'll post mine, probably half an hour :D

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edit : 26 secs, starting directly at the boot screen !! shucks
 
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2048Megabytes said:
Why don't you have a password to get on your computer?
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Firstly because my dad's computer is currently in storage so we share mine. Secondly because I wouldn't password it anyway as I have no need to. Thirdly because I prefer the computer to log straight on so I can turn it on and come back and it will be ready. :)
 
PatrickV has the fastest time so far at 26 seconds. I think someone else who stated 14 seconds didn't follow my instructions on when to start their timer during a cold boot.

Anyone with an operating system installed on a Solid State Drive willing to post a time from a cold boot?
 
I don't have a password either so am going til after the vista logo as instructe and that takes around 25 seconds when i clean, fresh install. when i have my system how it is now, ie cluttered takes 30 dead, that is because i have to wait for avast, steam and xfire to load up. Sucks to have start up programs :P

I'll take this opurtunity to post my mums old system because we timed that as it was so ******* slow.

To give you some idea if you want to guess before, she had a 3.2GHz celeron D processory with 256mb RAM and possibly the slowest HDD in history (it is now my storage one) along with a 6400

to boot up fully to the point that you could open something took 5 minutes and 24 seconds...lightning quick eh :D
 
How old is the hard drive? Can you hear it when it reads? If you bought another 512 megabyte RAM module for her computer it would likely increase performance and only cost about $18.
 
I remember when it was a pain to reboot a pc. Now it's like a simple walk in the park. I don't even realize it takes any time really, compared to what I used to deal with.
 
I timed the following computer from a cold boot with the following specifications:

Hewlett Packard Model A305W
Processor: Celeron (2.7 gigahertz) Model SL77S using 0.13 micron technology
RAM: 768 Megabytes running at about PC-2100 speeds
Operating System: Linux Ubuntu 8.04

Got approximately a 58 second boot time to get to the login screen.

The computer runs slow though doing normal tasks such as browsing the Internet.
 
I just learned that you can set your PC in Windows 7 to boot using all the cores on your CPU. I've changed mine from 1 to 4 and didn't see any performance enhancements :(
 
Desktop in my sig:46 seconds
My IBM t60(laptop):23 seconds
This is using vista home premium 32bit.

Laptop spec.
2gigs of ram
t2400 @ 1.83ghz
60gig @ 5400rpm
15.4 screen
 
^lol yah :D, although i didnt seem to get much of a speed up, it was like 50seconds with one core running, and like 46seconds with 2 cores running.:rolleyes:
 
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