My computer takes a long time to start up. How can I fix it?

Question

I went into the start up items and disabled a lot of start up stuff but it still takes a while. I tried services and disabled quite a few and still. I didn't disable any Microsoft services though. I tried disk clean up and defragmenter. Nothing.

Answer 1

Slow boot-ups can be related to how you 'close' the previous session.



Turning a Windows system "OFF" (from 'Start> Turn Off Computer...' button) is not the best way to put your system away for the night (or extended periods).

A vastly improved method is 'Hibernation'.

Shutdowns using the 'hibernate' method gives several benefits: It's a near zero power state; all 'Startup' folder items are already loaded, Windows background services are already 'up', and all open work moves to the hard drive, yielding really fast start-ups.

And if power is lost (storms, etc.) the document or picture you were working on won't be lost like it would be in 'Standby' mode, and the system will resume just where you left it.



For XP (newer OS's are similar):

Go to Start> Control Panel> Power Options> Hibernate: here check the box to enable.

To show this option when turning unit off; Start> Turn Off Computer> HOLD down 'Shift' key & 'Standby' becomes "Hibernate': tick that.

(Some systems have a 'crescent moon' key to go right to hibernate, or set laptops for this operation 'when lid is closed').



To start up, push the power button, and Windows will resume right where you left it, bada bing.



"Turn off" can be done once a week to keep things in order, or as directed from within an application install or update.



Use the Power button to shut down a PC as a last resort ONLY. Continued use of that will insure the OS will fail at some point.

Answer 2

This could indicate a few things. For one, the hard drive could be having problems or is failing. Another culprit could me malware or virus. I would start off by downloading and running Autoruns For Windows, and disabling anything you are CERTAIN does not need to load up. Professional help might be in order as well.

Answer 3

Try to save your stuff like pictures music and other softwares you downloaded into disc C or so. Then create a new account and delete the current account. Otherwise, sometimes because the computer is old so it runs quite slow.

Answer 4

It indicates that your Memory is too heavy...Do one thing Clean up the registry and temporary file and clean the restore poind and internet temporary files and then Reset the RAM .... Automatically it will boost up your booting.....otherwise Format it again or recovery it.