Boot Win xp Fast

Posted by admin

May 22, 2008

Follow the following steps :

Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\
From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”.
Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.
Click “OK”, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.
From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “devmgmt.msc”.
Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.
Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.
Right click on “Secondary IDE channel”, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.
Reboot your computer.

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Comments

Comment by Larry Miller on May 28, 2008 @ 6:29 am

BAD IDEA
I have seen many dumb ideas about improving boot times but this one is in a class by itself.

Steps 1-5 will create a script that will delete the NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD,pf file on every shutdown. This file has one purpose only - to optimize boot times. Deleting this file will prolong boot times, in some cases considerably.

Steps 6-10 will remove a short delay during boot that will partially overcome the damage done in steps 1-5. It will also disable a second hard drive or CD if present. So beware.

Bottom line: Avoid this “tip”. The original author (not the author of this site) knew nothing about prefetching or the boot process.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA
CompTIA Network+, A+