Computer Boot-times

DatabaseError

I keep on reading about how slow windows is to load (to desktop) and how x/y/z operating system is much faster, and shinier

So, there's bound to be an application to measure boot times on each platform, I'd be interested to know just how much more of my day I'm wasting waiting for windows to load as opposed to those with different systems.

I do know not everybody will have a similar time to me, I'd also be interested in seeing some of those.

Applications to measure boot-time

Windows - Bootloader

OSX -

*ux -

(hopefully I can edit this if anyone knows how to measure in those OS)

DatabaseError

So, to start

Windows 7 Pro

for some reason I'm struggling to post images?

Imagelink 24 seconds

Doooford

I find a good way to compare is to put a DVD film in the drive, then bang a stop watch on the table and then start computer and stop watch. Then start up your windows media player and play DVD.
Stop the timer when the DVD actually starts to play.
OS's can be deceptive in that they get to the desktop in 24 seconds but actually be unuseable for a minute or more.
Much more of a real life test this one!

DatabaseError

Ok - downloaded a stopwatch to my droid

From pressing ON button
clicking "start windows normally" (some idiot forgot to start the stopwatch, so had to restart part-way through a boot )
load desktop
navigate to DVD
first frames playing on the screen

45.4 seconds

Doooford

DatabaseError wrote: »

Ok - downloaded a stopwatch to my droid

From pressing ON button
clicking "start windows normally" (some idiot forgot to start the stopwatch, so had to restart part-way through a boot )
load desktop
navigate to DVD
first frames playing on the screen

45.4 seconds

That sounds pretty good. I'm sure my windows 7 machine is nearer to 90 seconds.

dogmaryxx

As long as result is not this, your OK

From another forum

How to Test Your Computer's Reboot Time

This works for XP, Vista and Windows 7

1. Open Notepad and copy everything in red below and paste it in Notepad.

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim Wsh, Time1, Time2, Result, PathFile, MsgResult, MsgA, AppName, KeyA, KeyB, TimeDiff
MsgA = "Please close all running applications and click on OK."
KeyA = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RestartTime\"
KeyB = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RestartTime"
AppName = "[GeekPolice] Reboot Time"
Set Wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
PathFile = """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """"
Result = wsh.RegRead(KeyA & "Times")
if Result = "" then
MsgResult = Msgbox (MsgA, vbOKCancel, AppName)
If MsgResult = vbcancel then WScript.Quit
Wsh.RegWrite KeyA & "Times", left(Time,8), "REG_SZ"
Wsh.RegWrite KeyB, PathFile, "REG_SZ"
Wsh.Run "cmd /c Shutdown -r -t 00", false, 0
else
Wsh.RegDelete KeyA & "Times"
Wsh.RegDelete KeyA
Wsh.RegDelete KeyB
TimeDiff = DateDiff("s",Result,left(Time,8))
MsgBox "Your computer reboots in " & TimeDiff & " seconds", VbInformation, AppName
end if
wscript.Quit


2. Save the file as Reboot Time.vbs on anywhere, your desktop for example. You can choose to save the file as any name you want, just make sure the file ends with a .vbs extension.

How to use:

Double click on the script file you saved.
Close all the running applications and click the OK button in the dialog box.
The computer will reboot and then Windows and a dialog box will open displaying the time your computer took to reboot.

How it works:

In order to calculate the time of rebooting Windows, we will use a VB Script (Visual BASIC Scripting Edition). Let us learn first how it works. The script writes a value in the registry (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Current Version\run) so that it can be started again when booting. Later, another value containing the time is written in the registry when the reboot starts. While rebooting, the script records the hour in a variable then checks if the first value containing the time exists. If so, it is then enough to compare two times in order to obtain the time of rebooting. Then, the two keys added to the registry are removed (the run key and the key where the time is stored).


Works fine

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dogmaryxx

My reboot time(NOT BOOT TIME) is 125 seconds.

Not too bad for 6 year old computer running XP 1GB ram

Livingthedream

For my Linux Ubuntu Netbook I used Bootchart, Boot time = 55sec

sudo apt-get install bootchart

Then reboot and find your results in /var/log/bootchart

Knarf44

some of you might be interested to try Soluto to measure and analyse your boot times.

Here's a link to their website: http://www.soluto.com/Download/

John_Gray

How long does it take you to get your car out of the garage?