Win XP and Boot Speed

[Guest henriJ]

My Win XP SP3 insists on booting in the 'Quick Boot' mode, regardless of

how I adjust the boot command in the BIOS 'SetUp' menu.

 

Is this normal with XP and/or XP SP3 or is there some way to get back to

the old 'slow boot' mode with XP SP3?

 

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Win XP and Boot Speed

 

henriJ wrote:

> My Win XP SP3 insists on booting in the 'Quick Boot' mode, regardless of

> how I adjust the boot command in the BIOS 'SetUp' menu.

>

> Is this normal with XP and/or XP SP3 or is there some way to get back to

> the old 'slow boot' mode with XP SP3?

>

> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance.

 

So WHAT is "Quick Boot" mode? Is it something configured in your BIOS?

The OS isn't even loaded yet so it can't do anything until the BIOS gets

around to loading the OS. Windows is not altering the configuration

settings in your BIOS setup screens.

[Guest henriJ]

Re: Win XP and Boot Speed

 

VanguardLH wrote:

> henriJ wrote:

>

>> My Win XP SP3 insists on booting in the 'Quick Boot' mode, regardless of

>> how I adjust the boot command in the BIOS 'SetUp' menu.

>>

>> Is this normal with XP and/or XP SP3 or is there some way to get back to

>> the old 'slow boot' mode with XP SP3?

>>

>> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance.

>

> So WHAT is "Quick Boot" mode? Is it something configured in your BIOS?

> The OS isn't even loaded yet so it can't do anything until the BIOS gets

> around to loading the OS. Windows is not altering the configuration

> settings in your BIOS setup screens.

 

Over the past half dozen years or more, the BIOS in some PCs have

allowed for a 'Quick Boot' or 'Fast Boot' mode that appears to skip the

laborious memory-checking process and several other actions in order to

permit the PC to load the operating system more quickly.

 

In the case I referenced (a Dell 8100), I have set the BIOS to turn the

'Quick Boot' mode OFF. None-the-less, XP SP3 has apparently overridden

how the BIOS has been set in some way that I don't understand. I

wouldn't have thought the O/S could do this but something certainly has.

My question then remains: is this 'Fast Boot' approach something that

XP SP3 is doing and, if so, how do I tell XP SP3 to stop doing whatever

it is doing?

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Win XP and Boot Speed

 

henriJ wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:

>> henriJ wrote:

>>

>>> My Win XP SP3 insists on booting in the 'Quick Boot' mode, regardless of

>>> how I adjust the boot command in the BIOS 'SetUp' menu.

>>>

>>> Is this normal with XP and/or XP SP3 or is there some way to get back to

>>> the old 'slow boot' mode with XP SP3?

>>>

>>> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance.

>>

>> So WHAT is "Quick Boot" mode? Is it something configured in your BIOS?

>> The OS isn't even loaded yet so it can't do anything until the BIOS gets

>> around to loading the OS. Windows is not altering the configuration

>> settings in your BIOS setup screens.

>

> Over the past half dozen years or more, the BIOS in some PCs have

> allowed for a 'Quick Boot' or 'Fast Boot' mode that appears to skip the

> laborious memory-checking process and several other actions in order to

> permit the PC to load the operating system more quickly.

>

> In the case I referenced (a Dell 8100), I have set the BIOS to turn the

> 'Quick Boot' mode OFF. None-the-less, XP SP3 has apparently overridden

> how the BIOS has been set in some way that I don't understand. I

> wouldn't have thought the O/S could do this but something certainly has.

> My question then remains: is this 'Fast Boot' approach something that

> XP SP3 is doing and, if so, how do I tell XP SP3 to stop doing whatever

> it is doing?

 

The memory test is performed by the BIOS as part of the POST (power-on

self test) process, if enabled in the BIOS. The OS has not yet loaded

so it cannot affect the POST and what optional tests are performed as

configured in the BIOS.

 

That you have installed drivers that are erroring and slowing the OS

getting past the hardware detect phase or you installed more and more

programs that load when Windows starts up and slows the time before the

desktop becomes actually usable has nothing to do with BIOS settings or

the time for the POST to complete.

 

The OS has no effect on the POST time. Read:

 

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/bootPOST-c.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_On_Self_Test