How to Speed Up Windows Boot Time. One of the questions I am often asked is how to speed up the time it. Windows to load or boot. There are a variety of factors both. Hi there, I have recently discovered my pc is taking 20 minute to boot up, I have virus scanned and sfcscannow which has not pick up any violations. Boot Windows 7 from a USB drive. Introduction Please note This tutorial enables you to prepare a USB drive so that you can boot directly to Windows 7 from the USB. Find out how to use tools, such as Startup Repair and Deployment Image Servicing and Management, to solve Windows 10 boot problems. Windows Vista Boot Up Slow' title='Windows Vista Boot Up Slow' />Windows to load. I will go over most of these ways in this page. BIOS and moving onward from there. All of these changes are optional, and do not need to be carried out. Instead, they are offered as suggestions to try to lower the time it. Windows to boot. Some of these changes are very advanced and. System BIOS Changes. Vista-boot-problem.png' alt='Windows Vista Boot Up Slow' title='Windows Vista Boot Up Slow' />One of the first places to help speed boot time in Windows is to make. BIOS. The BIOS or Basic InputOutput. System is a set of instructions and commands built into the motherboard. Youll first have to. BIOS setup screen to make any changes. Do not make. changes to the system settings in the BIOS lightly, one mistake can. For this reason, do not attempt making changes to the system BIOS. With that. said, youll want to follow the directions below and make some simple. You must start with the computer completely off, not in sleep or. Then turn the computer on. Enter the system BIOS screen by the manufacturers suggestion. Depending on the computer, this may involve pressing the DEL key. F1, Pressing F1. 0, holding down CTRL ALT S, or a variety of. BIOS screen. For a more complete list of. BIOS screen, visit Michael. Stevens page on the. Once in the BIOS setup, look for a BOOT menu and select it with your. Tab, and Enter. 4 In most modern BIOS screens, youll find an option for Quick Boot. Enable this to skip memory tests and other minor Power On Self Tests. POST. 5 Find an option for Boot Device Priority next, and change the first. Changing this option will speed up. CD ROM. If booting from anything other than the hard. If later on, you need. CD ROM, simply re enter the BIOS setup and make the. CD ROM the first boot device. Choose the option to Exit and Save Changes and the computer will. There are other options in the BIOS to speed up boot time such as. AUTO. DETECT of hard drives and other media. However I am skipping those. Changes to Windows Settings. The next group of changes to consider will be to the many Windows. We will use a handy tool called the System Configuration. Air Hockey Game For Windows 7. Utility to accomplish most of these changes. Follow the steps below to. Startup Tab Changes. Click on Start, Run and type MSCONFIG and press Enter. Click on the STARTUP tab in the System Configuration Utility to view. Startup. An example is shown below. Each item on the Startup tab that is checked loads immediately after. Windows starts. If there are lots of items here, this will slow down. Windows considerably. Each of these items can be. The column directly to right of the checkmark is the Name of the. Finally the last column shows where in the. This location could be in the. HKLM or. HKCU, or it could be in the Windows Startup folder found under ALL. PROGRAMS in Windows XP. You can examine each of these startup items and uncheck any that are. How do you know which ones are not necessaryWell, in. Other startup items are usually extras. To discover what a particular. Process Library. type in the name of the process and click Find. This is a very handy. When you are done modifying the checkmarks to the Startup tab, click OK. Windows Services Changes. Once the computer is rebooted, click on Start, Run and type MSCONFIG. Enter again. This will reopen the System Configuration. Utility. Click on the Services tab, then click on the option at the. Hide All Microsoft Services to see what unnecessary. Windows services are running that can be removed. Generally speaking. Other services may not be essential and. Remember to only remove unessential services or you. Use Google to search for information. Another good resource is Black. Vipers Strange Services page. Hardware Changes to Increase Boot Time. Adding more Memory RAMOther than upgrading the motherboard and CPU, you can generally. RAM in your computer to make it load programs. Youll want to check your motherboard to make sure you have. RAM you can add to your. Replacing your Hard Drive. Faster RPM Drive. If you have a slower hard drive such as a 5. RPM or slower, you may. RPMhard drive. The difference in RPM speed will generally be quite. Changing to Static IPIf your computer is connected to a local area network that you control. DHCP server enabled on your router, during the boot. IP address. You. can shave seconds off your boot time by assigning a valid IP address to. DHCP to assign it. To setup a Static IP. Click on Start, Run. Type NCPA. CPL and press Enter to open the Network Connection Control. Panel. 3  Right click on the Local Area Connection and choose. Properties. 4  Click on Internet Protocol TCPIP and click Properties. You should see a screen similar to the one below. Fill in your. static IP, subnet, default gateway, and DNS server information and. OK. If you arent sure of your IP ranges on your router, consult. Again, this is an optional item and does not necessarily. Using DHCP is fine, although you sacrifice a. IP to be assigned to from the network. Switching from. MasterSlave to Cable Select. In a recent article, I talk about how changing the configuration on the. Master to Cable Select reduced the boot time on this. Other Windows Performance Tips. Reduce the Number of. Fonts installed. Every font that is installed in Windows has to load when Windows. The more fonts you have installed, the slower Windows loads. Although you can safely have around 1. Windows, I. like to keep my font list closer to 3. There. are certain fonts that are definitely required by Windows, so be. Fonts such as Verdana,Arial,Trebuchet, Tahoma, Tahoma. Times New Roman, MS Sans Serif, and Courier New should be left on your. Follow the directions below to remove extra fonts from Windows. XP. 1 Open My Computer 2 Double click on Drive C3 Click on File, New Folder and title it Fonts Backup. Double click on the Windows folder to open it. Double click on the Fonts folder 6 Highlight the fonts you wish to remove, click on Edit and choose COPY7 Navigate back to the C Fonts Backup folder and PASTE these fonts. Return to the Fonts Folder and right click on any fonts you. Delete. If you accidentally removed a font, simply reverse the procedure by. WindowsFonts folder. Disk Cleanup, Scandisk. Defrag. Performing regular hard drive maintenance on your computer every few. Follow these. instructions to clean up the drive  and defrag it. Open My Computer. Right click on the hard drive usually Drive C3 Click on the Tools tab. Under Error Checking, click on Check Now. Optionally, you may want. Automatically Fix File Errors and Scan For and. Attempt Recovery for Bad Sectors5 Next, click on the General tab and click on Disk Cleanup. After the. computer calculates the amount of files to remove, place a checkmark. Ok. Read the. descriptions for each type of file to determine if you should delete it. Finally, click on the Tools tab again and under Defragmentation. Defragment Now. 7 Click on the hard drive you wish to defrag, click on Analyze and. Defragment. This process may take some time to complete. VirusSpyware Scans. Finally, youll want to complete a thorough virus and spyware scan of. I recommend running an online virus scan first, then a. You can click on the following links to check your. Online Virus Checkers. Trend Micro. Housecall will scan and remove threats. Bit. Defender. Scan Online will scan and remove threats. ESet NOD3. 2 Online Scanner. Kaspersky. Online Scan will scan and remove threats.