if not then google it, download and run, if you cant suss what to do then just ask but it basically shaved off about 10 seconds off my start up time(from the moment you press the on button to when the pc is ready for action) not entirely sure what this programme does but its clearly worked for me

Seen it mentioned on a pc forum i use

 

Customer research shows a frequently requested feature that users want from their PCs is fast system startup, whether from cold boot or when resuming from standby or hibernation. The Windows development team at Microsoft has taken bold steps in making fast startup PCs a reality with the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.

The design goals for Windows XP on a typical consumer PC are:

- Boot to a useable state in a total of 30 seconds
- Resume from Hibernate (S4) in a total of 20 seconds
- Resume from Standby (S3) in a total of 5 seconds

Boot and resume times are measured from the time the power switch is pressed to being able to start a program from a desktop shortcut.

 

It works because ive got it

 

I'll test in on the home machine later, bearing in mind in has to scan 2 x ide ports on board, 2 x serial ata raid ports, 2 x ide ports on the pci ide controller

30 seconds ? I'll be happily surprised

 

Have you done it yet?

report back the results whenever you do

 

It made fuck all differance

 

oh well didnt cost anything