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Hey guys,

 

My laptop takes ages to boot up. I have tried disabling a lot of auto startup programs and still it take more than 4 min 40 secs to do a refresh. Apart from installing a costly SSD is there any other solution? I am using Win 7 home basic. I have a defragmented 500GB HDD. And I have upgraded the RAM to 8 GB. Initially it was 4 GB. Other Specs : 

 

i5 Quad Core processor w/ Intel HD 3000 Series

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

 

If needed, I will provide any further information. 

 

Thanks! :D

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Hey guys,

My laptop takes ages to boot up. I have tried disabling a lot of auto startup programs and still it take more than 4 min 40 secs to do a refresh. Apart from installing a costly SSD is there any other solution? I am using Win 7 home basic. I have a defragmented 500GB HDD. And I have upgraded the RAM to 8 GB. Initially it was 4 GB. Other Specs :

i5 Quad Core processor w/ Intel HD 3000 Series

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

If needed, I will provide any further information.

Thanks! :D

An SSD may help, but I think it might be time to do an OS reinstall. Often Windows just gets bogged down with its own junk over time, especially after a year or two.

Maybe try CCleaner first just to eliminate clutter and run a few scans with something like malwarebytes. Never know til you check.

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SSD would be the best solution, second best would be to reinstall OS

How about install a fresh copy ON the SSD?

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How about install a fresh copy ON the SSD?

Woah! Imaging a 15 sec boot time!! :D Thankx! 

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4 mins sounds way too long , even my windows xp system back in the day was faster. Show us your startup programs please, I'm sure we might disable some more. Also your installed programs, maybe there is some unnecessary shit 

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You can upgrade to Windows 8. Windows 8 takes advantage of UEFI boot in addition to the hybrid shutdown to deliver boot times as fast as less than 10 seconds.

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Woah! Imaging a 15 sec boot time!! :D Thankx! 

Yeah, just download the Windows Media Creation Tool for Windows 8.1, then set it to 64-bit and create your relevant version. Boot into your BIOS and select the memory stick/CD that you copied the image to that says "UEFI". BOOT OFF THAT ONE for a UEFI install. then you are good to go after installing an SSD 

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Yeah, just download the Windows Media Creation Tool for Windows 8.1, then set it to 64-bit and create your relevant version. Boot into your BIOS and select the memory stick/CD that you copied the image to that says "UEFI". BOOT OFF THAT ONE for a UEFI install. then you are good to go after installing an SSD 

That means I don't have to format my HDD just reinstall the OS?

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That means I don't have to format my HDD just reinstall the OS?

 

No, you'll have to reinstall your OS, in fact you have to reformat your entire hdd in order to convert from mbr to gpt(used in EFI systems).

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