[BahrainChris]

Hi,

This post is great and I already have got a small improvement in boot times from following the instructions.

Now I would like to see if I can squeeze a further improvement by analysing the results of a boot trace. Unfortunately, the results don't mean anything to me so I'm hoping somebody will have a look at them and give me some advice.

The results of the test are here: http://rapidshare.co...ERS_POWER_1.zip

Thanks for any assistance.


Chris

[MagicAndre1981]

Hi Chris,

your Windows boots in 30s to the desktop and is fully booted in 61 seconds.

What I see is that the PostBoot Takes 30s. This means the tools which run at login (startup) are slowing down your System.

I can see that you have Norton AntiVirus (NAV, ccsvchst.exe (1764), 0x00000043, Running) installed. This service hangs and causes a huge IO activity. I hate the yellow pest. You should use other freeware tools like Avira AntiVir (http://www.free-av.com/en/index.html) or Microsoft Security Essentials.

Next, run AutoRuns (http://technet.micro...s/bb963902.aspx) and disable all not needed tools (Live Messenger, iTunes, iPod). only start them when you need them.

After doing this run the optimization again.

André

[BahrainChris]

Hi Andre,

Okay, Norton Anti Virus is gone and replaced with Microsoft Security Essentials.

I have the AutoRuns tools but aren't sure what to disbale. There are various tabs across the top - I want to make sure I don't disable anything important. I guess the most likely looking tab is the one labelled "Logon".

Am I looking at the correct items?

Thanks,


Chris

[MagicAndre1981]

yes, look under Logon and disable the automatic startup of the Live Messenger.

[BahrainChris]

Okay - my new results are here: http://rapidshare.co...ERS_POWER_1.zip

Is there any improvement? It "feels" faster but that might be just wishful thinking!!!

Thanks for your help.

Chris

[MagicAndre1981]

Hi Chris,

the boot is 5 seconds slower. The prefetcher has several misses. Did you run the optimization again?

[BahrainChris]

Oops - I missed the part when the optimisation process had to be run again.

I've now done it and put the results here: http://rapidshare.co...ERS_POWER_1.zip


Chris

[MagicAndre1981]

Hi Chris,

good news, the boot is now faster. Your Windows boots completely in 40 seconds and the prefetcher is working better. That's an improvement of 20 seconds.

Now you can enjoy your faster Windows.

André

[maxXPsoft]

Gave this a try and looks like it went from 74 down to 34 seconds which is great for reboot.
but cold boot is 54 and didn't look before

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 15 August 2010 - 04:47 AM

[MagicAndre1981]

if you think it's still too much, make a complete trace and share the file.

[maxXPsoft]

I imaged back to see and cold boot before was over 90 seconds so good enough for me. Just through bios on this dell takes 20 seconds so not much can do there. I know how to look at them things cause I used bootvis in XP

[MagicAndre1981]

ok

[Kingben363]

I got a error code something with can not load kernel logger. This happen after the first boot when i was going to prepare the system. It failed 5 times

[MagicAndre1981]

what's the complete error message? Look into the xbootmgr.log.

[Kingben363]

Where do you find that?

Never mind! found it.

[2010/10/02-22:25:39.694] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-22:25:39.741] Registering for auto-run with a 120000 msec delay...
[2010/10/02-22:25:39.744] Completed auto-run change.
[2010/10/02-22:25:39.769] Starting trace...
[2010/10/02-22:25:41.981] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/02-22:27:46.798] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-22:27:46.814] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-22:27:50.230] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/02-22:27:50.340] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/02-22:27:50.340] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/02-22:28:07.812] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl'
[2010/10/02-22:28:07.812] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/02-22:28:07.827] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/02-22:28:07.827] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/02-22:28:07.843] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/02-22:28:12.024] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-22:28:12.024] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-22:28:12.351] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/02-22:28:12.351] Starting trace...
[2010/10/02-22:28:12.382] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/02-22:30:58.030] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-22:30:58.046] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-22:31:01.384] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/02-22:31:01.493] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/02-22:31:01.493] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/02-22:31:20.556] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl'
[2010/10/02-22:31:20.572] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/02-22:31:20.572] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/02-22:31:20.572] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/02-22:31:20.603] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/02-22:31:28.247] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-22:31:28.247] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-22:31:28.606] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/02-22:31:28.622] Preparing system...
[2010/10/02-22:31:28.622] Launching attempt #1 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-22:32:24.844] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-22:32:24.844] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-22:32:24.844] Launching attempt #2 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-22:32:43.705] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-22:32:43.705] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-22:32:43.705] Launching attempt #3 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-22:33:03.501] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-22:33:03.501] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-22:33:03.501] Launching attempt #4 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-22:33:23.391] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-22:33:23.391] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-22:33:23.391] Launching attempt #5 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.172] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.172] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.172] Failed to defragment disk after 5 attempts.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.172] PrepareSystem failed.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.172] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.266] Couldn't find kernel logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.266] Couldn't find user-mode logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.266] Unregistering auto-run...
[2010/10/02-22:33:43.266] Completed auto-run change.
[2010/10/02-23:27:38.545] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-23:27:38.583] Registering for auto-run with a 120000 msec delay...
[2010/10/02-23:27:38.583] Completed auto-run change.
[2010/10/02-23:27:38.608] Starting trace...
[2010/10/02-23:27:39.330] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/02-23:30:42.295] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-23:30:42.311] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-23:30:45.665] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/02-23:30:45.774] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/02-23:30:45.774] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/02-23:31:03.153] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl'
[2010/10/02-23:31:03.168] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/02-23:31:03.168] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/02-23:31:03.168] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/02-23:31:03.215] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/02-23:31:08.082] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-23:31:08.082] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-23:31:08.425] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/02-23:31:08.425] Starting trace...
[2010/10/02-23:31:08.472] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/02-23:33:58.928] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/02-23:33:58.943] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-23:34:01.861] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/02-23:34:01.970] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/02-23:34:01.970] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/02-23:34:14.559] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl'
[2010/10/02-23:34:14.575] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/02-23:34:14.575] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/02-23:34:14.575] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/02-23:34:14.606] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/02-23:34:21.532] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-23:34:21.532] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/02-23:34:21.829] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/02-23:34:21.844] Preparing system...
[2010/10/02-23:34:21.844] Launching attempt #1 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-23:35:16.865] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-23:35:16.865] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-23:35:16.865] Launching attempt #2 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-23:35:36.494] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-23:35:36.494] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-23:35:36.494] Launching attempt #3 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-23:35:56.141] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-23:35:56.141] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-23:35:56.141] Launching attempt #4 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-23:36:10.852] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-23:36:10.852] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-23:36:10.852] Launching attempt #5 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.488] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.488] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.488] Failed to defragment disk after 5 attempts.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.488] PrepareSystem failed.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.488] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.582] Couldn't find kernel logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.582] Couldn't find user-mode logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.582] Unregistering auto-run...
[2010/10/02-23:36:27.582] Completed auto-run change.
[2010/10/03-19:32:45.074] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/03-19:32:45.167] Registering for auto-run with a 120000 msec delay...
[2010/10/03-19:32:45.167] Completed auto-run change.
[2010/10/03-19:32:45.187] Starting trace...
[2010/10/03-19:32:47.482] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/03-19:36:09.329] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/03-19:36:09.329] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/03-19:36:11.825] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/03-19:36:11.949] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/03-19:36:11.949] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/03-19:36:25.069] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.etl'
[2010/10/03-19:36:25.085] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/03-19:36:25.085] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/03-19:36:25.085] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/03-19:36:25.116] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/03-19:36:37.549] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/03-19:36:37.549] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/03-19:36:37.799] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_1.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/03-19:36:37.814] Starting trace...
[2010/10/03-19:36:37.861] Enabled boot logging to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2_km_premerge.etl'
[2010/10/03-19:37:34.283] Detected Win7RTM physical (ReadyBoot) prefetcher; the SysMain service is auto-started.
[2010/10/03-19:37:34.299] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/03-19:37:37.871] Stopped kernel logger.
[2010/10/03-19:37:37.980] Stopped user-mode logger.
[2010/10/03-19:37:37.980] The trace you are capturing "C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl" may contain personally identifiable information, including but not necessarily limited to paths to files accessed, paths to registry accessed and process names. Exact information depends on the events that were logged. Please be aware of this when sharing out this trace with other people.
[2010/10/03-19:37:44.657] Merged ETL file to 'C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.etl'
[2010/10/03-19:37:44.673] Waiting for prefetcher...
[2010/10/03-19:38:24.734] Waiting for Win7RTM prefetcher done.
[2010/10/03-19:38:24.734] Saving prefetcher data...
[2010/10/03-19:38:24.780] Failed to save prefetcher data (C:\Windows\prefetch\layout.ini) in cab archive (stage 1, error 0)
[2010/10/03-19:38:40.006] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\ReadyBoot\*.* in cab archive.
[2010/10/03-19:38:40.006] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\prefetch\AgCx*.db in cab archive.
[2010/10/03-19:38:40.271] Saved prefetcher data from C:\Windows\system32\bootPrep_BASE+CSWITCH_2.ppf.newPlan in cab archive
[2010/10/03-19:38:40.287] Preparing system...
[2010/10/03-19:38:40.287] Launching attempt #1 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/03-19:38:59.803] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/03-19:38:59.803] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/03-19:38:59.803] Launching attempt #2 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/03-19:39:18.170] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/03-19:39:18.170] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/03-19:39:18.170] Launching attempt #3 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/03-19:39:33.523] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/03-19:39:33.523] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/03-19:39:33.523] Launching attempt #4 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/03-19:39:50.013] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/03-19:39:50.013] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/03-19:39:50.013] Launching attempt #5 to defragment disk...
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.505] ProcessIdleTasks returned.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.505] Failed to determine if defrag worked - couldn't query registry key. Retrying.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.505] Failed to defragment disk after 5 attempts.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.505] PrepareSystem failed.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.505] Stopping trace...
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.599] Couldn't find kernel logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.599] Couldn't find user-mode logger in active logger list.
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.599] Unregistering auto-run...
[2010/10/03-19:40:04.599] Completed auto-run change.

This post has been edited by Kingben363: 17 October 2010 - 11:46 AM

[MagicAndre1981]

Quote

couldn't query registry key

Set the value Enable in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimize to Y

[Kingben363]

Thanks i will try it out, it was set to N and i changed it to Y. Going to try it again now, i share with you if it works or not =)

[Kingben363]

Looks like i still dosen't work, however i´m going to try on another computer later this day.

[MagicAndre1981]

have you disabled the integrated defragmenation tool/service?

[Kingben363]

omg yes i have. I'm using a lite version of windows 7 made by me and i deleted the standar defragmenation tool becuase i'm using another better one. Crap! = /


Sorry about bothering you

This post has been edited by Kingben363: 18 October 2010 - 10:25 AM