I liked the commentary on the other one....LOL. Would you like some fries with that boot?
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 4:06 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL, even better:**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqIhMWACjeU**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:05 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT ish] Just wanted to share a good experience.**** > > ** ** > > 11 seconds, that’s almost as fast as Windows 3.1 on a crusty IDE drive and > 2MB of RAM J. Actually I don’t remember how long it took, only that > Windows 95 took FOREEEVER by comparison, and once I managed to Load WfW > 3.11 on a Pentium II and couldn’t believe how fast it booted – and I > remember with 386’s paring down the WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files to make it > boot faster.**** > > ….looking for videos now…**** > > ** ** > > Ah….here’s a video of 40 seconds from the end of POST to Win3.1 Program > Manager**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSJDIGiepgU**** > > ** ** > > Or 12 seconds on newer hardware:**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_E9Wp4Zj8**** > > ** ** > > Yes, I am not including the POST time.**** > > ** ** > > 11 seconds from power button to desktop is smokin’ fast, I’ll have to > check my home machine with SSD. It’s not that fast, but I can reboot it and > desktop-to-desktop time is not much longer than it takes me standard SATAII > / Vista machine / 3GHz Athlon to simply power off.**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:50 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT ish] Just wanted to share a good experiance.**** > > ** ** > > That sounds like you're still on Windows 7. Wait until you see the boot > times on Windows 8 with an SSD. My HP Eiltebook boots in 11 seconds. I > think I have the same drive.**** > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Stefan Jafs <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Ok, I just want to share an good experience I just had. I have an HP Elite > 8100 mini tower, it was getting a bit slow, so let’s put in a SSD drive. I > got the Intel 520 Series 240 Gb SATA3 for CD$279 at Canada Computers. Now I > was dreading the new install of the OS and all applications . . . but wait, > Intel has a migration tool http://www.intel.com/go/ssdinstallation **** > > That sounds interesting so less than an hour later I had a cloned OS drive > on the new SSD drive, re-booted had to re-arrange some drive letters, shut > down and swapped the SATA cables to boot from the SSD drive, That was it, > absolutely no re-install of anything, very, very slick. I now boot up (from > cold) including opening IE at start-up in 1 min 10 sec, previously ~ 3 > min. Everything is much snappier. A good $280 spent and hardly any work . . > . .**** > > > > -- > Stefan Jafs**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
