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   Anonymous
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   http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6984835/Microsoft-solve-a-burning-first-world-problem

   Here's a problem I never thought I'd have (but I'm terribly glad to have it). Windows 8 boots too darned fast.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hmm, this sounds like a good reason to upgrade afterll, though i'm still quite impressed with the boot up times i get with my new computer, using an SSd as the platform for my win 7 operating system and ensuring everything apart from the most essential of programs are installed on a seprarate traditional hard drive I get cold boots ups at 24 seconds, which isn't bad. Still, seven seconds is phenominal. :)

   I'll have to see how much an upgrade will cost. Though probably won't upgrade all of my computers as I've only recently finished upgrading all of my older computers a few months ago. I can't imagine forking out several hundred pounds just to speed up the boot times on my older computers (Besides the oldest wouldn't be able to take advantage because they don't support a UEFI BIOS capable motherboard).

   It would be better to buy small SSD's to install your present operating systems on each of them as the boot up does improve significantly with an SSD.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/windows8/240000993

   Windows 8 Says Goodbye To F8 Reboots
   Windows 8 will display new menu of troubleshooting choices to give users of fast-booting PCs and tablets plenty of time to enter alternate startup modes such as Safe Mode.

   I stay with XP & Windows 7 boot time ok for me I don't know if you do more work only boot a few time a day at the max.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   http://www.ghacks.net/2012/05/22/windows-8s-boot-experience-will-be-different/

   Windows 8s Boot Experience Will Be Different
   Windows 8 users have 200ms to hit that key during boot. If they miss by one second, Windows 8 will skip the advanced boot menu and boot right into the operating system. To put this into perspective, users who type fast manage to hit four times the F8 key in a second, which results in individual key press intervals of 250ms. If you do not get the timing perfectly right, you will bypass the boot menu.
   You can alternatively hold down the Shift key before you click on the system’s Restart option, or run the command shutdown /r /o for the same effect.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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