Booting Windows 7 is, compared to Windows Vista, significantly faster, but there’s always reasons enough to speed up the boot time. In my case: waiting for my computer to get ready annoys me :)
This article will help you increase your boot speed in Windows 7.
- Click Start, type ‘msconfig‘ in the search box and press ENTER
(Instead of clicking Start, you could also press [WIN] +R, which will open the Run window) - In the System Configuration window, select the Boot tab. Refer to the image below to view the described options
- Set the Timeout (1) field:
If you only have one Operating System (which is Windows 7 :) ) installed, you should set it to 3 seconds (which is the minimum).
If you have multiple operating systems installed on your computer, set the value to the desired amount of seconds you would like to have at boot time to select an operating system. - Set the No GUI Boot (2) option
Select this option to disable the fancy Windows 7 logo at startup. Because it utilizes some CPU power, you should turn the GUI Boot off to speed up boot time. - Click on Advanced Options (3). This will open the Boot Advanced Options window.
- Set the Number of processors to the highest number available.
Since a few years, it’s very likely for computers to have multiple (core) processors installed. To make advantage of this, check the box “Number of processors:” . Then click the drop down listbox and select the highest number. In my case, this is 8. (4)
- You will be asked whether to Restart or to Exit without Restart. Select the option you want.
And we’re done!
Hopefully you notice a mighty speed increasement at boot time!
In my case the processors is 1.
I tried above given information to increase win 7 boot speed. This did not take effect.
Thanks Varun(Quote)
i have just made the changes that you given . n when i reboot the system its booting time reduced to almost half. thank you sir. ishaq(Quote)
This is a well known myth that needs to stop!
Windows uses all available processors by default, no need to change anything. XTP(Quote)
D510 dual atom, 2gb ram – no diff whatsoever. Joanthan(Quote)
HUGE improvement! Thanks! Matt(Quote)
I just did it and saw no change. I timed it and everything. I have Core 2 Duo P8600 with 3 gbs of ram and it booted up in 31 seconds. Differences of tenths of a second were seen when i timed both ways. Abel(Quote)
I used your tips and before I use it the boot time was 3 minutes. After doing what you suggest here the boot time I have is 2:30 seconds. Thanks!
Angel Angel sanchez(Quote)
I’ve just made the changes that You are saying that should help. We will see on a next reboot if that do the trick :) Andrew(Quote)