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  • 02-01-2012 3:51pm
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    infowars.com
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    windows 7 new build takeing forever to boot,have done chdsk, viruis scans, boot scans, sestym restore,that worked but still takeing forever to get into windows,think it might be this old matxor hard drive, any ideas


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    FlyingIrishMan
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    infowars.com wrote: »
    windows 7 new build takeing forever to boot,have done chdsk, viruis scans, boot scans, sestym restore,that worked but still takeing forever to get into windows,think it might be this old matxor hard drive, any ideas

    If its slow its because of your hard drive. How old is it? What RPM is it?
    Perhaps get an SSD, I have the Crucial M4 one and it boots up fully in around 10seconds.


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    marco_polo
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    What is taking the most time is it the Windows loading screen itself, or getting as far as that point?


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    infowars.com
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    hi guys. its slow from when the black screen with windows7 icon come up i could boil a kettle make a cupa tea and have a smoke before the blue welcom screen come up.the hard drive is old maybe 7 years old


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    infowars.com wrote: »
    hi guys. its slow from when the black screen with windows7 icon come up i could boil a kettle make a cupa tea and have a smoke before the blue welcom screen come up.the hard drive is old maybe 7 years old

    Yeah from that point onwards its just Windows loading, so it is almost certainly just the speed of the drive unfortunately.


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    infowars.com
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    ahh ok i defragded it and its running a lot quite, i have a 4oo gig ide with adpater to sata drive will put windows7 on that when i get a copy of it and an ssd hard drive,


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