Boost the Windows XP Booting Process

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article was posted in Microsoft

We have noticed sometimes that the Windows XP operating system takes too much time in booting process which unnecessary waste the time and irritate the user. Here we will be explaining the process which will boost the Windows XP booting process.

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Follow the following steps to boost the Windows XP Booting Process

  1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\
  2. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”.
  3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
  4. In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.
  5. Click “OK”, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.
  6. From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “devmgmt.msc”.
  7. Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
  8. Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.
  9. Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.
  10. Right click on “Secondary IDE channel”, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.
  11. Reboot your computer

By following above mentioned process this will enhance the Windows XP performance and also boost the Windows booting process.