Boot Windows XP Faster
July 21, 2007 · Print This Article
First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel. Each time you boot Windows XP, there’s an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there’s no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs.
Follow the following steps:
1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /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 and click “Open“.
5. Click “OK“, “Apply” and “OK” once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select “Run...” and 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 0 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.
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BAD IDEA. A crude and ugly hack.
A more appropriate name for this tweak would be “Boot Win XP Slowly”, because that is exactly what it will do. Steps 1-5 will create a script that will delete the “NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf” file on every shutdown. This file is used to guide the boot prefetch operation that takes place during the moving bar animation. If the file is deleted this can not take place and the animation will take very little time. This is what convinces many people that the boot process is faster. Don’t be fooled.
The files that were normally loaded during prefetch must be loaded. If this can not be done by prefetch, it will be done later on during the boot sequence. But now it will be done much less efficiently and take longer. If the boot process is timed with a stop-watch it will be clearly seen that it is slower.
Steps 6-10 will remove a small delay during boot. It will also disable a second hard drive or CD if present. So beware!
For proper operation of the prefetch system it essential that the Task Scheduler service be enabled and set to Automatic. Some uninformed sources have irresponsibly advised that this service may be safely disabled. Doing so will cripple both boot and application launch times.
The author of this site did not originate this worthless “tip”. The original author is unknown.
Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA