PC Users Great Wish

[grafx1]

I wish that when i turned my PC ON, i immediately see my DeskTop.

and i think that is the same wish by all computer users...

any suggestion ?

[ripken204]

yes, u can get a ramdrive/ramdisk or u can get a 15k hdd in raid0

[Zxian]

Or use hibernation... it's almost instant at about 5 seconds.

[grafx1]

Or use hibernation... it's almost instant at about 5 seconds.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

wow i'd heared about Hibernation but never used it

but when i used it i was amazed!! it is great... but it prompt me for a password

to unlock the computer... can i get ride of prompting ??

also, what about the time from pressing power button till windows logo appear

is it adjustable or can i decrease it some how ??

Thanks Zxian and Thanks ripken204 for suggestion.

Edited August 16, 2005 by grafx1

[Zxian]

As for prompting for a password, check under the Power Options.

For the second question, are you talking about power down or power up? For both there isn't really all that much you can do. That's about as fast as you'll get your computer to be ready without drawing any power while it's off.

[grafx1]

when i returned to use Welcome screen, it stopped prompting me to unlock the computer

and what about ram drive is it a hardware drive or software

i know the idea of the software ram drive but is there a hardware one?

Thanks.

[ripken204]

gigayte had a ramdisk at computex but i dont know if its out yet, its 4gigs so it can hold ur windows install. you should be able to be in windows withing a few secs of turning on the comp

[grafx1]

Thanks..., i'm waiting for it

But, is hibernation has any drawback as i have 256 MB of ram only ?

[Zxian]

Hibernation should fly for you!

Just use what you've got. It's not that slow is it? I've got 1GB of RAM and it only takes me about 10 seconds from pressing the power button to being at a fully functional desktop (specs in sig).

The less RAM you have, the less time it should take, since there's less data to be written to the hard drive.

I only reboot my laptop when I need to really... probably about once a week.

[grafx1]

I'm using it now...it is amazing

but in my case it took 18 seconds on desktop

may be the post time is more than yours.

Thanks

1.5 GHz 256 K @400 MHz

256 MB @133 MHz

40 GB HDD

Nvidia TNT2 32 MB

Edited August 17, 2005 by grafx1

[2forza]

*wishes*

The whole internet on my usb stick

So I dont have to download because I have the whole internet so everything on net will be fast?

[Zxian]

I'm using it now...it is amazing

but in my case it took 18 seconds on desktop

may be the post time is more than yours.

Thanks 

1.5 GHz 256 K @400 MHz

256 MB @133 MHz

40 GB HDD

Nvidia TNT2 32 MB

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmm... it could be the post time that's slowing you down. The post on my laptop is only about 2 seconds, and I know most desktops are longer than that.

But once you're past post, it should be pretty quick.

[ender341]

Make sure your BIOS is set to quick POST, or similar option, and that can speed it up quite a bit. Does Hibernate work better in XP than it did in ME(*Shudders*)? it never worked right. Not to worried about it on my comp though, it can be shutdown, and started up to the desktop in about than 35 seconds

[Zxian]

Hibernate works beautifully in XP. It's one of the big leaps and bounds over 2000 (let alone ME).

Hibernation is more often typically used for portable computers (i.e. laptops/tablets) rather than desktops since laptops are often used on the go to quickly check e-mail or the like. To easily do that, you need to turn on the computer, do whatever, and turn off the comptuer, all in a very short time span.

[albator]

Hibernation should fly for you!

Just use what you've got. It's not that slow is it? I've got 1GB of RAM and it only takes me about 10 seconds from pressing the power button to being at a fully functional desktop (specs in sig).

The less RAM you have, the less time it should take, since there's less data to be written to the hard drive.

I only reboot my laptop when I need to really... probably about once a week.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It take me that time from bios screen to a fully functionnal windows !

Just use nlite ( and to be honest I have WD 10k rpm raptor HD)

Hibernation is for bears not for computer.