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Machinehead · 04-08-2008, 03:12 PM

Does bootcamp have any effect on the boot time?

I wouldn't say the 30 second time is a new phenomenon, but as I'm looking to shorten my cold boot times (long story but I have hardware that don't like sleep), almost half of my boot time right now is waiting for the bios (EFI) to turn over to the OS Boot.

Quote: Originally Posted by iamgnat

Another item that is possible is fsck. If it believes that your disk structure is "dirty" (typically after power loss or a hard crash), the OS will run fsck on the disks before proceeding with booting and is somewhat normal and can take some time. If it is doing a fsck, that should show up in verbose mode. If it is doing a fsck every time, even if you shutdown/reboot cleanly, then that can also be indicative of a drive going bad.

That's a possibility since sometimes my system doesn't completely shut down before the power is cut.

04-08-2008, 03:12 PM	#8
Machinehead Maximum Bitrate Machinehead's CarPC Specs Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 722 My Photos: ()	Does bootcamp have any effect on the boot time? I wouldn't say the 30 second time is a new phenomenon, but as I'm looking to shorten my cold boot times (long story but I have hardware that don't like sleep), almost half of my boot time right now is waiting for the bios (EFI) to turn over to the OS Boot. Quote: Originally Posted by iamgnat Another item that is possible is fsck. If it believes that your disk structure is "dirty" (typically after power loss or a hard crash), the OS will run fsck on the disks before proceeding with booting and is somewhat normal and can take some time. If it is doing a fsck, that should show up in verbose mode. If it is doing a fsck every time, even if you shutdown/reboot cleanly, then that can also be indicative of a drive going bad. That's a possibility since sometimes my system doesn't completely shut down before the power is cut. Last edited by Machinehead : 04-08-2008 at 03:14 PM.