If you feel that your system takes very long time to boot then just try the below steps.
Step 1: Open notepad.exe, type
“del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as
“ntosboot.bat” in c:\
Step 2: From the Start menu, select
“Run…” & type
” gpedit.msc”.
Step 3: Double click
“Windows Settings” under
“Computer Configuration” and double click again on
“Shutdown” in the right window.
Step 4: In the new window, click
“add”,
“Browse”, locate your
“ntosboot.bat” file & click
“Open”.
Step 5: Click
“OK”,
“Apply” &
“OK” once again to exit.
Step 6: From the Start menu, select
“Run…” & type
“devmgmt.msc”.
Step 7: Double click on
“IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
Step 8: Right click on
“Primary IDE Channel” and select
“Properties”.
Step 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”.
Step 10: Right click on
“Secondary IDE channel”, select
“Properties” and repeat step 9.
Step 11: Reboot your computer.
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