How is "boot Speed" determined?

do you time starting with the compter turned off till the time the desk top opens or do you time from hitting the restart till the desk top open. From a turnedoff coputer it takes about 70 seconds. a little more from restart. Is this fast? i have 12 start up items including Avast! Av and Comodo BOClean AMD athlon 64x2 dual 480 MB RAM win XP.

How is "boot Speed" determined?windows

You normally clock boot time from the computer being off to the time the desktop is functional.

The shut down time can vary greatly depending on what all changes you made that Windows needs to save during the shut down process. So the timing for a "restart" is going to vary a lot. Not a reliable test of the boot speed.

Anything under 3 minutes is considered a decent boot up time. Again, it will vary depending on how many items you have loading during the start up. No items, and your computer will start in under a minute. Lots of items, and it can take several minutes. So a boot time of 70 seconds is decent for the specs you listed.

How is "boot Speed" determined?antivirus download

Usually its from when you see the Windows logo for the first time. 70 seconds sounds about right for the amount of RAM you have. 480MB means you have 512MB total system RAM with 32MB for shared video.

With XP, 512MB RAM is OK but you should really get more if you can. Also, a 32MB integrated video controller is not that great. Getting a separate video card will speed your overall system performance up nicely.