Should a high-spec laptop take a while to boot up?

Question

I have just bought an HP Pavilion DV6853 laptop with the following specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor @ 2.1GHz, with 800MHz FSB and 3MB L2 cache;
3GB DDR2 RAM;
NVidia GeForce 8400M GS graphics with 256MB dedicated, up to 1535MB maximum graphics memory;
320GB hard-drive;
Vista Premium 32-bit.

The laptop is super-fast in everything, except booting up! I've uninstalled all the rubbish that came with it, which wasn't really much except a Norton free trial.

I only bought it yesterday, so there's no way it's full of spyware rubbish or temporary files and stuff.

It takes around 2 minutes to boot up, which doesn't sound much but it is longer than my previous Acer Aspire 5633 laptop (which had significantly lower specs), also running Vista Premium.

I know all laptops are different, but with these kind of specifications, should I be expecting a super-fast boot-up time? It doesn't bother me really, as I very rarely even turn it off, but I just want to be certain that this doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it!

Answer 1

Boot time is greatly effected by hard drive disk speed. It has little to do with ram, processor, graphics card, or even the laptop motherboard chipset. I would not assume that you have any hardware failure. Because having a slow boot time has more to do with hardware limitations rather than failure.



I can not find any good resources which directly compare the hard drive disk rotation speed. Hard drives speed have a certain rpm. Most come in either 5400, 7200, or 10k rpm. (there are lower, and higher, but they are not found in most machines). Let's just say for grins that your old laptop had a 7200 rpm drive, and the new one had a 5400 rpm drive (it uses less power). Then you should experience a longer boot time, due to the fact the hard drive spins slower. It's only a guess, since i have no proof. Without any concrete resources for the specs of either laptop it's hard to guess why.



The other thing you want to do is make sure your disk is fully defrag. That may save you a couple of seconds, especially it the drive is very fragmented. It will increase your time, due to the drive seeking around the drive to find the necessary bits in order to boot.



Other than that, there is no much you can do.

Answer 2

Well, I'm sorry to say it but all Hp's take about 1 to 3 minutes to boot up, no matter what kind of Hp you have it will still take a long time.

Answer 3

It all really depends...it could just be the way its designed. I highly doubt there's anything wrong with it though.