possible ways to speed up the USB boot

[mohamed hanif]

hi,

I am new to XP embedded and I want to know the varies possible ways to
speed up the USB boot.
Now i can able to boot from my usb stick and the boot time is 2 min 15
sec.
Can any one help me. thanks in advance

with best regards,
K.S.Mohamed Hanif

 

[KM]

Mohamed,

Assuming you are using USB 2.0 to boot, there are some general tips you should follow to optimize your XPe runtime boot time:
- Optimize (set up) your BIOS settings to minimize the POST time.
- Set the timeout to zero in boot.ini.
- Obviously minimize the image footprint. Include only components that are necessary to meet your system specs. Use custom
shell/minlogon/etc. where applicable.
- Disable/delay/set to manual start for the services you may not need to start early at the boot.
- If your system is networked, switch to static IP if accepted.
- Use MS tool called BootVis to analyze/debug/optimize the system boot time.
- If Explorer Shell used, minimize the system RAM used by switching to "best performance" advanced system settings, remove
desktop background, change power profile to the Always On or similar.
- Use product features like HORM if applicable. Or just use hibernation or stand by if accepted.
- etc.


Search XPe product documentation and this NG archive for more tips. This topic has been discussed and covered in great details last
few years.

 

[Guest]

KM,

thanks once again. I got a good ideas now. May i know useful pages about the
this discussion and any other documents. Nice to see from u.

 

[KM]

Mohamed,

Useful info on the topic you can find in:
- The NG archive: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/topics?lnk=gschg&hl=en
- Product documentation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa460432.aspx
and specifically about the boot performance: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms932916.aspx
- HORM: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms932932.aspx
- Some relevant technical articles:
(FP2007, footprint) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912929.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb147519.aspx
(Minlogon) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838653.aspx
(Footprint reduction) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa459147.aspx

The above should give you a good start.

 

[KM]

Mohamed,

Useful info on the footprint reduction topic you can find in:
- The NG archive: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/topics?lnk=gschg&hl=en
- Product documentation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa460432.aspx
and specifically about the boot performance: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms932916.aspx
- HORM: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms932932.aspx
- Some relevant technical articles:
(FP2007, footprint) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912929.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb147519.aspx
(Minlogon) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838653.aspx
(Footprint reduction) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa459147.aspx

The above should give you a good start.