Boot Windows 7 In Under 10 Seconds

Robert B | Sep 27, 2009 | View Comments

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You may already be impressed with the boot up times achieved with Windows 7, especially when you compare it to Windows Vista. But I doubt many of you have seen it boot in Under 10 Seconds?

Just thought i’d share this video I found from Phoenix technologies. They are demonstrating a new technology that allows super fast booting of an OS. In their video they boot Windows 7 in less than 10 seconds and its loaded and ready to go. It’s achieved using a new UEFI BIOS that Phoenix have been showing off at the IDF conference.

While there have been some Linux mini-Operating Systems that launch quickly for basic features like web and email. This is the first fully loaded OS to boot this quickly.

We have reported before on a boot time of 11 seconds that was achieved using a super powerful machine that Microsoft and Intel were showing off. But this technology from Phoenix is more to do with the BIOS and not the specs of the machine as much. Which means these quicker boot times should be achievable by people who aren’t running “super computers”.

This new technology is likely to start appearing in high-end notebooks at first and probably will be quite costly initially. But I wouldn’t have a problem paying a bit extra to boot up that quickly and I say I wouldn’t be alone.

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About the Author: Robert from Ireland is keen on all things tech. An avid Windows user, he designs websites and helps with troubleshooting computers. He hopes to pursue a future career in the I.T. area and is currently running two websites Techinfo-4u.com and Next iPhone News.com as well as writing for Windows7News and Connected Internet

  • RobertTuiz
    For those ignorant fools talking about the loading bar on Windows 7, you can change it between that one and the new one in msconfig. In my experience the one shown is automatically turned on when installed on very low power machines like netbooks, etc. I'm guessing that Microsoft designed it to check for something like processor speed or ram or something where using the new animation may take longer to load.
  • MattElms
    i can boot into windows 7 in under a minute easily and ready to use no problems! much faster than vista as vista takes ages for it to be ready to use but windows 7 takes just a few seconds. I am running asus striker extreme with intel quad core running at 3.2ghz per core, 8 gb of ram. geforce 8800ultra graphics in sli :) no compatibility issues either!
  • cjbreisch
    Anyway...you want fast boots, make your boot drive an SSDD. I cold boot in under a minute and I'm on a 3 yr old laptop. And I'm a software developer so I have every service you can think of running on this thing. I'm using an OCZ Summit (I think Summit II, but I'm not sure)
  • Underc0ver
    He says Windows 7 and there is Windows Vista's boot screen??????????why????????
  • Underc0ver
    But its Windows Vista's boot screen and then desktop is Windows 7's???
  • ben5
    I'm running a 1.4gigahertz singlecore with 128
    megs of L2 cache and a gig and a half of ram
    and I get 2 minute boot times. Is this normal?
  • Skippy
    >>> To the video: Most likley they turned off all non-core services before hand!!! lol

    Why shouldn't they turn off all non-core services before hand? It's the intelligent thing to do which explains why you're busy doing your LOL.
  • Charlie
    I'm doubtful about this. I tryied their 'instant boot' before and it really was bad.. it worked but was more like a trick. This is what happens in instant book mode (their last tech before this..)

    1. Once your in Windows you can press shut down as normal.
    2. In instant boot mode, the shutdown button only restarts the computer and then puts it into sleep mode as soon as it boots into Windows Vista again. (so shutdown takes the time of a normal shutdown and bootup of windows)
    3. Once Windows has booted, it automatically enters sleep mode (as soon as it boots up)
    4. Now, the computer appears to be off (in sleep/hibernation depending if your in quick boot or instant on).
    5. Turning on the computer is just the computer resuming from sleep or hibernation, they say it's like a new boot as it went to sleep right after a boot up before.

    ... It works but anyone can restart their computer and put it to sleep... it really isn't as great as it sounds.

    Hopefully this new BIOS thing really is a boot up and not just 'boot from sleep'.
  • Name
    How do you select the boot disc or get into bios??
  • Stephen
    Actually, as far as I am concerned in this case they are definitely faking it. I would suggest that is not even Windows 7 - the startup has the older progress bar instead of the Windows 7 pulsating logo and the taskbar and start menu are vintage XP. Actually, the system tray/notification area doesn't match Windows 7 and the show desktop space at the far right of the taskbar appears to be missing. Even the icon placement looks more like what you get with XP/Vista Quicklaunch. It wouldn't be the first time I have seen someone fake something for a demo but this is downright sloppy. The irony is one could just as easily demo Windows 7. People have been sued for fraud over less....

    Stephen
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