Boot Windows 7 In Under 10 Seconds

Robert B | Sep 27, 2009 | 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 his own website Techinfo-4u.com as well as writing for Windows7News and Connected Internet

  • mine goes from completely off to a working desktop in 5 seconds. sleep mode pwns!
  • colin
    I am quite sure it's not running off the essential drivers for the laptop. One obvious hint for this is that the resolution is not native for the screen, so it means they did not install the graphics driver for it, which can slow down boot up by many seconds.

    But I agree, there's really no point to start up so quickly when there's sleep mode (and it's deep sleep).
  • Anonymous
    Sleep mode isn't "completely off", Sean; the RAM is still active. That said, I do often just leave my Win7 machine in sleep overnight. That way I can quickly use it when I want while saving power. And with Win7, recovering from sleep mode is much faster and more reliable than with XP (don't know about Vista).
  • point taken...still, you cant beat sleep mode...
  • Mine goes from Sleep mode to a working desktop just as quick aswell. But as mentioned above, its not completely off. But i agree, i will turn my laptop on in the morning and just put it into sleep mode and then I can quickly use it whenever i want. The advantage of the above article is that it would save some battery since its "Completely Off" but not much....
  • jamess109
    To the video: Most likley they turned off all non-core services before hand!!! lol
  • Jason
    The windows 7 boot process (from BIOS finishing and starting 7) is very quick in itself, half the boot process is just the BIOS not Windows, by the sounds of it Phoenix have managed to reduce the BIOS time or somehow incorporate a portion of the OS loading process into the BIOS
  • I did actually notice the taskbar was the older XP style one, no fancy aero effects
  • cjbreisch
    There will be other options as well. Diskeeper has something called HyperBoot.

    See here: http://www.diskeeper.com/blog/post/2009/08/18/W...
  • 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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