Follow the following steps

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\

2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".

3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.

4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".

5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.

6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".

7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"

8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".

9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".

10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.

11. Reboot your computer.

erm.. my windows cannot find gpedit.msc

ahhh ive just learned that gpedit.msc is not included with home edition, is there a way round it?, im gagging to make my boot up faster

GPEDIT.MSC (Group Policy Editor) isn't available on XP Home Edition, partly because XP Home cannot join a domain by design. Although the took is designed to be used in an Enterprise environment running Active Directory, all it really does is making registry entries. So, the best alternative is to edit the registry using Regedit. Be aware that editing the registry incorrectly can make your system unbootable or cause other issues, so proceed carefully before diving in!

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ye, so how would i be able to do this using the regedit?

Interesting tutorial Henges.

I'm interested to know what the thought is behind this tutorial. I see that by going through these steps, you will make XP boot faster, but I wonder what the ntosboot-*.* files do and why removing them makes the boot process faster. I'm also interested in learning why you want to change the Primary IDE/Secondary IDE settings, because I use SATA, not IDE. I have my DVD-ROM/DVD-RW on my IDE ports.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Bit of an old one this - it was written for older systems