Boot+up+speed+up

Boot up speed up

XP on start first goes to Prefetch to establish all that you have previously used is available.

So slowing down Boot‐up

To clear temporarily, because XP will put back as you use information into Prefetch

Go to C:\ Windows\Prefetch

There will be hundreds of entries



Press Control A i.e Ctrl. + A

This highlights all

Press delete key on key board Gone

Next time Windows will boot quicker until Prefetch is filled up again, which it does with alacrity.