If you decide that your computer takes too long to boot up, you can help it out. Turn on the computer and you will see a loading screen (Dell/hp/gateway/IBM/etc.), but don't wait for Windows to load. Instead you can hit F2 (or what it tells you) to enter the boot menu. You will come upon a list that has your hard drive(s), CD/DVD drives, floppy drives, USB ports and things of the sort. You will also notice that your CD/DVD drive is first in this list. That is so that your computer checks the CD/DVD drive for a disk to boot from before it loads off of your hard drive. What this is for is if Windows gets sick and won't boot, you can put a Windows repair CD in and boot windows from that. What you do is change the order, put your hard drive first in the list so it doesn't have to check other drives first. Be aware that doing so will not allow you to boot from a CD/floppy. All you have to do is go back in and change the order when you want to boot from another meduim (cd/dvd/floppy, USB device). This should shave a few seconds off of your boot time.
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