Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds

arcticstoat writes "Asus' budget motherboard wing, ASRock, claims that it's found a way to load a clean boot of Windows from a full shut down in just four seconds, using its new Instant Boot technology. The technology takes advantage of the S3 and S4 features of ACPI, which normally enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows respectively. However, by calling them at different times in the boot-up and shutdown process, Instant Boot enables you to boot up to your Windows desktop in three to four seconds, even after a proper shut down. Two modes are available; Fast mode, which uses S3 and boots up in around four seconds, and Regular Mode, which uses S4 and apparently takes between 20 and 22 seconds to boot. The advantage of Instant Boot when compared with normal Sleep and Hibernation modes is that you get the advantage of a clean boot of Windows, without what ASRock calls 'accumulated garbage data,' and you also get the security of knowing that you won't lose any data if there's a power cut and you lose AC power. There's also a video of it in action at the link above."

Comments

get some fucking priorities

[Anonymous Coward]

The US Government is on the verge of nationalizing 3 failing automakers and you're concerned with how fast you can boot windows? Seriously? The failed financial bailout may cause the US government to declare bankruptcy and you care about this shit? Get some priorities!

Re:get some fucking priorities

[CorporateSuit]

OTOH I should expect this from someone who can't even grasp why the current pledge of allegiance is a prayer.

That's it. Nothing wrong with my post. You just have a problem with me. Nice to see the ad-hominems clearing that up for everyone. I was starting to wonder about how you were managing to completely miss the points of my post or interpret them as the exact opposite of what they said.

ON a side note, at least we live in a society that allows you to go on and on spouting your ignorant drivel...no thanks to you.

Optimistic? Oversimplified? Overzealous? Certainly. Calling it "ignorance" is mislabeling, though. The harmful ignorance is had by those who think the government that requires a bailout from its citizens is capable of competent governance over said citizens. The same goes for financial institutions. If the guys you give all your money to have proven themselves so clumsy at handling said money that they manage to trip up and cause a worldwide recession, YOU DON'T GIVE THEM MORE OF IT.

And that "no thanks to you" comment... Should I be sorry I didn't build a time machine to go back to 1776 and push for freedom of speech?.. Because I'm not. Those guys handled it pretty well without me.

Re:BUT...

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahhh WinRAR. Whenever I come across a file that has been compressed using a proprietary program, I just want to slap whoever created that file.

Re:ASRock is not ASUS

[Anonymous Coward]

you're a retard, sir.. I give you the lowest possible rating

Re:Video

[Zemplar]

Honestly? I've had problems with both ASRock and ASUS motherboards, generally to do with BIOS problems - all on Windows XP and Vista.

Sounds like you've already identified the cause of your problem as "Windows XP and Vista", not Asus!

Windows Method Begs for Trouble.

[twitter]

Whenever you see M$ doing something you have not heard of, look out. If this method can't be done with free software, it's because ACPI was made that way. If it can be but is not, it's because it's a bad idea.

How could this be a bad idea? You think you have a nice "clean" pre boot. Something ordinary users will be able to write because they turn off UAC. What you really have is a good place to put a worm or some other W32 nasty. Everything done on Windows is compromised by poor security and DRM.