In short, 1/2 the RAM to really expect a fast boot. On top of that handicap, it could be the older slower SDRAM?
Bob
It takes 10 min. to boot this Hp with 1.1 celeron cpu ,128mb ram,new 80gb hdd. installed win xp recovery disc,took 5 min to recognise and start downloading 1st of 7 recovery cd-roms.Runs fast fast after 10 min boot time.whats wrong?

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