Windows 7 Restart

I've just installed Windows 7 and I'm wondering if what it happening supposed to happen or not. Everytime I do just a plain old restart I'd have to say it takes more than 5 minutes before I see my desktop! Could somebody please tell me if this is just me or if it's normal for everybody?

 

You need to be sure that all the drivers from the previous system was removed, cuz if you got a drive there that you used in XP or Vista, they run for a while, but soon these are shutdown
Also please, when it reboot, keep pressing F8 in the boot screen, then choose an option to not restart if a fatal error occurs.
then it will give you a error code, now it ain't gonna restart, will give time for you to anote it in a book and post it here, then it will be easier.

But first off, delete the drivers and install the ones for windows 7.

I has see this issues dozens of times, I'm sure it has something to do with a driver.
After uninstalling 'em, activate windows update, it will search for some drivers for you.

 

it's not normal, but this is coming from a person with issues out his ass (me). how much RAM do you have installed? that could be the main cause, 3 GB's is like a minimum.

DAMNIT! beat me to posting -.-"

both of our ideas are good 8)

 

I've got 3 gigs of RAM but I'm not sure how to tell if I've still got old drivers installed or not. I would've thought that 7 would've just overwritten them. And now that you've got me thinking would it help if I hunted down that windows.old folder I've heard so much about and trashed it? Maybe that would free up space so it'd hurry up things?

 

when you installed Windows 7, did you partition it correctly, and do a full format? if you did it right, you should have a SYSTEM partition, and a HDD partition(C, and the way i do it is as follows..

delete all partitions..
create new partition
let it auto create the SYSTEM partition
format the other partition..

That could help with speeds a bit... and nothing boots from the so called windows.old...in fact, i've never found it it seems like you may just have a slow read time on the harddrive...

 

No, the drivers ain't overwriten, and also, instaling a OS above other (overwrite) isn't good,
need to do a full formatation, which is the easiest thing in Win7, even my sister of 13 years can do it.
Format it all and reinstall from zero, the drivers and thing.
The Windows Update shoulda get you the drivers automatically, if not, just put here the serial name of the hardware and we search the correct driver for you.

 

Well this is good! Some of you are saying it's wrong and some of you are saying it's OK! Now would the real truthsayer please stand up?!

 

I'm saying it's wrong about the drivers, not that keep .old files will screw it.
You know how to uninstall 'em?
Right button on the icon "Computer", properties, device manager and then uninstall the drivers, restart, windows update will automatically look for the drivers.

 

When 7 has come, I tested in a "guinea pig" I got here, it worked with an overwite OS, was XP before, then I put 7, worked in the first days, soon the blue screen has appeared.

I see that issue with customers that has VIsta and then changed to Seven by theirselves without changing drivers.

Also, it can be a ram issue, I has that shutdown problem once before.
A eraser in the contacts and isopropyl alcohol solved it.

 

Yeah, like I said, I did it in a guinea pig PC, y'know I like to test viruses, and all crap there, to have experience in what and how shit happens.
I never do it in customer's or my oficial PC.

 

I would have thought someone might have suggested to check your start-up programs and take it from there-other than most of the crap Ive read on here.

 

you mean the MSCONFIG?
I doubt it can be the issue.

 

Well Chris,with my Laptop I get the desktop in 45 seconds and am on Google in 60 seconds.

 

takes me 30 secs on my desktop to get to google (not boasting)

 

Nothing wrong with that.It just shows how 5 minutes loading is ridiculous.

P.S Ive not tweaked mines yet LOL

 

But ain't her problem the restart of the OS?
The speed of all the things that appears in the desktop will depend on how much things you have in, the memory clock and latency, the processor too.
From what I understand her question is about the errors that make her PC to restart. (The tittle helps me too)

Now I kinda get it....
But if it were the slow time to load up the PC, of course it's the RAM too, check for processor and ram please.

 

No,its the time her pc takes to boot up is the problem.