Reduce the default 10 seconds timeout of scandisk...

u all get angry or annoyed because of disk checking comes up whenever u boot up or u want to
go for disk checking but takes 10 second to start
now u can reduce this timing and also increases as u wish
follow the simple step

go to Start menu -> Run -> cmd
and press enter...

now give the following command at command prompt....
CHKNTFS/T:4

where 4 is the amount of waiting time...

for more details about this command, type CHKNTFS/? at command prompt and press enter...

for info of this command sign "?" necessary i.e "CHKNTFS/?"

Fixing "BOOTMGR is missing" Error While Trying to Boot Windows Vista

If your Windows Vista computer has encountered the dreaded "BOOTMGR is missing" error, you aren't alone. If the problem isn't hardware related you can fix it with relative ease as long as you have a Windows Vista DVD handy.

If you don't have one, you can create a Windows Vista repair disk using our guide.



Boot off the Windows Vista DVD and then click Next at the first prompt:



You should see a link in the lower left-hand side for "Repair your computer"



The installation process will attempt to find your Vista installation directory. If there's more than one in the list, select the correct one and then use the Next button again.



Click the first link for "Startup Repair"



The installation process will repair the system, and then prompt for you to reboot.



Alternatively you could have chosen the Command Prompt option instead, and use the following command to fix the boot options only:





At this point you should be able to reboot your computer, remove the DVD and everything should be working.

Remove Windows Logo During Boot Up In XP

Are you sick of looking at the Windows XP logo when you boot up your computer? Here is a quick tip on how to disable it.

Click Start \ Run and type in 'msconfig' and hit Enter or click OK.



Next in the System Configuration Utility select the BOOT.INI tab and place a check next to /NOGUIBOOT. Click Apply then Ok. Now when you reboot your computer you will not see the XP logo, just a blank screen.



Keep in mind that if something errors out during boot, there will not be any visual cues.

Turn off Disk Performance Monitors...

In Windows 2000 and XP, Performance Monitor disk counters for physical disks are turned on by default, disk counters for logical disks are turned off by default. You can disable all disk monitoring by running this command on the command prompt...

DISKPERF -N

To turn it on again run this command

DISKPERF -YD


all DISKPERF switches are as follows...

-Y Sets the system to start all disk performance counters
when you restart the computer.

-YD Enables the disk performance counters for physical drives when you
restart the computer.

-YV Enables the disk performance counters for logical drives
or storage volumes when you restart the computer.

-N Sets the system to disable all disk performance counters when you
restart the computer.

-ND Disables the disk performance counters for physical drives.

-NV Disables the disk performance counters for logical drives.