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Very long boot camp startup times normal?

I have Boot Camp set to start up in Windows (Windows 7). When my Mac mini turns on, I get the white screen for long time (a couple of minutes) and then the computer begins the Windows startup (which only takes a few seconds). After that everything is nice and fast. Is this long startup normal or is there a way to reduce the time spent looking at the white screen?

Thanks,
Brian

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 6, 2009 8:40 PM

18 replies

Mar 12, 2010 12:07 PM in response to aldaverwalda

If you happen to have gotten your copy of Windows 7 from some1 els, according the link below it could be background processes that run to bypass normal windows 7 activation 😉 ... thats all im gunna say

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=823725

Apr 21, 2010 11:27 AM in response to MWithersIT

Has anyone made any progress with this? I have Windows 7 (Legit Purchased Copy) on my new 2010 13" MBP and have roughly a 20-30 delay on the white screen before windows is loaded. Once running everything is perfect. Does SLIC Bios or rEFIt resolve this boot delay?

Apr 22, 2010 8:32 AM in response to sToRmMoNkEy

Turns out all I needed to do was go into the windows bootcamp control panel, click the startup disk, and click apply. My white screen delay went from ~20-30 Seconds to 5 seconds. I just didn't have my MacBook with me to test this when I posted.

Very long boot camp startup times normal?

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