Here’s another tip for speed demons, determined to shave the last few nanoseconds off their Windows XP boot up times.
Truth be told this one probably won’t save more than a second or so but every little helps.
The idea is that XP wastes time and resources checking to see if there are any devices connected to empty IDE slots on the PC’s motherboard.
To stop this happening open Device Manager (Winkey + Break > Hardware > Device Manager) and click on the plus sign next to the IDE ATA/ATPI listing to expand the tree.
Right click on Primary IDE Channel and select Properties then the Advanced Settings tab. If either Device 0 or Device 1 is ‘Device Type’ box is empty (not greyed out) change the drop down menu setting for this box to ‘None’ and click OK.
Repeat for the Secondary IDE Controller listing. Note that if you add a new IDE device you will have to go back and change the Device Type drop down menu back to Auto Detect.
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