speed up booting windows xp

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c: \ windows \ prefetch \ ntosboot-*.* / q" (without the sign) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c: \
2. From the Start Menu, select "Run ..." and type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" in the "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown".
4. After the new window opens, click the "add", "Browse", find "ntosboot.bat" file and click open.
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" to exit.
6. From the Start Menu, select "Run" and type"devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties"
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab and then on the auto detect device 1 instead of "none" then click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", then right click select properties and repeat the step 9
11. Restart your computer