Safe Mode - speed of operation

[martin]

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Safe Mode appears to be a lot slower than normal mode when running, for
example, Scandisk, installing programs or doing a spyware check. Why is
this - assuming this is normal? I expected that, with no background
programs running, Safe Mode would turn out to be at least as fast as normal
mode.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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"Martin" <vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Safe Mode appears to be a lot slower than normal mode when running,
> for example, Scandisk, installing programs or doing a spyware check.
> Why is this - assuming this is normal? I expected that, with no
> background programs running, Safe Mode would turn out to be at least
> as fast as normal mode.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

In safe mode all unnessesary drivers are not loaded. The advanced IDE
drivers aren't loaded too. In '98 the harddisk is running via BIOS
functions, which are slow.

 

[martin]

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Many thanks for that.

Martin


"Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Martin" <vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:u7E$MLXVFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
>
> > Safe Mode appears to be a lot slower than normal mode when running,
> > for example, Scandisk, installing programs or doing a spyware check.
> > Why is this - assuming this is normal? I expected that, with no
> > background programs running, Safe Mode would turn out to be at least
> > as fast as normal mode.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
> In safe mode all unnessesary drivers are not loaded. The advanced IDE
> drivers aren't loaded too. In '98 the harddisk is running via BIOS
> functions, which are slow.