Speed up Windows XP Booting

Just Follow the following steps:

• Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
• Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
• In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
• Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
• From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
• Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
• Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
• Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".