CN101727328B - Method for shortening starting-up time and computer system used by same - Google Patents

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CN101727328B
CN101727328B CN 200810166538 CN200810166538A CN101727328B CN 101727328 B CN101727328 B CN 101727328B CN 200810166538 CN200810166538 CN 200810166538 CN 200810166538 A CN200810166538 A CN 200810166538A CN 101727328 B CN101727328 B CN 101727328B
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The invention provides a method for shortening starting-up time and a computer used by the same. The method for shortening the starting-up time comprises the following steps of: shutting down the computer; after the computer is shut down, starting up the computer; and enabling the computer to be in a power saving mode so that when a user executes an action to start up the computer, the computer returns to a normal state from the power saving mode.

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The method of reduction on time and the computer system of application thereof
Technical field
The present invention is about a kind of method that is applied to computer, especially in regard to a kind of computer system of reducing booting computer time method and application thereof.
Background technology
Along with the development of infotech, computer at large by user's acceptance with use.In the start flow process of tradition computer, after the computer power-on, computer can load Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BasicInput/Output System earlier, to call BIOS in the following text), Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) can be carried out many actions, for example start shooting selftest (power-on self-test, POST), detecting hardware, install driver and load operation system (Operating System is to call OS in the following text) etc.
Yet, because the operating system of computer is huge day by day, and along with start automatically actuated application program, make that the start-up time of operating system is more and more longer, so that the user must wait for that booting computer finishes, quite inconvenient in the use.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer system that can reduce booting computer time method and application thereof, to promote the effective utilization of computer.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of reduction booting computer time method, may further comprise the steps: close computer; Finish aforementioned close the computer step after, start computer; Make computer enter battery saving mode, when the user carries out one when moving to start computer, computer returns back to a normal condition from above-mentioned battery saving mode.
The present invention more provides a kind of reduction booting computer time method, and it comprises following steps: close computer; Finish aforementioned close the computer step after, start computer; Confirm the state of computer one setting value; If setting value is a battery saving mode, then make computer enter battery saving mode according to setting value, when the user carries out one when moving to start computer, computer returns back to a normal condition from battery saving mode.
In one embodiment of this invention, battery saving mode can be standby mode or park mode.
In one embodiment of this invention, method of the present invention more comprises acceptance relevant for a setting value of battery saving mode, and setting value is stored in second storage facilities or Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) of computer, and makes computer enter battery saving mode according to setting value.
The present invention more provides a kind of computer system that can reduce the booting computer time, and it comprises an operating system.When the quick turn-on program is performed, can set the setting value of one battery saving mode.Operating system enters this battery saving mode after according to this setting value this computer system being started shooting again.
In sum, the present invention restarts computer after closing, and enters battery saving mode.Therefore, when the user started computer, computer returned back to a normal condition from battery saving mode, and entered mode of operation, can omit most boot program, and then significantly reduce the on time, reached the purpose of quick turn-on.
In addition, the computer of using method of the present invention starts the mode of operation that the back enters from battery saving mode, do not bring into use the system state of Any Application as yet for the user, and then the memory headroom that allows the user enjoy to discharge, and can take full advantage of memory headroom, promote the treatment efficiency of computer.
Can utilize following detailed Description Of The Invention and appended graphic being further understood about the advantages and spirit of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the method flow diagram according to a reduction on time of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the method flow diagram according to another reduction on time of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the flow process synoptic diagram according to the method for the reduction on time of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is the schematic flow sheet of the method for the reduction on time of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the reduction booting computer time method process flow diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, comprising step S11 to step S13.Before the explanation embodiment of the present invention, several pattern further instructions that computer is had are as the back: the first, mode of operation (S0): under this pattern, computer is in the normal boot-strap state, and CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) and application program are in (running) in the running.The second, (suspend to RAM, S3): under this pattern, computer is stored to internal memory with the mode of operation of OS and application program to standby mode, and internal memory still continues power supply.Three, (suspend to disk, S4): under this pattern, computer is stored to nonvolatile RAM (for example hard disk) with the mode of operation of operating system and application program to park mode.Four, (soft off, S5): under this pattern, computer is in the normal shutdown state to soft pass pattern, and the external communication electricity is still powered to computer.
Applied computer can be desktop computer (Desktop PC) or notebook computer (NB PC) or palm PC (hand-held PC) or other computer installation, for example personal digital assistant, mobile communications device or guider in preferred embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, the present invention does not limit the employed OS of computer, and it is Microsft Windows (MicrosoftWindows) operating system or (SuSE) Linux OS or Mac operating system or other operating system for example, for example Mobile operating system (Mobile OS).
In addition, reduction booting computer time method of the present invention can utilize a quick turn-on program (InstantBoot Program is to call this program in the following text) to realize, this program can be utilized any form, for example the program file on CD, the network allows the user obtain, and is mounted to computer and uses.What is more, this program also can utilize firmware or hardware mode to be applied to computer, wherein firmware for example with this burning program in internal memory (as EEPROM), hardware for example is Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC).
Then, please refer to shown in Figure 1ly, illustrate embodiments of the present invention:
Step S11: close computer.The step of closing computer can be based on receiving a shut down event, and shut down event comes from the user to the operation of computer operating system or to the operation of this program or to the operation of computer hardware or peripherals.And, in the process of computer, comprise a plurality of actions, the archives deposit of for example removing original information, discharging memory headroom and will not store.Yet above-mentioned action of closing in the computer process only is illustration, more can comprise other shutdown programm that computer is known certainly.
Step S12: start computer.The more important thing is in the present invention, after closing the end of computer step, restart computer.This step can comprise the load operation system, for example from hard disk OS is loaded into random access memory.In addition, the step that computer is restarted can more comprise, for example: be written into BIOS; Start selftest (POST) for example checks whether the state of central processing unit (CPU) and each controller is normal; Initialization action is for example made initialization action at internal memory, motherboard chipset, display card and peripheral unit, comprising detecting hardware and install driver; The register system setting value for example provides the basic setting of each element, as display, keyboard, processor, internal memory etc.; And resident library is provided, the interruption resident program of OS or application program calling etc. for example is provided.
Step S13: make computer enter a battery saving mode.In the present invention, the user can to select battery saving mode be standby mode (S3) or park mode (S4).Generally speaking, under standby mode, computer is stored to internal memory with the mode of operation of OS and various kinds application program, and internal memory still continues power supply; Under park mode, computer is stored to nonvolatile RAM (for example hard disk) with the mode of operation of OS and various kinds application program.Yet, because the present invention just enters battery saving mode after computer restarts, so the computer state when stored mode of operation does not just begin to operate Any Application as the user under the battery saving mode.
Thereby the user carries out one when moving to start computer, for example presses power key, and computer can return back to a normal condition from battery saving mode, this moment computer the system state of state when not operating Any Application as the user.What deserves to be mentioned is, get back to mode of operation from battery saving mode and need not carry out general boot program (for example load BIOS, start selftest, initialization action, register system setting value, resident library is provided and loads OS), only need the mode of operation that stores in internal memory or the hard disk is gone back to the position of depositing script, so can significantly reduce the on time.
What need to specify is, please refer to Fig. 2, and the present invention more provides another kind of reduction booting computer time method, and its step S21 to S24 is roughly identical with preceding method.Only after the step that starts computer, more comprised step S23: the state of confirming computer one setting value.If setting value is a battery saving mode, then make computer enter battery saving mode according to aforementioned setting value, thereby the user start computer, computer returns back to a normal condition from battery saving mode.Setting value can be stored in a secondary storage device of this computer, and for example hard disk also can be stored among the BIOS.
In the present invention, get back to mode of operation by standby mode and only need the several seconds, also only need about 20 seconds and get back to mode of operation from park mode, be enough to understand the present invention and can significantly reduce the known booting computer time really.
According to the above description, below will describe how to realize reduction booting computer time method of the present invention in detail for two embodiment.
Please refer to Fig. 3, it is the schematic flow sheet of the reduction booting computer time method of one embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 3, at first, computer is under the mode of operation (S0) of OS (step S301), and the user carries out (execute) this program to close computer (step S302) then.After carrying out this program, the user sets up or changes a setting value (step S303) via this program earlier.For instance, the user can click in this routine interface listed option as " setting ", and after entering the setting interface of this program, clicks as " being to carry out a quick turn-on " hurdle, and this moment, this program can change a setting value into 1 by 0.Mandatory declaration be, above-mentioned explanation only is possible enforcement means, so set up or the enforcement means of change setting value are not desired as limit, be that purpose person all can be for it can make the above-mentioned setting value of subsequent step identification.
Then, this program is logined (Log) to the log file (Registry) of OS with above-mentioned setting value and program itself thereof, OS automatically performs (Auto execution) this program (step S304) when the next launch computer with indication, again via the state of this this setting value of program validation.What deserves to be mentioned is that setting value only for being stored in log file, can also not be stored in the data folder (program folder) by a pure words file (text file).
And then the user can further click the field as " shutdown " behind the setting interface that withdraws from this program, or this program is namely called out OS and restarted computer.Starting computer (step S305) afterwards, OS just can automatically perform this program (step S306).
Then, this program can remove the setting (step S307) that originally was recorded to OS.That is, remove the setting of when starting " next time automatically perform this program ", or this program validation setting value being shown as at 1 o'clock, it is 0 that this setting value is replied.
Subsequently, this program can be called out OS and made computer enter a standby mode (S3) or a park mode (S4) (step S308).Thereby the user presses power key, and computer just can be replied (Resume) to a normal condition from standby mode (S3) or park mode (S4).
Please refer to Fig. 4 A, the schematic flow sheet of the reduction booting computer time method of its another embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, method of the present invention realizes in conjunction with rank configuration power interface (AdvancedConfiguration and Power Interface is the to call ACPI in the following text) function of advancing of BIOS.
At first, be at computer under the mode of operation (S0) of OS (step S401), the user carries out (execute) this program to set its configuration (Configuration) (step S402) then.At this moment, this program to OS, when next launch computer automatically performs (Autoexecution) this program (step S403) with indication OS with its program itself login (Log).In addition, this program also stores into shelves (a step S404) with the user at the setting value of battery saving mode.As for foundation, modification or the storing mode of setting value as mentioned before, do not repeat them here.In addition, login this program to OS, and the time point of foundation, change or storing and setting value can be identical or precedence is arranged, and is not limited in any mode.
Then, after the user finishes the configuration and setting of this program, this program is contracted in the system Tray icon (Tray icon) (step S405), and namely the form with a resident program (Runtime program) is present in OS, and the computer of this moment still is under the mode of operation (S0).What deserves to be mentioned is that in the present embodiment, the user needn't be via the shutdown of this program, and the step of setting power saving mode also needn't be carried out before shutdown, can carry out by the point sometime after start, or be set to start shooting and automatically perform.Accordingly, when user's desire is shut down, as long as according to general normal shutdown step, for example press the shutdown options in power key or the push system, produce a shut down event.
Shown in Fig. 4 B, this program receives the information (step S406) of OS shutdown, and carries out the setting of BIOS ACPI function, with notice this program of BIOS driven (step S407).Subsequently, OS sends shutdown command to a chipset (Chipset) (step S408) of computer.
At this moment, BIOS interception (Trap) one is delivered to the shutdown command (step S409) of chipset by OS to this, and the setting of further confirming the ACPI function is to differentiate this program whether driven (step S410).When BIOS confirms that this program is driven, then BIOS transmits one and restarts the instruction of computer to this chipset (step S411).Be noted that, if BIOS confirms that this program is not driven, then transmit a shutdown command to this chipset (step S413), the guiding computer is carried out general shutdown programm (step S414).
After restarting computer (step S412), BIOS sets up the information that a flag (Flag) restarted computer and notifies this program (step S415).Then, please refer to shown in Fig. 4 C, with the setting of himself logining to OS, OS can automatically perform this program (step S416) after being loaded according to previous this program.Whether the flag set up of this program validation BIOS this time starts via BIOS operation (step S417), if then remove flag (step S418) to differentiate computer subsequently.
Then, this program is further confirmed the battery saving mode (step S419) that the user sets, and calling OS makes computer enter a standby mode (S3) (step S420) or a park mode (S4) (step S421), thereby the user presses power key or other trigger event, and computer just can be replied (Resume) to a normal condition from standby mode (S3) or park mode (S4).What deserves to be mentioned is that after computer returned back to normal condition, this program can be contracted to system Tray icon (step S422) once again, be present among the OS with the form of resident program.
In addition, when restarting computer, computer also can be carried out other boot program, the selftest of for example starting shooting, initialization action, register system setting value, provides resident library etc.
In sum, the present invention restarts computer after closing computer, and makes computer enter battery saving mode.Therefore, when computer is started shooting again, can directly start from battery saving mode, and enter mode of operation, and can omit most boot program, significantly reduce the on time, reach the purpose of quick turn-on.In addition, use the mode of operation that the computer of method of the present invention enters after start, for the user does not bring into use the system state of Any Application as yet, and then the memory headroom that allows the user enjoy to discharge, can take full advantage of memory headroom, promote the treatment efficiency of computer.
The above only is illustrative, but not is restricted person.Anyly do not break away from spirit of the present invention and category, and to its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change, all should be included in claims scope. 

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1. a method of reducing the on time is applied to desktop computer, it is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
The user carries out the quick turn-on program of above-mentioned desktop computer to set its configuration;
Above-mentioned quick turn-on program will itself be logined to the operating system of above-mentioned desktop computer, automatically perform the quick turn-on program of above-mentioned desktop computer when starting in above-mentioned desktop computer is next with indication aforesaid operations system;
Restart above-mentioned desktop computer according to the instruction of closing above-mentioned desktop computer; And
Make above-mentioned desktop computer enter battery saving mode,
Thereby the user carries out action when starting above-mentioned desktop computer, and above-mentioned desktop computer returns back to normal condition from above-mentioned battery saving mode,
Wherein in restarting the process of above-mentioned desktop computer, comprise and remove the original information of above-mentioned desktop computer and discharge memory headroom.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned close above-mentioned desktop computer step before, said method also comprises:
Receive the setting value of above-mentioned battery saving mode.
3. method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, said method also comprises:
Above-mentioned setting value is stored to the secondary storage device of above-mentioned desktop computer.
4. method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, said method also comprises:
Above-mentioned setting value is stored to Basic Input or Output System (BIOS).
5. method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, makes in the step that above-mentioned desktop computer enters above-mentioned battery saving mode above-mentioned, and above-mentioned desktop computer enters above-mentioned battery saving mode according to above-mentioned setting value.
6. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, in the step of the above-mentioned desktop computer of above-mentioned startup, said method also comprises:
Load the aforesaid operations system to above-mentioned desktop computer.
7. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned close above-mentioned desktop computer step before, said method also comprises:
Wait for shut down event.
8. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned battery saving mode is standby mode.
9. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned battery saving mode is park mode.
10. a method of reducing the on time is applied to desktop computer, it is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
The user carries out the quick turn-on program of above-mentioned desktop computer to set its configuration;
Above-mentioned quick turn-on program will itself be logined to the operating system of above-mentioned desktop computer, automatically perform the quick turn-on program of above-mentioned desktop computer when starting in above-mentioned desktop computer is next with indication aforesaid operations system;
Restart above-mentioned desktop computer according to the instruction of closing above-mentioned desktop computer;
Confirm the state of above-mentioned desktop computer setting value; And
If above-mentioned setting value is battery saving mode, then make above-mentioned desktop computer enter above-mentioned battery saving mode according to above-mentioned setting value, thereby the user carry out action when starting above-mentioned desktop computer, above-mentioned desktop computer returns back to normal condition from above-mentioned battery saving mode,
Wherein in restarting the process of above-mentioned desktop computer, comprise and remove the original information of above-mentioned desktop computer and discharge memory headroom.
11. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned close above-mentioned desktop computer step before, said method also comprises:
Receive above-mentioned setting value.
12. method according to claim 11 is characterized in that, said method also comprises:
Above-mentioned setting value is stored to the secondary storage device of above-mentioned desktop computer.
13. method according to claim 11 is characterized in that, said method also comprises:
Above-mentioned setting value is stored to Basic Input or Output System (BIOS).
14. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned close above-mentioned desktop computer step before, said method also comprises:
Wait for shut down event.
15. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, in the step of the above-mentioned desktop computer of above-mentioned startup, said method also comprises:
Load the aforesaid operations system to above-mentioned desktop computer.
16. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned battery saving mode is standby mode.
17. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned battery saving mode is park mode.
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