[SOLVED] Very slow boot - about 7.5 minutes. FIX: Windows repair installation.

[Mr T]

Hi

I've got a few problems with my PC

Very slow boot - about 7.5 minutes​

Slow after boot
Some hardware not recognised

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations 64-bit OEM
Built Sept 2019
O/S reinstalled June 2020 after installing CTX1660
Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
MSI GEForce CTX1660
MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (U3E1) motherboardCorsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Verifier is disabled
Malwarebytes Installed
No IP filtering/redirect

Fastboot disabled

Thanks for any help

 

[britechguy]

Have you done any health checking on the disk drive on which Windows 10 resides (and, possibly, other drives on your system)?

 

[zbook]

Please perform the following steps:

1) Steps 2 -5:
Windows Update Forum Posting Instructions

2) Run:
SysnativeBSODCollectionApp

3) Post an image of task manager startup tab (full box).

4) Compare boot times in each safe mode and clean boot



Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode)

 

[Mr T]

Many thanks for the swift reply Brian

I've run chkdsk - no errors

 

[britechguy]

If chkdsk looks good, I'd also use something like CrystalDiskInfo or Speccy or similar that reports the SMART stats, just to be sure. If those look good, the next step would be:

• Using SFC (System File Checker) and DISM (Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management) to Repair Windows 8 & 10

You may also want to open Task Manager and take a look at the Startup tab. Make sure that nothing is enabled that you really don't want to have running in the background automatically when Windows starts. It's also worth looking whether there are any entries for anything you may have tried to uninstall. There are times when an uninstaller fails part way through and the startup entry is still there for something that no longer exists. Windows will try and try and try to start it until, after a while, it bails. But you may be shocked at just how much is currently enabled in the Startup tab that you really have no desire to have starting automatically.

 

[xrobwx71]

If you can, open device manager and take a screenshot and post it here, please? I ask this because you mention some hardware not being recognized.

Please follow Brians's advice first, I posted on top of his.

 

[Mr T]

OK, I've tried SFC and DISM - no joy. Speccy reports smart status good
Device manager screenshot also attached. I have a USB Audio DAC plugged in for sound. this used to work but doesn't anymore

 

[xrobwx71]

What hardware is not being recognized?

Go ahead and follow @zbook 's advice here

 

[FreeBooter]

Your Windows might start properly but may take a really long time to boot. Microsoft has come up with a solution for this. To help administrators identify the source of startup performance problems, and to automatically fix some problems, they have introduced Windows Boot Performance Diagnostics.


Windows Boot Performance Diagnostics tool is included with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 operating systems. The Windows Boot Performance Diagnostics tool can be use to detect Windows Boot Performance problems and attempt to determine their root causes.


You will first have to activate it from the Group Policy Editor. To do so, type gpedit.msc in Start Menu search box to open the Group Policy Editor.


Now navigate to Computer configuration > Administrative Template > Systems > Troubleshooting and Diagnostics > Windows Boot Performance Diagnostics.






In the right panel, double-click Configure Scenario Execution level.


You may see it set to “Not configured”. Select “Enabled”.


Now select Scenario Execution Level. From the drop-down menu select “Detection and Troubleshooting Only” or “Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution”.


If you select “Detection and Troubleshooting only” then the Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) will detect Windows Boot Performance problems and attempt to determine their root causes. These root causes will be logged to the Applications and Services Logs | Microsoft | Windows | Diagnostics-Performance event log when detected, but no corrective action will be taken.


If you select “Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution”, the DPS will detect Windows Boot Performance problems and indicate to the user that assisted resolution is available.


If you disable this policy setting, Windows will not be able to detect, troubleshoot or resolve any Windows Boot Performance problems that are handled by the DPS.


If you do not configure this policy setting, the DPS will enable Windows Boot Performance for resolution by default.


During a shutdown or restart, you may get to see this Shutdown Tracker window.





Make sure Diagnostic Policy Service is in the running state. When the service is stopped or disabled, diagnostic scenarios will not be executed.


The Group Policy Editor is not included with Windows Home editions. It’s only available in Pro, Education, Business, Ultimate and Enterprise editions.

 

[Mr T]

Task manager = I've left everything disabled

Clean boot - no change. Goes quickly to login screen then 7+ minutes to get Windows up after login

Safe Mode - Different. 7+ minutes to login screen then into Windows straight away after login

 

[britechguy]

Well, I'll offer my standard advice: if you have not yet done so,

• Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file

If the issue persists after that I would be willing to bet that there is an actual hardware problem. Another thing worth trying in order to diagnose possible hardware issues is to boot from a Linux live drive to see if the same things not being recognized by Windows are also not being recognized by Linux. I'd probably do this even before trying a repair install.

 

[zbook]

Turn off Windows fast startup:
How to turn off fast startup or hybrid sleep in Windows
Disable or Enable Windows 10 Fast Startup (and Why)

 

[xrobwx71]

Turn off Windows fast startup:
How to turn off fast startup or hybrid sleep in Windows
Disable or Enable Windows 10 Fast Startup (and Why)

This is a good idea as well.

 

[Mr T]

Well, I'll offer my standard advice: if you have not yet done so,

• Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file

If the issue persists after that I would be willing to bet that there is an actual hardware problem. Another thing worth trying in order to diagnose possible hardware issues is to boot from a Linux live drive to see if the same things not being recognized by Windows are also not being recognized by Linux. I'd probably do this even before trying a repair install.

A repair install sorted out most of the issues thank you. boot time is back to normal

many thanks to you all

 

[xrobwx71]

Thanks for letting us know!

 

[x BlueRobot]

I've marked the thread as solved.

 

[donse]

I have the same problem: Very slow boot times (7-8 mins.)
Furthermore slow access to disk management and drive properties of all (SSD) drives, USB media etc.
Also very slow start when copying/moving files between folders/drives.

System:
Windows 10 Pro (22H2)
OS SSD: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB - Free space app. 392 GB (running PCIe 4.0 x4)
MSI MAG x570 Tomahawk WiFi
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.60 GHz
RAM 2 x 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 C16 BK
NVIDIA Geforce RTX3060 Ti 8GB

I've done:
- Startup at absolute minimum (only 4 services Enabled)
- Disable Fast Startup (slowness persisted)
- Chkdsk, HDDScan and CrystalDiskInfo:no errors
- MemTest86 and Win10-mdsched.exe: no errors (but correct PCIe 4.0 x4)
- Win10 in-place repair from ISO (slowness persisted)


Event Viewer - Boot event logs:
List of event IDs 100 and 200 available (.docx)

 

[xrobwx71]

@donse Please start your own thread here.