Windows 10: Slow Boot Problem

I do not use hibernate and never have, it will use as much disk space as you have memory. I do not want to waste 24GB of space

 

Going to say that to,but for ones who want to actually use hibernate. Especially if have a SSD, writes and erases not good for life of the drive. Not sure thread starter has one, possibly not on a 2013 model PC.

 

For @jds63 and @Gary,

As usual it's a personal choice to use or not(I love it with my SSD). Here is some info on it, I highlighted some answers to your doubts, but, like I said it's a matter of choice. My SSD can do a few Petabytes before failing(the question of data integrity before it gets there, is another animal though*Smile):

Source

 

Local account is like your own pc account like in windows 7, not a microsoft account.

I am not entirely sure what you mean here, are you having problem with auto complete? Also please make a new thread about your problem instead of posting in this thread.

 

Yes as you said it is a personal choice and I do not disagree with what you posted, but I have read here and at other places that Fast Boot should not be used. All I really know about it is that if you disable Hibernation it also will turn Fast Boot off. Also Fast Boot is only use when you turn on your PC from a powered off state. It is not used in restarts and such. I seldom turn off my PC . when I am not going to be using it for a long time, I just put it to sleep. The only time I actually shut it off is when I am on vacation.

 

Now I get what you meant*chuckle! Yeah but only when one shuts off using the start menu will it function also. WinX(right click Windows icon) is a total shut down like a restart. And in your case it would be a total waste of disk space. One thing stated in the article, is that, it doesn't restart the driver software(which is good to "refresh them") and solve subtle stability problems.

 

Hi Dusty;

That "Sleep" thing was a great suggestion as I tried it lst night around 7:30pm. I just came down and hit the spacebar and the screens came on instantly. If this is the way it's supposed to waork then I'm ok with doing things this way.

Thank you very much for this great idea.

 

Thanks for posting that Cliff - I didn't know hibernate needed to be turned on for Fast Boot to function. Appreciate the tip.

 

You're welcome John. I didn't either on Windows 8.1 until Shawn pointed me in the right direction/tutorial.*Smile

 

This was very helpful jd, so thank you kindly for that. I don't know how, but a warm reboot is now one minute and 40 seconds and a cold hard start is less than a minute. This is a huge improvemnt over what it was before updating the drivers.

One last thing. Can I delete the XPS-8700 tool package that thedriver updater left on my desktop? I assume that if I need to use this again it will generate a new one anyway.

Thanks again.

Also, if I may say so, I am really liking this forum as it appears to filled with very mature people who aren't attacking everyone in the process. I think it's a great place to learn so thank you all for that also.

 

Thanks Cliff, i understand personal choice just felt was not going to solve thread starters issue. Although a benefit for some who do actually use hibernation. True i have heard issues with it for some as Gary mentioned too.

 

Your Welcome ! Did you also look at amount of startup items in Task Manager and see what can be disabled ?

XPS-8700 Tool package are you talking about this ?

Dell Update Application Dell Update Application View details
Application_1GN7H_WN32_1.7.1007.0_A00.EXE | Update Package for Microsoft® Windows® (14 MB)
Application|
Release date 28 Jul 2015
|Last Updated 27 Aug 2015
| Optional
Version 1.7.1007.0,A00

Looks to me like most other update utilities given by manufacturer's making it easier for customers to get updates for system.
Guess this is up to you if feel need to keep it. Not sure why can not be uninstalled if do not want it. Does it run in notification area ?

 

I don't use hibernation, just for the record, I use fast boot, that needs hibernation. If I ever get problem using it, like most things that ruin my user experience--It's turned off or gone*Wink. But for a spinner it is invaluable, to speeding boot times, just like a good defrag.

 

Up to you, as said users choice. As your stating have to enable one to get the other benefit, understood that part and knew it from 8.1. Know it easily disabled. Hey, i am in no rush to make my PC start faster, what's a few more seconds. *092

 

Ok jd let's see if we can help this guy, although filling in his system specs a bit more would help.

@Matchlock
1. Besides needing to get your correct Win10 drivers from Dell, how many internal disks do you have? SSD or HDD? Other peripherals?(BIOS needs to check what you have, more disks, external disks, DVD/Blu Ray, keyboard, mouse...etc) then get the boot commands/order from CMOS Do you have a lot of startup programs(how many not system icons show up in system tray)? Are they all "needed" right after you start up? can you turn some offf in task manager?

2. A restart will always need longer, Windows needs to shut active software down before it can power down, then reboot.

3.Even with my SSD on my other PC(old Asus laptop), the welcome screen shows for a split second. If you have a HDD wich is much slower you will see it longer, so nothing to worry about.

Have you run Disk cleanup and Optimize drives?