Windows 10: Slow to boot after SSD install

Hoping to give my aging Acer emachines EM250 netbook a bit of a boost I swapped out the HDD for a SSD. When I did this on an equally aging HP laptop the startup and shut down times were reduced enormously.
I was hoping for a similar result with the EM250 but as it turns out that's not the case.
I used Macrium Reflect to make a cloned copy of the HDD, and yes, I know that brings over any bugs that existed in the HDD, but I was prepared to accept that in exchange for not having to copy over and reinstall everything.
It all went well but now it takes about 4 to 5 minutes to boot up. It opens up with the windows logo then the little rotating dots appear - one by one. They then move one by by one as they rotate and this goes on for 3 or 4 minutes before the sign on screen appears, then another wait before I can actually log in.

What has happened here? What can I do do get a boot up speed at least as fast as the old HDD?

:)

 

windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

http://www.disk-partition.com/kb/tips-ssd-optimization-windows7-1.html

Looks to be similar to this: https://www.back2gaming.com/focus-story/ssd-optimization-for-windows-10-windows-8-and-8-1/


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

Slow Boot With W10, Samsung SSD

I have a Gigabyte P-35x v4 with an i7 5700HQ, 16 gbs of RAM and a Samsung 850 EVO ssd.

Initially, doing a clean install of the latest Windows 10 iso, it booted in less than ten seconds. After fully booting and installing updates, it now takes about a minute and forty seconds, with most of the time spend sitting at the Gigabyte splash screen.
I have been unable to find the culprit.

I have tried doing a clean boot and it takes just as long, so it's not any third party services.

I have taken out every other drive, so it's not trying to boot off of another type of media.

I have reformatted, repartitioned and reinstalled Windows multiple times as well.

The ssd performs great otherwise, it's just very slow to boot.

Any suggestions?

 

slow ssd

Hi,

Slow SSD performance can be caused by several factors like Hybernation mode and Superfetch service.

As an initial troubleshooting step, try disabling Hibernate mode since it is unnecessary for the SSD system as it takes too much time to boot from it.

• Open Command Prompt (Admin).
• Enter the administrator credentials once prompted.
• In the Command Prompt window, type or copy and paste this command:
  
  powercfg -h off
• Press Enter.

Note: Once Hibernate is already disabled, you can also free up some space to improve its performance.

We also recommenddisabing Superfetch as one way to optimize the SSD performance:

• Press Windows key + R to open the Run
  dialog box.
• Type services.msc and press Enter.
• Scroll down and right-click on Superfetch.
• Select Stop.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

*If you think this was useful, feel free to "mark it as an answer" to help those who are facing the same problem.*