Windows 10: Sudden slow boot time on Windows Loading screen with SSD

I just noticed in the last few days that my PC takes about 2-3 minutes to boot up. It takes about 5 seconds to post and then hangs on Windows loading screen for about 2-3 minutes, which used to be around 10-15 seconds. I'm not really sure when it started.

I did a test to check if my SSD speeds and they seem perfectly fine (500mb read/write) . I searched around for a fix but couldn't find anything similar to my problem, so I used a Windows Performance Recorder and recorded my last boot, I'll upload it if it helps fixing the issue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kHK...ew?usp=sharing


Tried booting with all startup processes turned off and all USB ports unplugged, no change. Tried both Windows fast boot both on and off and again no change.


Thanks


Specs:
Intel i7 4770k; ASUS B85 Pro; Gigabyte RX580 8gb; 16GB Ram; Samsung EVO 850 120gb; 1TB 7200RPM HDD

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Windows 8.1 boot screen instead of Windows 10

Hi

Thanks for Windows 10 pro - its great except for a couple of small issues on my Desktop machine.

Question - When the computer initially boots it shows the same boot screen as I had on Win 8.1 pro for about 10 to 15 seconds as if its loading Win 8.1.

Then it disappears and the Win 10 screen appears and everything works quicker and its all OK to log in.

Presuming that win 10 has a different boot loading screen than Win 10 - how do I fix this issue as it slows down the boot time off the SSD.

Thankyou

TC

 

Very slow boot time with Windows 10 Pro on SSD

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: WINDOWS 10 UPGRADE DELETES OVER-PROVISIONING ON SSD!

After upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 I experienced the same slow boot issues. This wasn't anything to do with what was happening IN Windows -- the delay was happening before Windows started, and continued after I rolled back to 8.1 (my Lenovo X220
was not fully compatible). I realized that it must be something that had changed on my SSD and I finally found out what it is:

The Windows 10 upgrade process deleted the over-provisioning space on my SSDs!! I had set up 10% for over-provisioning with Samsung Magician for both my Samsung SSDs and after the upgrade it was gone from both drives. After re-applying 10%
over-provisioning with Samsung Magician everything returned to normal after around 24 hours. It wasn't immediate, probably because the drive firmware needed time to get its references set up again.

If you have a Samsung SSD you just need to reactivate over-provisioning with the Samsung Magician utility. If you have a different brand you will need to re-activate it using the method you used to set it up in the first place. Make sure you have a backup,
because any changes to hard disk structure are potentially dangerous.

Info: Over-provisioning space is free space that an SSD needs to use to replace bad sectors. When sectors go bad they are marked as bad and the firmware uses sectors from the over-provisioning space instead.

 

1) Run this log collector and place a zip into this thread:
log collector v2-beta08.zip

2) open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
3) sfc /scannow
4) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
5) chkdsk /scan

6) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

7) msconfig (in the pop up system configuration > move the dot from normal startup to selective startup > uncheck load startup items > click service tab > in left lower corner check hide all Microsoft services > in the lower right side click disable all > click apply or ok > do not reboot)

8) taskmgr (in the pop up task manager > click on the start up tab > click on status so that the column sorts with enable rising to the top > right click on each row with enable and change to disable)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...oot-in-windows
How to perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

9) shutdown /r (you will reboot the computer so that it is in clean boot)

Evaluate the performance on your computer in clean boot during typical use.
Are the boots faster or slower?
Are the shutdowns faster or slower?
How has the video performance changed? Is it better, worse, or the same?
Continue using clean boot indefinitely to monitor performance.

10) System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums: System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums Site Use Tutorials
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums


Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, etc.)

 

Here are the cmd tests, everything seems fine.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.192]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.16299.15

Image Version: 10.0.16299.192

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
433920 file records processed.
File verification completed.
12693 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
25299 reparse records processed.
496154 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
25299 reparse records processed.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
31118 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
38354568 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

115887084 KB total disk space.
37040140 KB in 138340 files.
113900 KB in 31119 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
549728 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
78183316 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
28971771 total allocation units on disk.
19545829 allocation units available on disk.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Also I already did a clean boot with no change, boot is still very slow.

 

Hi,

What you can do to troubleshoot that the right way and get answers to your problem is;

-Download and Install windows Performance Toolkit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ed/adk-install . Choose the package corresponding to your Windows version.
-Record a trace using Windows Performance Recorder using these options: JustPaste.it - Share Text & Images the Easy Way
-Compress the resulting file
- Share it through TransferNowor any other file sharing platform.

I'llanalyze your trace file and give you a feedback.

See you…

 

Hi zinou,
I was away for the weekend so I couldn't respond, but if you check my original post I uploaded on google drive a Windows Performance Recorder trace with boot options. Is my upload any different then your suggestion? I'll upload another one if it's needed.

Thanks!

 

Hi @SamuraiDeek

Didn't see that !

Can you compress the ETL file and upload it again ? I didn't have a fast Internet connxion in these days ...

 

I don't see any delay in the trace you gave !

All the boot phases are about a few secondes !

 

Hmm, that is weird. My windows loading screen is certainly 3 minutes long every time I boot it up. Problem is, I have moved my Users folder from my SSD windows drive to my HDD to save up space and data write on the SSD, so Reset this PC option in windows is unusable and a pain in the ass because I would have to move everything back. Anyways, looks like I don't have many options.

Thanks for the help, though!

 

zinou,
Which sources did you view to learn WPR?
What was the the duration of time?

 

Hey zbook, if you're here to help with the problem, I also want to note that booting in Safe Mode doesn't change anything, boot times are still very long.

Edit: I also did a few other recordings and it still shows the same values.

 

Try this MS Community article to learn more about WPR: Windows performance recorder - Microsoft Community. There are also several good YouTube videos on working with this tool that you might find helpful. how-to:windows performance recorder - Bing video.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

The Microsoft links and I had viewed for the intro. thx.
Had not spent many hours with it.

 

Run this log collector and post a zip into this thread for troubleshooting:
log collector v2-beta08.zip