Windows 10: Windows Boot Screens – What should I see? – How long should they last?

When I start my computer, I see the following screens in order:

1. A black screen with a big Dell logo on top and spinning white dots on the bottom
2. A plain black screen
3. A blue screen with spinning white dots and the words "please wait" underneath them
4. A lock screen for the Pin/Password
5. Finally, the desktop

Screens 2 and 3 vary in length of time. They last the longest in the days after a Windows update. Then they disappear more quickly. Is this behavior normal?

:)

 

How long should the install and upgrade take.

I created the windows 10 iso from the media creation tool. I then burned the ISO to DVD, and while logged into my fully patched Windows 7 I ran the install. I started the install, the download was started and I had to leave at about 67%. When I came back
about 5 hours later, the install was at a screen with my first name on it, a blank avatar symbol above my name, with the windows image displayed to the right, and under my name is a spinning icon. The icon spins for about 10 seconds, then the screen flashes
and the spinning starts over.

This has been going on for about 12 hours, I was wondering if this was normal, why is it normal, how much longer should it take. If this isn't normal, then what should I do?

 

windows 10 96% how long should I wait?

Hi

I have seen a number of posts for this problem but no answer as to how long to wait. Microsoft (on their pages) say at 96% the installation is backing up files and not to turn off. Typically how long should I have to wait. The drive windows 10 should be
installed on is 240GB. The installation was fine and went to 95% and then 96% but It has been stuck here for 4hours now.

Any thoughts would be welcome

PS why are there not more (any) informative messages on screen during the installation to put peoples minds at ease?

Thanks in advance

 

Pretty normal in my experience. I have pretty much the same experience as you do with my work PC. The "Please wait..." screen is the most variable, with it taking longer after an update cycle.

I don't think that you have much to worry about. It's just Windows doing some housekeeping. If the screens take five minutes or more, then it can be a cause for alarm, like a symptom of a failing hard drive, for example.

 

The blue “Please wait” screen with the white spinning dots is the most variable for me too. I don’t recall seeing it until I upgraded from v1703 to v1709. Is it something new for v1709?

 

Yes, it replaces what was just an extended period of your '2. A plain black screen' (with a mouse cursor, if you'd move the mouse). Always had me worried that it had crashed (that's why I moved the mouse, to see if anything was working). I think MS realised it could be worrying some of us so put a reassuringly animated 'please wait' sign instead. *Smile

This stage is actually longer than before, due I believe to 1709's new feature that certain registered apps will reopen on next boot if you left them open when you shut down. Try it and see: Chrome, IE and Wordpad reopen, Firefox, Edge and Notepad don't.

on a restart Fall Creators Update reopens apps from before

 

Mine lasts at most a whole eight seconds from boot to the login screen. It really depends on what the OS has to do for housekeeping, how fast is the hard drive, if you are using a SSD, how fast it is. Also what does the OS have to load before you even get to the login screen. If you have your Malware or Internet Security program set to scan on boot, that can also halt and give you a clocking before you get to the login.

 

Thanks Bree. Good to know. Incidentally, if I add the Macrium Reflect boot menu option it shows up as the second screen (between 1 and 2 on the above list.) The other screens remain the same.