Long startup time

rfander

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I installed Windows 8 64 on a partition I created in a extra 1TB drive. Install went ok. The major problem
I have is the extremly long startup time. I get the screen with the fish on it right away. I then have to
sit there and wait while the dots go around in a circle for 5 minutes or so until I get the desktop. I don't
see any hard drive activity until it times out or whatever it's doing. I've installed it twice now with the same results.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 64
Needs smarter people than me but I vaguely recall that this will happen when there is a search for something over the NETWORK that takes a while to time out. Make sure you do not have a network source (like a missing hard drive that you have put into your indexed drives (C,D, etc.)) that is not available when you are trying to boot up. Someone also had a similar problem with a attached USB hard drive (I donno whatever happened to that one). Otherwise , wait for someone who might know...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit GA
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4770K Haswell
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-PRO
    Memory
    16 GB of Corsair 1866
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 780
    Sound Card
    Cooler Master Storm Headphones
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 27 inch U2711 IPS
    Screen Resolution
    2560 by 1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSD plus 2 3 TB drives
    PSU
    Corsair-750
    Case
    Corsair White Graphite Series 600T
    Cooling
    Corsair H00i Water
    Keyboard
    Corsair K90
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser
    Internet Speed
    6.3 MBps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS
Mine will access the hard drive about once per second. Then after about 5 minutes the drive suddenly starts running???
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    self
    CPU
    amd
    Motherboard
    asus M3A788 Pro
    Memory
    4 gig
I have a similar problem. My computer started in about less than 10 sec when I installed the release preview, but now it's taking longer than windows 7 to boot on Win 8 Pro 64bit. I did a clean install too...Don't know why its suddenly so slow.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8 Pron64bit
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