Windows 8.1 random 10minute+ boot time

carlos28355

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OK ill try to provide with as much information as I can. Ill describe my desktop. Its an amd Quad Core phenom...8GB RAM...SSD (OS) WD black (User Folders) for past week or so ive been having an extremly long boot. Anywhere from 10-20 minutes to boot up. Once im in everything seems to be ok. I just had to replace my WD drive about a month ago and I did a clean install at that point and everything was fine. I would just rather do another clean install but my wife is taking online classes & I cant have any down time for her....

I thought my problem was related to MBAM PRO 2.0 upgrade so I disabled that along with EVERYTHING else in my start up. Even went as far as to uninstalled AVAST! & MBAM but it didnt change. I just installed a new version of MYMovies.dk and I thought maybe that was it so I uninstalled it but that didnt seem to do the trick either. Ive ran a full scan with CCleaner but issue remains.

I started messing around with process monitor and I turned on boot logging. My first log showed hiberfil.sys as my first process and it took like 8 mins before it moved on to the next thing. so I disabled the hibernation. That process is gone now but long boot time still. I have some more logs fro process monitor but honestly i dont know what all most of it means. I dont know if anyone is familiar with that program but let me know which format I should post some logs with and maybe you can determine from that what it might be.

Ive tried sfc /scannow and it does say that it didnt fix all the problems it found so i would reboot and try it again and did that 3 times. I also scheduled a chkdsk /r in command prompt. as well as doing a scan within Windows it self on the drive. I used crystal disk info to check status of my drives and they all appear fine according to that program

Im not sure what other info i could tell you all that would be relevant. I hope im in the right forum category. its not a BSOD problem...Thanks in advance!
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom X4 9600 Black Edition
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz (5-5-5-15)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SX900 SSD 256GB
    2TB WD Black Sata
    Antivirus
    AVAST!, MBAM Pro
Should i put this in Performance & Maintenance perhaps? Reason I ask is because this isnt really a BSOD problem but I wasnt sure where to post problems. When I look at Performance & Maintenance I see people posting a lot problems there... Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom X4 9600 Black Edition
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz (5-5-5-15)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SX900 SSD 256GB
    2TB WD Black Sata
    Antivirus
    AVAST!, MBAM Pro
Sorry for the delay in responding. There just aren't that many people who do BSOD analysis, so at times we get a bit overwhelmed!

Ensure that you have ALL available Windows Updates.

Your BIOS dates from 2009. Please check at the manufacturer's website to see if there are any BIOS updates available for your system. Also check the readme file to see if they apply to the problems that you are having. Please be advised that flashing the BIOS is a very unforgiving process - and one mistake can physically damage your motherboard.

It's possible, due to the age of the system, that it may not be compatible with Win8.1. If that's the case, you may have to revert to Win8 or even Win7 in order to achieve stability.

Try the DISM scans from here: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26512-dism-fixing-component-store-corruption-windows-8-a.html

Windows Defender and MalwareBytes show problems in the System event log. Is it possible that you're infected? Try some of these free scans: Free Online AntiMalware Resources (I haven't updated it in a while).

Other than that, I'd suggest that you post over in the Performance & Maintenance section where you'll find some experts in startup processes (and maybe even someone who knows the details of Process Explorer).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
usasma. Thanks for your info and suggestions. Ill take it all into consideration and if need be ill post in other category! thanks again!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom X4 9600 Black Edition
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz (5-5-5-15)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SX900 SSD 256GB
    2TB WD Black Sata
    Antivirus
    AVAST!, MBAM Pro
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