Solved Windows 8.1 x64 slow boot and unable to sleep/hibernate

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    self built
    CPU
    AMD FX 8350
    Motherboard
    Asus Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
    Memory
    G-Skill Ripjaws-X DDR3 2400 16 gbs.
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI N760 TF 2GD5OC
    Sound Card
    on-bord Realtek ALC 889/ALC 892
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2250wm-LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 256 gb. ssd. & Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3.o tb.
    PSU
    Corsair HX-850 watt
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 500r White
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro Series H-100, 3 120mm. & 1 200mm. case fan's
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Mouse
    Logitech wired
    Internet Speed
    30 m.b.p.s.
    Browser
    IE 11 & Firefox 26
    Antivirus
    BitDefender Internet Security 2014
    Other Info
    Iomega Pro Series U.S.B. 2.0/eS.A.T.A. 2.0tb. h.d., Seagate Backup Plus U.S.B. 3.0 3.0tb. h.d., Hauppage WinTV HVR-1850 t.v. tuner, Logitech x530 5.1 speaker's, Logitech c615 webcam, Logitech h150 headset, M.S. Xbox 360 wired gamepad & Xbox 360 as W.M.C. extender
Afterwards give HijackThis! a run and copy and paste the notepad file that opens at the following website hijackthis.de/en then click on the analyze buttonn. Anything, except Internet Explorer that comes up with a red X near it in the webpage that opens up, put a check next to in HijackThis! on your desktop and click on Fix Checked. Then restart your pc. Then run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter. Your computer should be faster now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    self built
    CPU
    AMD FX 8350
    Motherboard
    Asus Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
    Memory
    G-Skill Ripjaws-X DDR3 2400 16 gbs.
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI N760 TF 2GD5OC
    Sound Card
    on-bord Realtek ALC 889/ALC 892
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2250wm-LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 256 gb. ssd. & Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3.o tb.
    PSU
    Corsair HX-850 watt
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 500r White
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro Series H-100, 3 120mm. & 1 200mm. case fan's
    Keyboard
    Logitech wired
    Mouse
    Logitech wired
    Internet Speed
    30 m.b.p.s.
    Browser
    IE 11 & Firefox 26
    Antivirus
    BitDefender Internet Security 2014
    Other Info
    Iomega Pro Series U.S.B. 2.0/eS.A.T.A. 2.0tb. h.d., Seagate Backup Plus U.S.B. 3.0 3.0tb. h.d., Hauppage WinTV HVR-1850 t.v. tuner, Logitech x530 5.1 speaker's, Logitech c615 webcam, Logitech h150 headset, M.S. Xbox 360 wired gamepad & Xbox 360 as W.M.C. extender
You should know that chkdsk doesn't actually check the HDD, it checks the filesystem. It checks the contents of the drive, not the drive itself to put it another way. So just because chkdsk says things are fine doesn't mean things are actually fine.

Second, make sure you remove ALL USB devices from the laptop and try booting then. I know someone who has a Dell desktop that would do the exact same thing (only it was more like 2-3 minutes) when a specific external HDD was connected. An older Dell desktop booted just fine with the same drive, same cable, etc, so sometimes systems are just picky that way.

Third, unless you know what you're looking for, you probably shouldn't be messing around in the event viewer. You'll see hundreds or even thousands of warnings and errors, all of which are completely harmless and can be ignored. It takes a long time to build up the experience to separate the signal from the noise in that place, and even then it usually takes to long to find what you're actually looking for, so even a lot of experts don't bother. Case in point is the errors you're mentioning are almost certainly a result of your power profile restricting the CPU to conserve power. When the proper conditions are met, the CPU will be unshackled, so to speak. The other one just means the program didn't respond within the expected time allotment, but that could just be because the system is taking longer to boot than it should, it doesn't mean much of anything at this point.

Also, unless you have some other GPU/IGP on that system, getting rid of the video drivers is only going to make matters worse.

Now onto a follow-up question: Does the system appear to perform normally once it boots? If it seems significantly more sluggish, I'd be starting to suspect very strongly that you have a bad HDD. Also, while you were waiting for all the updates to download, did you have the Windows firewall running? Did you happen to do any web browsing to help pass the time or try and install some of your usual assortment of programs while you waited? If so, malware is a very real possibility. The sad fact is it usually doesn't take too long before "gold" releases of an OS reach a point where they can be exploited within minutes of being connected to the Internet. You don't even have to do anything. This is why in ages past people would slipstream service packs into the installer, but that stopped being a possibility with Windows 8 and the bizarre move to make everyone download the 8.1 update on every single system, every single time.

If it were me, I'd figure out what brand HDD was in that unit, go to that company's website and look for a diagnostic program I could run. My guess is either you've got a dodgy USB device or a failing HDD. If it's the latter, you'll get a lot better service out of ASUS if you use a fake name with an obvious Asian sounding last name. If you happen to already have one, bonus for you, but otherwise create a throw away yahoo mail or gmail account with a last name of "Chen" or "Phan" or something like that. That can make the difference between someone making you go through every single troubleshooting step there is before giving you an RMA to just handing you an RMA and maybe even a shipping label after explaining what you've already tried. Sad, isn't it? This long after the whole civil rights movement, we still have plenty of companies, particularly in Silicon Valley, who just completely thumb their nose at these laws.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
What programs do you have in your startup? They can easily be disabled. CTRL ALT DELETE, Task Manager, STARTUP
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self made Intel
    CPU
    I7 4770K
    Motherboard
    Z87-A
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 650 Ti
Software developer, OK I think you can figure out your own problem. I am sorry I tried to help and angered you. But I didn't understand if the problem was before, during the OS installation or after. You didn't say if you had bitlocker turned on in a previous installation or if you have tried to use ASUS optimized bios options or put in your own. Good luck.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self made Intel
    CPU
    I7 4770K
    Motherboard
    Z87-A
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 650 Ti
if it were mine I would do the factory restore over again ,something wasn't done right,try using it for a day or so without doing the updates .set sleep and hibernate and make sure if they work or not ,ect ect then do the win8 updates ,use it for a awhile before doing the upgrade to win8.1.

by use it I mean do a few things then restart /shutdown stuff like that
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
Same thing for me I created a thread myself. Maybe it has something to do with the BIOS. I did factory restore TWICE and a clean install? What is wrong?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64bit Home / Windows 10 64bit Home
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 15 P157-SA
    CPU
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4288U CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2601 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Hewlett-Package 227E 77.35
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris 5100
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Driver
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics SMBus TouchPad
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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