Windows Boots Up Too Quickly

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As the title says, Windows is booting up too quickly (not a joke) with this SSD, UEFI system. The problem isn't exactly that, more that I have "special folders" on a standard HDD, but they're not being recognised in time, saying that the folders don't exist. (until I refresh the desktop or log out then back in) It's simply as though the computer is booting too fast. It's awesome, but I need these other folders. (documents, music, downloads, desktop, etc) Any ideas?

If I enable a password (I figured that would slow it down) for my local account, it work fine, picking up the locations of the system folders, but the moment I disabled the password and restarted, it was back to the error that the folders cannot be found.

If I could just get it to pick up these special folders properly, I'd never need to suspend or hibernate again, because it's just insanely fast.
 
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    It's "tower," not desktop!
Windows 8.x.x was made to be a fast booting OS.
 

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You could try disabling "FastStartup" -- which is not the same as "fast boot". This is a new form of hibernation designed to speed up Rebooting. Don't know if that will slow it down enough for you or not.
 

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How old is the standard hard drive? Is it SATA? 2.5 inch drive or 3.5 inch drive? I have an SSD and spinner in my desktop PC that I use everyday. My user folders Documents, Pictures etc are on the spinner and Windows is on the SSD. I've never had issues like that, kind of sounds like the drive may be failing? You may want to backup what's on it if you haven't already.
 

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Interesting - I just shutdown the computer, then booted it back up, and it actaully worked just fine. I think, before, it was when I was restarting.

Just timed it and from a complete off, from pressing the power button to Windows being logged in and most things being loaded (some things are on the HDD, like Steam) is about 27 seconds, just timed it. Dunno where I got under 10 seconds from, unless I was thinking of restart. I seem to recall reading something about Windows 8.1 having good restart times, so perhaps that's why.

alphanumeric said:
How old is the standard hard drive? Is it SATA? 2.5 inch drive or 3.5 inch drive? I have an SSD and spinner in my desktop PC that I use everyday. My user folders Documents, Pictures etc are on the spinner and Windows is on the SSD. I've never had issues like that, kind of sounds like the drive may be failing? You may want to backup what's on it if you haven't already.
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Not that old. A bit over a year, perhaps. The drive is "OK" according SMART and I've had no other signs of problems with it; it's generally been good to me. The drive's a SATA (dunno which one) 3.5".
 

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    Intel i5 4690K @ Stock
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z97-K
    Memory
    Corsair XM3 DDR3 1600MHz @ 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS 760 OC @ Stock
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    [1] ASUS, 23", AH-IPS, 16:9 [2] Samsung TV, 20", LCD TFT, 16:9
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    [1] 1920 x 1080, 60Hz [2] 1680 x 1050, 60Hz
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    Internal: 500GB, 1TB, (plus SanDisk, SATAIII, 120GB SSD)
    External: 250GB USB2, 1TB External USB3
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    Corsair TX750 Enthusiast Edition
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    Zalman Z11
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    Air - 9 Total Fans
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    Xebec Media Line
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    Logitech Optical
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    Approx. 550KBps DL, 100KBps UL (EE)
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    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Internet Security
    Other Info
    It's "tower," not desktop!
Personally, I turn Windows Fast Startup off. I have SSD's in all my PC's so boot time is not an issue. Plus the hybrid sleep mode used by Fast Startup can cause issues. Accessing your BIOS on boot up for instance. For me on my laptop, if Fast Startup is on I can't access my BIOS on boot up, turn it off, no problem. Just my 2 cents.
It sounds like either the drive is slow to start up or its not getting initialized quick enough for Windows. Just a guess really, this is the first I've heard of an issue like you describe. If it was me I'd check all my cables to that drive to make sure they are plugged in firmly. maybe even try a different SATA cable.
3.5 desktop drives are normally 7200 RPM drives while the smaller 2.5 inch laptop drives are usually slower 5400 RPM drives. The slower drive shouldn't be an issue, I was just trying to get as many facts as possible. If your second drive was an old laptop drive It would have been the prim suspect in my books.
 

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    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
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    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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