I've been noticing some bizarre behavior on startup times and shutdown times, and I'm wondering if there can be any connection with USB sticks.
I haven't done extensive experiments, but a few observations.
1. I noticed that restarts were very slow (3-10 minutes), but that booting up after turning the computer off was very fast (Perhaps 15 seconds).
2. I tried taking out two of my USB sticks on restarts, and it did speed things up marginally, but then my computer started going berserk. It would take 5-10 minutes to shut down and then 5-10 minutes to start up. I even had a couple crashes on startup.
3. I later put back in the USB sticks and startup is now back to normal.
So my question is, is this coincidence? Or is there a possible connection?
Also, I just noticed that since I had my USB sticks have a FAT32 format. Would that have any negative effect when running on Windows 8?
Additional info. I just use the sticks for holding data, and not for booting up anything.
I haven't done extensive experiments, but a few observations.
1. I noticed that restarts were very slow (3-10 minutes), but that booting up after turning the computer off was very fast (Perhaps 15 seconds).
2. I tried taking out two of my USB sticks on restarts, and it did speed things up marginally, but then my computer started going berserk. It would take 5-10 minutes to shut down and then 5-10 minutes to start up. I even had a couple crashes on startup.
3. I later put back in the USB sticks and startup is now back to normal.
So my question is, is this coincidence? Or is there a possible connection?
Also, I just noticed that since I had my USB sticks have a FAT32 format. Would that have any negative effect when running on Windows 8?
Additional info. I just use the sticks for holding data, and not for booting up anything.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop