Slow boot time

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Hi everyone, I am new to Windows 8. I recently install Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Almost everything seems to work fine so far except for one particular issue. Before when I was using Windows 7, my computer's boot time was around 30 seconds. Now with Windows 8, it takes a minimum of 1 minute.

It seems many people's Windows 8 have "blazing fast" boot time. Mine just doesn't seem so.

I have yet to resolve this issue. Any help would be great.

Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GT 550M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
Drivers

It's only slightly faster on my PC (a few seconds).

Have you tried updating your drivers?

:eek: Make up a backup HDD image first. :eek:
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), Linux Mint 18.3 MATE (64 bit)
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    PC/Desktop
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    n/a
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x6 1055T, 2.8 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock 880GMH-LE/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333 G-Skill Ares F3-1333C9D-8GAO (4GB x 2)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD6450
    Sound Card
    Realtek?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S23B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 1.5 TB (SATA), Western Digital 2 TB (SATA), Western Digital 3 TB (SATA)
    Case
    Tower
    Mouse
    Wired Optical
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Hi everyone, I am new to Windows 8. I recently install Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Almost everything seems to work fine so far except for one particular issue. Before when I was using Windows 7, my computer's boot time was around 30 seconds. Now with Windows 8, it takes a minimum of 1 minute.

It seems many people's Windows 8 have "blazing fast" boot time. Mine just doesn't seem so.

I have yet to resolve this issue. Any help would be great.

Thanks.

Same 'problem' here - using a laptop. Haven't tried it on my main PC yet and maybe never will.

Think boot times are an over rated issue. What's the speed like once it has booted up?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 & 8 64bit / Linux Mint 14
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 2400
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD3870
    Sound Card
    On-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1280
    Hard Drives
    128gb SSD, 500gb SATA
    PSU
    Coolermaster
    Case
    Zalman Z7
    Cooling
    Air
    Keyboard
    Logitech Illuminated wired
    Mouse
    MS Optical wireless
    Antivirus
    Avast
It's only slightly faster on my PC (a few seconds).

Have you tried updating your drivers?

:eek: Make up a backup HDD image first. :eek:


All my drivers seems to be updated.


Same 'problem' here - using a laptop. Haven't tried it on my main PC yet and maybe never will.

Think boot times are an over rated issue. What's the speed like once it has booted up?


Once the laptop is booted everything seems to run fine. It opens and programs and performs task about the same speed as it would in Windows 7. The only difference is Windows 8 UI and significantly slower boot time.

I see other people posting their Windows 8 boot time and theirs are very quick, all sub-30 seconds. How long does everyone else computer boot up?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GT 550M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
Try this, switch off, disconnect the mains, disconnect any USB connections & Ethernet connections, remove the battery and leave it for a while , then reboot and see whether it boots faster.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Hi everyone. It's been a while. Anyways this was since Win8 CP and I was able to solved the issue of 'slow boot' time. For me after uninstalling McAfee I believe (it's been a while). The boot time was quick again ~14 secs.

Now, I've upgraded to Win 8 Pro and it has been booting very quick, ~14 seconds.

@xaris777
My slow boot time issue back then was due to certain programs (McAfee or Norton, I don't quite remember which one but it was a anti-virus program). After uninstalling it ran fine again.


P.S. the only other issue I had was random freezing during Win 8 RP. It hasn't happen yet in Win 8 Pro, but we'll see.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GT 550M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
This is interesting

I found with the previews and the RTM that they would take long in the BIOS but would be stupidly quick in the starting Windows screen and fast to log on

However I bought Windows 8 pro recently and I did notice it to be a lot faster in the bios but slower on the starting Windows screen
 

My Computer

I just installed it yesterday and finally gave up on it at 12:30 am. I loaded software and did updates most of the afternoon and evening and when I restarted it the blue windows icon came up and bso something... is up now. Guess I'll wait til morning and see what happens.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
For what it's worth... One of our computers here was really slow to boot with a clean install of Windows 8. I turned off Fast Startup, shut down and started back up. Then went in a turned Fast Startup on again. That computer starts up very quickly now, made a huge difference.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
    Memory
    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889 (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE278Q Black 27"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W
    Case
    Antec Three Hundred Black
    Cooling
    2x120mm front, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    DYNEX Model# DX-WKBD
    Mouse
    DYNEX Model# DX-WMSE
    Internet Speed
    30down/6up
For what it's worth... One of our computers here was really slow to boot with a clean install of Windows 8. I turned off Fast Startup, shut down and started back up. Then went in a turned Fast Startup on again. That computer starts up very quickly now, made a huge difference.

How do you turn off Fast Startup? Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
For what it's worth... One of our computers here was really slow to boot with a clean install of Windows 8. I turned off Fast Startup, shut down and started back up. Then went in a turned Fast Startup on again. That computer starts up very quickly now, made a huge difference.

How do you turn off Fast Startup? Thanks!
In Power Options, click "choose what power buttons do" in left pane, in system settings window, you can un tick fast start up.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
    Memory
    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889 (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE278Q Black 27"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W
    Case
    Antec Three Hundred Black
    Cooling
    2x120mm front, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    DYNEX Model# DX-WKBD
    Mouse
    DYNEX Model# DX-WMSE
    Internet Speed
    30down/6up
Problems again... When I shut down Windows 8 and then start it again, not a restart, the blue Windows 8 icon appears with the swirling dots for about 5 seconds and then goes black. If I leave it alone for a long time, I have no idea how long, cause I usually do it at bed time, it is working again by morning. My old hard drive died before this and the geek squad installed a new one. The hard drive was the only problem they found when they ran a diagnostic test before they replaced the hard drive and afterwards. Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Problems again... My old hard drive died before this and the geek squad installed a new one. The hard drive was the only problem they found when they ran a diagnostic test before they replaced the hard drive and afterwards. Thanks.
Did you try turning Fast Startup off, restart, then turn it back on again? If your HD went bad, did Best Buy install the same version of Windows 8? 32bit or 64bit? Was your HD working when you brought it in to Best Buy, did they just mirrored your install and put it back on the new drive or did they do a clean install of Windows 8? Have you tried doing a clean install yourself?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
    Memory
    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889 (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE278Q Black 27"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
    PSU
    PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W
    Case
    Antec Three Hundred Black
    Cooling
    2x120mm front, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    DYNEX Model# DX-WKBD
    Mouse
    DYNEX Model# DX-WMSE
    Internet Speed
    30down/6up
Problems again... My old hard drive died before this and the geek squad installed a new one. The hard drive was the only problem they found when they ran a diagnostic test before they replaced the hard drive and afterwards. Thanks.
Did you try turning Fast Startup off, restart, then turn it back on again? If your HD went bad, did Best Buy install the same version of Windows 8? 32bit or 64bit? Was your HD working when you brought it in to Best Buy, did they just mirrored your install and put it back on the new drive or did they do a clean install of Windows 8? Have you tried doing a clean install yourself?

Did the Fast Startup thing. Fresh install of Windows 8 - 64 bit Pro Pack. Did a couple of hard reboots, let it run overnight and was working fine until last night when I installed the latest 61 mb Windows 8 update and restarted. I am guessing this is something totally different.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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