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So i was heading to my brothers house and taking my pc with me. My PC can boot via mouse movement and i had just shut it down and accidentally bumped the mouse. So it begins to boot up but i was all ready to go and very impatient so i flipped the switch on the PSU while the windows logo was on the screen. Now every time i boot it takes 10+ minutes to get to the desktop whereas previously it would boot in 30 seconds or less. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thank you in advance.
Hi @king217 , Check in Event Viewer to see if there are any obvious problems showing. (Right click Windows Start button on Taskbar and select Event Viewer link) If nothing obvious try repairing the Win Startup using a USB Recovery drive Boot the PC using the Win 10 USB recovery disc. (Ifyou haven’t got one you can create one from any known working Win 10 PC. Go to Control Panel > Recovery > create a USB recovery disc) You’ll need a 8GB flashdrive and 40-60 minutes of time. Once created insert it into the PC and then go into BIOS and change the boot order to USB 1st boot option, and also enable Legacy USB or CSM (don’t know what you have), save the changes and restart the PC. Make sure it boots from the USB When in WRE (Windows Recovery Environment) select Troubleshooting > Advanced > Startup repair and follow the prompts DO NOT select Reset This PC as it will erase your data and reinstall Windows.
Have you tried restarting the computer? As on Windows 8 and higher, they use a fast startup feature meaning the computer does not actually fully shut down, it more like goes into a hibernation state. When you restart your computer it may fix the slow boot up issue as a result of doing so. If you are running a SSD it’s actually better to turn off fast startup as the differences are negligible and is better for stability reasons as well.
I would guess that the boot file is in some way corrupted it is obviously works not well so try a sfc scan to check for corrupted files This should help with the scan and the repair of any corrupt files. https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help… Hope this helps
