Boot Time Inconsistency

[Shula 7]

Typically, my Win 7 boot time as measured by Glary varies from 11-15 sec. One boot out of every six boots or so the boot time is 30 sec. or longer. It seems each subsequent boot to the long boot is back to 11-15 sec. Does anyone have any idea why the inconsistency? I've checked scheduled tasks, startups and auotoruns, including services, and can't find anything there. Installed is 360 Total Security, and a a dozen lightweight apps, plus Mozilla Thunderbird, Maxthon Coud browser, and Rollback Rx Professional.

 

[ingtar33]

turn off hibernate. MS, especially with laptops likes "faking" boot times by putting your system into hibernate instead of powering down. in windows 7 this mostly happened with laptops. it happened to everything (by default) in windows 8.

 

[Shula 7]

turn off hibernate. MS, especially with laptops likes "faking" boot times by putting your system into hibernate instead of powering down. in windows 7 this mostly happened with laptops. it happened to everything (by default) in windows 8.

Hibernate was disabled several days ago so that's not it. I suspected a defrag happening at boot but don't see that scheduled by Windows or third party.

 

[ingtar33]

defrag doesn't happen at boot.

there probably is some sort of windows "process" slowing you down. btw 15 seconds to desktop in windows 7? or 15 seconds from power on to login?

 

[Shula 7]

I think that's from the first second of my custom boot logo until the second the desktop appears, which I'm able to use instantly. Glary states that the 11-15 secs. is faster than 99% of other machines and they claim to serve 44 million customers.

My first clean boot of the day was 12 secs. I was running a 65gb OCZ Vertex 2 when I posted. I've since switched to a 265gb Samsung 850 Pro and it appears that the issue has been duly resolved. Why? All I know is that I cloned the Samsung with the OCZ and the Samsung is now my main drive, booting consistently quick.

This I would have done several days ago except that MS insisted that my Win 7 was not authentic which it definitely is. The only hardware change was the disk. So if I connected the OCZ that has an OS while having my Samsung also connected I surmise they would come after me again. I ain't buying a new Windows every time I change or add a disk!

For weeks my shutdown has been 2-5 secs. My reboot is the same. Both are from keypress to power supply. For years I've used Superfast Shutdown and never had any problem that I am aware of with system files or any other files having been corrupted. I'm religious about system wide backups with Rollback Rx Professional hourly and Macrium Reflect daily.

 

[ingtar33]

ok, so you're using an SSD. I was wondering about that part. and the issue vanished moving off the OCZ?

sounds like a drive issue. OCZ drives aren't known for their reliability.

 

[Shula 7]

Yes, that's correct; the issue resolved when I swapped OCZ for Samsung.

 

[Shula 7]

defrag doesn't happen at boot.

there probably is some sort of windows "process" slowing you down. btw 15 seconds to desktop in windows 7? or 15 seconds from power on to login?

This is an update to your query. BootRacer breaks down boot time recording as follows -- Windows Boot: 5 secs. Desktop: 8 secs, Boot Result: 13.382 secs.

BootRacer specs recorded:
CPU Count= 4 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz
Total Memory = 7.9 Gb
Boot Drive= (SSD) Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB ATA Device 256 Gb IDE
Random Drive Speed (Mb/s)= 107.74
Network Connection= Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (11)
DVD-ROM= TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224FB ATA Device
BIOS= American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Date: 10/13/15 18:35:49 Ver: 05.0000B
Video = Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Motherboard= Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170-HD3-CF
Antivirus= 360 Total Security
Startup Programs= 15
Auto Services= 45

Have a good one!